Bible Reading Plan

Your Daily Connection: A Consistent Way to Engage with God's Word

God's Word is food for your spirit – a daily nourishment for your soul, drawing you closer to God and filling your life with purpose and peace.

Why Daily Scripture Reading? Just as our bodies need daily food, our spirits thrive on God’s life-giving Word. It builds you up, equips you, and prepares you, helping to:

• Make you complete: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." – 2 Timothy 3:16-17

• Give you hope: "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." – 1 Peter 3:15

• Fill your deepest longings: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." – Matthew 5:6

• Bring you life and health: "My child, pay attention to what I say... For they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body." – Proverbs 4:20-22

The Holy Spirit guides you, helping you understand and apply God's Word precisely when needed.

Like daily meals that nourish without remembering every detail, God's Word sustains and strengthens you spiritually, even if you can't recall every verse.

Your Simple Reading Plan: The Word as a Way of Life This plan fosters consistent engagement with God's Word for nourishment, not deep study.

How It Works:

1. Bookmarks: You have twelve bookmarks. Place each in your Bible at the first book listed on that bookmark (e.g., Bookmark 1: Genesis, Bookmark 2: Leviticus, etc.).

2. Read: Read one chapter from each of the twelve sections daily.

3. Cycle: When you finish all books on a bookmark, move it back to the beginning of that section (e.g., after Revelation, move Bookmark 12 back to Matthew). Sections will finish at different times—that's fine!

Stay Organized:

• Tabs: Use colored sticky notes or small tabs to mark your place on the corresponding line for the chapter you're on and your prayers. (e.g., chapter 3 on the third line).

• Flexibility: Can't finish all 12? Mark your spot and pick up there next time. Don't restart; just keep going!

Prayer: Use the lines on each bookmark to write down people, families, or groups you want to pray for. As you read each day’s chapter, let it inspire your prayers for the person/group listed on that same line, praying for God's blessings and needs met in Christ. Praying the Word is powerful!

This is a Reading Plan, not a Study Plan. Just read! Don't stop to research; you don't need to understand everything. Like food nourishing you without knowing its chemical breakdown, simply reading God's Word nourishes your spirit. Trust the process; the Holy Spirit will bring what you've read to mind. Make notes for later study but keep moving through your daily chapters.

The Amazing Results Faithful reading of God's Word:

• Nourishes your spirit.

• Renews your mind, guiding wise responses to life.

• The Holy Spirit guides you: "The Spirit of truth... will guide you into all truth." – John 16:13

• Grows you in holiness and lasting life: "Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life." – Romans 6:22

• Helps you overcome challenges: "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one in you is greater than the one in the world." – 1 John 4:4

• Activates God's promises: "If you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God... I will put none of these diseases on you... for I am the Lord who heals you." – Exodus 15:26

• Works powerfully in you: "...you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe." – 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Faithful reading will change your life. In about 30 days, you'll see the Holy Spirit connecting what you've read to daily life and opportunities to share your faith. This plan takes only about 40 minutes a day – a small investment for incredible returns. The highest form of worship is to understand and obey God's Word. This plan helps you know Him better, face challenges, fulfill your calling, and serve others.

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will do this."

Psalm 37:4-5

"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life;

and it is they that bear witness about me."

John 5:39

"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth,

but you shall meditate on it day and night,

so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.

For then you will make your way prosperous,

and then you will have good success."

Joshua 1:8

"Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law."

Psalm 119:18

Get started today! Contact Kimberly to receive the "free" bookmark template. Print your bookmarks, write down those you'll pray for, and begin nourishing your soul with God's life-giving Word.