But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ~ Matthew 4:4
Such encouraging words that the words of the Lord as recorded in the Scriptures are given as both a guide and as sustenance to our soul.
So encouraging.
So simple.
So hard...as a daily practice.
At the beginning of the summer I began working on a new structure for reading through the Bible. As much as I would love to just discipline myself to read right through it, there are some books I really get stuck in...Psalms and Isaiah being two of them. I've heard of a variety of methods which I thought were quite clever and made a lot of sense...
- Chronologically (As opposed to the order presented in a bound Bible)
- Using mirrored sections (Old and New that flow well together or mirror each other such as Genesis 1 & John 1)
- Reading 4 Psalms and 1 Proverbs a day for a dose of wisdom
- 5 minutes a day..."rain or shine"
- The Bible on CD (or your preferred media of choice) while in the car
...and there are many others.
I started to create section groups such as doctrine of the Epistles, end times prophesy, teachings of Jesus and history of the church...each section of which there would be an aiming of finishing it in about the span of a month. To be honest I got distracted with daily life (again)...and then came to school where they are having us read through the Bible in 9 months, and yes there is a grade involved in it. Thus David and I have taken to reading together, usually in the mornings, in part to help keep us both on track.
Although I am not especially a fan of having the grade be the deadline, it has certainly been helpful keeping us accountable with our goal.
What are your experiences with implementing a daily Scripture reading, and your favorite method to do so?
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