| Have you ever wanted to read through the entire Bible in a year? You can!
Nine years ago, I encouraged my friend Al Lowry to take an impossible challenge: to read through the most important book ever written. He did it! How? I encouraged him to do three things: 1) I encouraged him to take a "guilt-free" approach to reading the Bible. By that, I meant to find a reading plan that would give him a few passages of scripture to read each day of the year. If he got behind, not to worry about backing up and catching up, but to just read the next passage that was suggested for that day. This way, even if he were to miss a few days here and there, he would never "get behind." He could always start fresh with the reading for that day. And by doing so, he found by the end of the year that he had read more of the Bible than he had read at any other time in his life! 2) I encouraged him to take a few friends along with him. By doing so, he would have others to encourage him along the way. Plus, as they talked about the Scriptures together, they would learn more from each other than from reading alone. So Al created a Facebook group and invited others to join him. He didn’t post a comment every day. But sometimes others did. He didn’t get feedback every day. But when others did respond, they shared insights he hadn’t considered on his own. And by reading the Bible together, he renewed old friendships, found new ones, and was encouraged to keep going day by day. 3) I encouraged him to read through the Bible again the next year, and the next, and the next… Since Al had missed some passages the first time through, he committed to reading through it again a second time. Then he read it a third time, then a fourth, then a fifth! This year, Al’s going through the Bible again… for the 10th time… and he’d love for you to join him! There are 3 ways to come along. 1) Join his Daily Bible Reading Facebook Group! Click here to join Al’s Daily Bible Reading Facebook Group You’ll get the passage for the day to read on your own, plus a few words from Al and others about what they’re learning from that passage. (It’s free!) 2) Subscribe to his podcast, "A Word With You"! Click here to subscribe to Al’s podcast on SpotifyYou’ll hear Al’s thoughts on the daily passage, posted every day. It’s easy to listen and learn on your own while you work out, drive, or lay in bed! Let Al’s words and the soothing background music give you the gentle nudge to read the passage yourself and see what God speaks to you through it! (It’s free, too!) 3) Get Al’s new book, "A Word With You"! Click here to get Al’s paperback on Amazon! Al’s book includes a short daily devotional for every passage of Scripture for 365 days. (You can use your own Bible or this version online from YouVersion to read the actual Scripture passages.) Al has shared these insights with hundreds of people online over the years, and now you can have them all in one place: by your bed, on your desk, on your breakfast table… wherever you want to enjoy it every day! I’m so proud of Al for taking this challenge nine years ago… and for continuing to read the Bible from cover to cover each year thereafter. I interviewed Al about his experience in the video below. If you need a nudge to do what you might think is impossible, watch this video! Be encouraged that you CAN do it. And that it will help you in ways you can’t imagine.
LASTLY, click here to download a 2-page Bible reading plan you can use along with Al or on your own! It’s called "The Canonical Bible Reading Plan" and gives you a few chapters to read every day so you can read straight through the entire Bible in 365 days. Download it now… it’s free! As you head into 2024, I pray you’ll take the challenge I gave to Al nine years ago. I pray God will speak to you very personally as you read His Word. These links may be the most important links you click all year!
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