God Sightings: The NLT One Year Bible

imageI started last year with intentions of reading the bible all the way through. I can’t say that happened. It’s a new year and I’m trying it again. One of the goals I listed in my post yesterday was to  dedicate time to reading the bible and stick with it. I’m clearly not a morning person, so the appointed time will be in early evening. My goal is to transition better from my daytime activities to night time by allowing time to re-energize me.

I received a copy of God Sightings – The One Year Bible last fall and started reading it. The New Living Translation (NLT) is an enjoyable version of the bible to read. Each day there’s a reading from the Old Testament, the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs. That’s a lot of reading, but I like it because I have never really read through all the Psalms before, still have read through the prophets either.

There are a lot more resources included with this Bible. I just registered on the God Sightings website at http://www.mygodsightings.com/.

Holy Week | Monday – Cleaning House

There are quite a few posts around the Internet about Holy Week (Passion Week). This was a really good video produced by the folks at LifeChurch.tv. Enjoy!

Painful Reading

At the beginning of this year, I decided it was time to read through the entire bible again. It’s been a few years. I have to admit, I’ve managed each week to get off track from the bible reading plan. I started to stumble halfway through Exodus. That’s only the second book of the bible. Way to go Ty! Anyhow, since I’m into blogging, I figured it would be a good idea to go back to the basics of bible study for me – taking notes. I’m going to share the notes from each book as I complete them.

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A Fresh Perspective on Genesis

I posted last week about looking for a reading plan. I found one that I’ve been enjoying. The chronological listing is what attracted me to the plan.  In the first few days, the plan takes you through readings in Genesis and 1 Chronicles. Normally, I would skim over these genealogy listings, but I’m really taking my time to read and connect them. Here is a description of the reading plan:

“The One Year Chronological Bible reading plan contains the entire text of the bible arranged in the order the events actually occurred. This unique viewpoint allows you to read the whole Bible as a single story and to see the unfolding of God’s plan in history.”

You can download the one above or the One Year Bible plan  at:
http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com

image By the way, if you want a really fresh and different reading experience, I want to encourage you to check out Havah: The Story of Eve by Tosca Lee. I will posting a full review soon, but I really like how Tosca ties in her fictional account of Eve to scripture. By far this novel is going to be one of my top reads for 2009. Read an excerpt at Christian Bookworm Reviews.

Since I’m currently reading the book of Genesis and Havah, I decided I’m going to post some of my women in the bible studies. Be on the lookout for Eve, The First Woman this coming Sunday.

One-Year Bible Reading Plans

YouVersion - 1 Year Bible Reading Plan

I haven’t read through the bible in at least two years now. I’m thinking I should start a plan on January 1st.

YouVersion.com offers a One-Year Reading Plan that takes you through the entire Bible — you just read the selections mapped out for you each day and you’ll cover the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice this year.

Do you have a favorite One-Year Bible reading plan?

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