We offer this annual plan to help you develop a great habit: regular Bible reading! It presents Genesis through II Kings as one long, best selling novel (it is!). It features certain Psalms immediately after the event that inspired their writing. It also places the letters to the churches adjacent to the historical account of their birth.
The plan appears in weekly instead of daily segments, because some days you have more ability to read than on others. We reference the months for readers starting in January, but you can start your 52 weeks anytime! It will average 10 minutes a day and covers more than half the Old Testament and all of the New Testament. No matter your pace, we hope you’ll interact with the Lord each time you read.
"I highly recommend The Bible: for Life!, Hosanna’s Congregational Reading plans. They give us the encouragement and tools to get into God’s Word, and get God’s Word into us. There is not a single day when the scriptures are not relevant.” - Pastor Bill Bohline
Click here to download Passages 2008.
You’ll read from four different passages of Scripture simultaneously, using these bookmarks to keep your place(s). Print both pages, tape or glue them to each other right sides out, and cut apart at the indicated lines. Insert bookmark #1 in Genesis, #2 in Psalms, #3 in Proverbs and #4 in Luke. You could read from two passages on weekdays and the other two on the weekends. Or read one in the morning and another in the evening and save the others for later. Customize your plan so that you can accomplish it this year! As you complete each chapter, record your progress by crossing off the chapter numbers with a big X.
Other Bible Reading Plans we offer include:
- The Essential 100 TM
Digest the Bible’s main story line in just 20 weeks. 7 bookmarks.
- Topical Bible Reading Plan
Especially for readers new to the Bible, here are 75 topics with 7-12 verses or passages about each. 17 bookmarks.
- Two Year Bible Reading Plan
Ten minutes a day covers the Old Testament once, and the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs twice. 24 bookmarks.
- New Horizons, a Read-Through-the-Bible-in-One-Year Plan
Twenty minutes a day covers the entire Scripture from beginning to end. 25 readings a month. Customizable. 3 bookmarks.
For more information about any of these or other approaches to reading the Bible, please contact Janeé Wells at janeew@hosannalc.org. To request a free set of bookmark cards for your own use, be sure to include your postal mailing address and which set you want.
The purpose of Bible Reading is not Information, but Transformation.
