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MA2444
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Six weeks?!!! Wow. That's a lot of reading per day! I read the bible once per year cover to cover. I read three chapters per day and it comes out almost exactly one year. I started in January in this year and am up to Psalms 115 so far. A lot of Psalms are very short (except 119!!) so there was a day or three that I read six chapters instead of three. I could probably only read the one chapter od Psalm 119 (The longest chapter in the entire bible) on that day and still be ahead of schedule. It works out very well for me at 3 chapters per day and that also leaves plenty of time to meditate on it also and that helps retention.
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I want my meditation to be separate from reading, if that makes sense.
Read for context and learning, meditate for living a verse out.
I have no idea if I will stick to the schedule but knowing I can keep adjusting it gives me comfort.
I think a year makes me personally more likely to fail.
MA2444
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Really? It works the opposite for me and makes it possible, even easier. I do it first thing in the morning when I am rested and fresh. I make a cup of coffee and get at it. By the time I fully wake up, I'm done and with my mind and heart full of God. :)
Sometimes the Lord wakes me up early to pray.
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I need a bit of pressure to stay motivated. I was the type of student that did projects the last day it was due. Im not always like that now but it sure helps.
You and I are alike here sister. I always worked better under pressure!
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lol
Eternally Grateful
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I thought I changed it. 30 to 45 days. Oh well. I have it now so that it's about 20 chapters a day.
Eternally Grateful
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thats a nice little site there.. Great for people who want to read the bible through, I have done it about 5 times in my lifetime like that
Bob Estey
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Yes, perfect sense. I do Bible reading, and I also do prayerful meditative reading, and also Bible study, and each are very different.
I've never had a time goal in through the Bible reading, only that I finish. You can adjust it to your heart's content!
The first time I did a full read through, I bogged down in the Psalms, and halfway through I had to just skip ahead to Proverbs. My second time through, I came to the Psalms, and thought about how to avoid the same problem. I decided on day one, read 1, 51, and 101. Day two, I read 2, 52, and 102. And I went on like that.
I began to notice that these triplets of chapters often had common themes, even to using the same words, they combined into coherent thoughts, hard to describe, it was really eye opening.
God has a plan custom fit for you, and it doesn't always take much work to drop right into that plan, if we trust Him, and want Him.
Much love!
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I have. It was several years ago. I didn't do a plan. I just kept going in big sessions.
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Thanks. I agree. There was just so much there I was missing before reading it all in context like that.
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Update, the bible reading plans I tried to make were causing me to overthink big time.
What's been most helpful is not having a chapter plan but listening to as much as I want on Youtube first thing in the morning. Day 1, I only managed 20 minutes. Day 2 was an hour and a half. I like how simple this is. I get a lot done and just pick up where I lefr off.
What's been most helpful is not having a chapter plan but listening to as much as I want on Youtube first thing in the morning. Day 1, I only managed 20 minutes. Day 2 was an hour and a half. I like how simple this is. I get a lot done and just pick up where I lefr off.
@Wynona
Years ago I began making up my own Bible reading plans. I did not have computer access or spreadsheets to help me then. I was already into reading in three languages and the plans others had prepared on paper would not work without adjustments. So, I made my own schedules manually until computers and spread sheets became available.
In the beginning I started with too many pages per day and soon discovered I had to reduce it. Over the years I have adjusted it several times up and down. Currently I average reading the whole Bible a little more than twice each year. I read in English and Spanish 2 days each per week and in German 3 days per week. My German days have shorter readings so that the total reading per week approximately equals my weekly English and Spanish readings.
While I have read the Bible many times, my ability to retain what I read has certainly diminished with my own aging. I believe that my Bible reading and talking with the Lord have kept me going this long... Give God the glory!
Years ago I began making up my own Bible reading plans. I did not have computer access or spreadsheets to help me then. I was already into reading in three languages and the plans others had prepared on paper would not work without adjustments. So, I made my own schedules manually until computers and spread sheets became available.
In the beginning I started with too many pages per day and soon discovered I had to reduce it. Over the years I have adjusted it several times up and down. Currently I average reading the whole Bible a little more than twice each year. I read in English and Spanish 2 days each per week and in German 3 days per week. My German days have shorter readings so that the total reading per week approximately equals my weekly English and Spanish readings.
While I have read the Bible many times, my ability to retain what I read has certainly diminished with my own aging. I believe that my Bible reading and talking with the Lord have kept me going this long... Give God the glory!
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MA2444
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Sometimes I find myself meditating on the scriptures later in the day myself. Whe I'm real focused it seems like I want to read it three times? First time for context and learning. Second time looking for the biblical principles being spoken of and looking at my life for possible practical applcation of that biblical principle to it. And a third time to just make sure I didnt miss anything and just soak it into my heart and being.
Does that make sense?
I'm up to and finsihed Ecclesiastes 6 today. I'm still on track to be done in December I think. It doesnt seem to take motivation for me to read it everyday. I read it very first thing in the morning. It's just became so natural to read first and pray. By the time I get around to wondering if I'm motivated, I'm done!
It's a good way way to wake up. Begin by taking a look at the condition of my soul and heart and focusing upon God and the Lord, first thing.
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