Last night I wrote a blog explaining why I didn’t think that resolutions for the new years were the best idea and that I felt that a focus word for the year was a better way to go, you can find that blog here.

If you read last night’s blog you’ll know that I have actually went ahead chosen to make some resolutions for myself this year in spite of my feelings of resolutions and I’m keeping those to myself for now; except one. I have a resolution to read the Bible in 90 days from cover to cover. I’ve done this before, I know that I can do it, that doesn’t mean that I will do it. I’m hopeful that I will though.

Before I’ve used other peoples reading plans and while that has helped me tremendously I finally had to sit down and work out a reading plan that worked for me to help me to get through the 90 days most efficiently. Everyone should read the Bible from cover to cover, it’s a great thing to do. and it’ll keep you digging deeper.

The thing is . . . life gets in the way. You get busy, you get distracted, and dare I say; you get bored. You have to be intentional. There were phone calls that I didn’t take if I was in the middle of reading my Bible, there were TV shows I didn’t watch b/c they interfered with my evening Bible reading (especially if I was already behind), and there were chores around the house I’d put off or give myself grace on if I needed to. I like to watch the TV show, “This Is Us”, and it’s the only show I watch, I don’t really ever watch TV, and it was a bummer to not to get watch the show that I’d watched from the first episode of the first season, but OH WELL! Priorities! Be intentional! I read in my bedroom, away from distractions! Read in your bedroom or somewhere there won’t be distractions, unless you have a TV in your bedroom (by the way if you’re married and there’s a TV in your bedroom, get rid of it. The bedroom is for two things, sex and sleep, you don’t need that in there. Yes. I just said that; don’t worry, I’m practically certain that neither of my Pastors read my blog and neither do my folks or my husband: he told me he doesn’t, so we can talk sex. Sex is in the Bible, too, so there’s another reason to dig deep, you can see what the Bible says about that in regards to your life.)

If you’re serious about reading your Bible in 90 days; do it.

Read it.

If you’re not serious about reading your Bible in 90 days; do it.

Read it.

God is capable of moving and speaking to you with His words even if you’re not trying to listen. Plus, you may just learn something you didn’t know before. In fact, I’m sure of it. Every time that I read God’s word I learn something new that I didn’t know before, which I love . . . either I’m learning something new/different about what He’s done, the characters in the Bible, the time era back then, or something new about myself or the situations I am in. One of my goals in life is to be a life long learner, I love learning, and this excites me to learn new things in scripture!

If you’re going to read the Bible in 90 days I suggest breaking it up into small chunks at a time. I read for 10 – 20 minutes at a time during the day. I may wake up in the morning and read for 5 minutes or I may wake up earlier (not because I’m trying to, ha ha) and grab my phone and use the Bible app and just stay snuggled under the blankets and read for an hour, it always fluctuates, but on average I spend at least 15 minutes of reading in the morning, again in the afternoon, and again in the evening in order to accomplish this goal and to stay interested in reading. I don’t say that lightly, I love to read, but there are so many distractions and fun things to do, you know what I mean! Also set a time of day or a specific day to read if you get behind. At first I picked a day of the week that I’d use as my “Catch Up” day to read; but I gave myself way too much grace and found myself reading for six hours to play catch up one time. After that I realized that I needed to just pick a time of the day, whether it was getting up an hour early the next morning if I slacked one day or staying up an hour late that night, I was going to get it done.

You’re going to have a lot of fun doing this! I really enjoy it.

Except the book of Numbers; because there’s, well numbers. Sorry, Jesus. There’s too many numbers. I don’t like numbers. Hahaha! But seriously, it’s going to be great! I’ll leave a break down of the Bible reading plan I made for myself below, there are others on the internet that are great that you can find though. If you want to join me at my pace see the bottom of this post!

Happy New Year’s!

“Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory. The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God” Psalm 98:1-3

Old Testament

Day 1 Genesis 1 – 11

Day 2 Genesis 12 – 20

Day 3 Genesis 21 –  33

Day 4 Genesis 34 – 50

Day 5 Exodus 1  – 11

Day 6 Exodus 12 – 18

Day 7 Exodus 19 – 30

Day 8 Exodus 31- 40

Day 9 Leviticus 1 – 7

Day 10 Leviticus 8 – 15

Day 11 Leviticus 16 – 22

Day 12 Leviticus 23 – 27

Day 13 Numbers 1 – 8

Day 14 Numbers 9 -16

Day 15 Numbers 17 -25

Day 16 Numbers 26 -36

Day 17 Deuteronomy 1 – 9

Day 18 Deuteronomy 10 – 17

Day 19 Deuteronomy 18 – 26

Day 20 Deuteronomy 27 -34

Day 21 Joshua 1 – 10

Day 22 Joshua 11 – 24

Day 23 Judges 1 – 10

Day 24 Judges 11 – 21

Day 25 Ruth 1 –   4

Day 26 1 Samuel 1 – 16

Day 27 1 Samuel 17 – 1 Samuel 31

Day 28 2 Samuel 1 – 24

Day 29 1 Kings 1 – 22

Day 30 2 Kings 1 – 25

Day 31 1 Chronicles 1 – 8

Day 32 1 Chronicles 9 – 19

Day 33 1 Chronicles 20 – 29

Day 34 2 Chronicles 1 – 21

Day 35 2 Chronicles 22 – 36

Day 36 Ezra 1-  Ezra 10

Day 37 Nehemiah 1 –  Nehemiah 13

Day 38 Esther 1 –  Esther 10

Day38 Job 1 –  Job 23

Day 39 Job 24 –  Job 42

Day 40 Psalms 1 –  Psalms 21

Day 41 Psalms 22 – Psalms 60

Day 42 Psalms 61 – Psalms 90

Day 43 Psalms 91 – Psalms 115

Day 44 Psalms 116 – Psalms 150

Day 45 Proverbs 1 – Proverbs 15

Day 46 Proverbs 16 – Proverbs 31

Day 47 Ecclesiastes 1 – Ecclesiastes 12

Day 48 Song of Solomon 1 – Song of Solomon 8

Day 49 Isaiah 1 –  Isaiah 27

Day 50 Isaiah 28 – Isaiah 66

Day 51 Jeremiah 1 – Jeremiah 20

Day 52 Jeremiah 21 – Jeremiah 52

Day 53 Lamentations 1 – Lamentations 5

Day 54 Ezekiel 1 – Ezekiel 22

Day 55 Ezekiel 23 – Ezekiel 48

Day 56 Daniel 1 – Daniel 12

Day 57 Hosea 1 – Hosea 14

Day 58 Joel 1 – Joel 3

Day 59 Amos 1 – Amos 9

Day 60 Obadiah 1

Day 61 Jonah 1 – Jonah 4

Day 62 Micah 1 – Micah 7

Day 63 Nahum 1 – Nahum 3

Day 64 Habakkuk 1 – Habakkuk 3

Day 65 Zephaniah 1 – Zephaniah 3

Day 66 Haggai 1 – Haggai 2

Day 67 Zechariah 1 – Zechariah 14

Day 68 Malachi 1 – Malachi 4

NEW TESTAMENT

Day 69 Matthew 1 – Matthew 28

Day 70 Mark 1 – 16

Day 71 Luke 1 – Luke 12

Day 72 Luke 13 – Luke 24

Day 73 John 1 – John 21

Day 74 Acts 1 – Acts 15

Day 75 Acts 16 – Acts 28

Day 76 Romans 1 – Romans 16

Day 77 1 Corinthians 1 – 1 Corinthians 16

Day 78 2 Corinthians 1 – 2 Corinthians 13

Day 79 Galatians 1 – Galatians 6

Day 80 Ephesians 1 – Ephesians 6

Day 81 * Philippians 1 – Philippians 4 (Morning)

                Colossians 1 – Colossians 4 ( Afternoon)

                1 Thessalonians 1 – 1 Thessalonians 5 (Bedtime)

Day 82 2 Thessalonians 1 – 2 Thessalonians 3 (Morning)

                1 Timothy 1 – 1 Timothy 6  (Afternoon)

                2 Timothy 1 – 2 Timothy 4 (Bedtime)

Day 83 Titus 1 – Titus 3 (Morning )

                Philemon 1 (Afternoon)

                Hebrews 1 – Hebrews 13 (Bedtime)

Day 84 James 1 –  James 5  (Morning)

                1 Peter 1 – 1 Peter 5 (Afternoon)

                2 Peter 1 – 2 Peter 3 (Bedtime)

Day 85 1 John 1 – 1 John (Morning)

                2 John 1 (Afternoon)

                3 John  (Bedtime)

Day 86 Jude 1

Day 87 Revelation 1 – Revelation 6

Day 88 Revelation 7 – Revelation 18

Day 89 Revelation 19 – Revelation 22

Day 90 – PRAISE!