Readers Respond: What Daily Bible Reading Plan Do You Use?

What daily Bible reading plan do you use and why do you prefer it over others?

Daily Guideposts Devotional

For two years now I have enjoyed using the Daily Guideposts devotional. Not only do I draw strength and encouragement from the authors' personal stories and insights but also have found the Scripture references to be wonderful springboards to focus my Scripture reading each day.

—LouGatlin

Study the Word by Reading

Okay, so there is a bit more than just reading. When reading a text, memorize what you think is important to understand the text. There are plenty of places to find audio Bibles online as well as video Bibles you can watch and hear. Any one of these could be used with your regular reading plan. When hearing you do not have to actively listen all the time (as in passively). Now for the kicker (this originated with Dr John MacArthur though he changed this up a bit in his NKJV reader version.) Understand when I say this -- you do not have to go by my numbers. Do what you feel comfortable with. Read ten chapters a day along with the other media (audio) starting in the book of John. Here is the kicker -- read the same chapters for 30 days, in other words repetition is the key. This also does not preclude reading something else apart from this. Ten a day will allow the whole NT in 2 years -- Dr Mac said if you do this, at the end of the 2 years you would be hard pressed to find someone who knows more than you.

—Guest David Emme

My Plan Reading God's Word

My plan is to read the Bible as following: New Testament plus Psalms and Proverbs twice a year, and the rest of the Old Testament once a year. But I still feel that I need to read more than four or five chapters every day.

—Guest Alexandra

90-Day Plan

I loved the 90-day plan, as I was excited to get though the whole Bible. First, I read The Message, now I am going to go hard core with the NIV. I would love some help with how to have a real time with God. I pray and feel God with me, but with family, my wife laughs as the Bible falls on my face at night. Okay, so I get up early (it takes good coffee to kick start me).

—Guest Lugsz

Online Bible Reading Each Morning

I have had a great pleasure reading Bible verses online each morning.

—Guest ashish joseph

Spiritual Food

To me, the Living Word is my spiritual food, so it is not a matter of following a "reading plan" as much as sitting down to a meal to nourish my growing spirit. Right now, the Spirit of God has me in Matthew. I open the Living Word, pray, "Jesus, feed me or I die!" and begin slowly reading, realizing that the Sprit of God is my Teacher and I am in a classroom of one with Him. Some days He feeds me six or seven words and I am full and overflowing! Other days it is a few verses, then what He teaches me is enough to "feast on" all day long. I write down what the Spirit tells me, knowing that the next day He will, again, have a "full plate" of nourishing Truth for me as I wait on Him. I will never go back to a "reading plan" after tasting the depth of Him in the Living Word.

—Guest Ele Parrott

Different Year / Different Approach

I agree with those who suggested simply reading the Bible front to back. However, my husband and I have enjoyed using a "Bible in a Year"(NIV) that had us reading each day from OT, NT and either from Psalms or Proverbs. We have used a narrated chronological Bible and that added new revelation.(NIV) This year we are doing the workbook "Through the Bible in One Year" (I'm using a 4 version parallel) which takes an overview look of each book's theme and compares with NT passages that mirror or quote it. Next year we plan on using the New Century Version "The Devotional Bible." What's important to remember is the purpose is not to just academically complete an assignment of reading but, instead, allow the Spirit to transform and renew your heart and mind through the Word.

—Guest almondroca

My Choice of Bible Reading Plan

I chose the plan by Christadelphia.net. Daily readings are from 3 sections (Beginning with OT, Prophets, NT). We feed our bodies 3x daily, how about our heart, soul and mind?

—Guest gretapsamuel

Our Bible Reading Plan

Try a Bible-Book-a-Month plan, which a group (for example, a whole church) can follow together. It is on my new blog www.HintsforBibleReaders.com.

—Guest Bob Brock

My Plan

I have a plan where you read three Psalms each Sunday; fifteen Old Testament chapters each week, two each day but three on Saturday; and five New Testament chapters, one each weekday, Monday through Friday; and it gets you through the entire Bible in one year. It has to be re-formatted each year since you read different things on each day of the week, but with a few guideline rules to follow, it is easy to format. I create it myself in Excel. Friends are always urging me to publish it.

—Guest Steve

Helping Children Read the Bible Daily

I use the Bible Bookmarks with our church kids and it's been a real blessing.

—Guest Bible Bookmarks

Front to Back

After years of using Bible study guides, I decided to start reading the Bible from front to back and what a joy! I suddenly discovered so many new truths from old familiar texts, I had to slow down. I look forward to my daily reading and quiet time and find that I want to read more.

—Guest Guest - Lommie

My Reading Plan

Well, what I do is open my Bible and start reading! I begin on page 1 and keep on reading.

—Guest Frank