Bible Reading Plans | All is Well

This year, I am reading the scriptures daily using a Bible Reading plan that utilizes the ESV Literary Study Bible. I chose that plan because I want to get an overall feel for Scriptures both as microcosms of truth as well as an overall Biblical Genre composed of several different genres in itself.

As a result, I really like the following suggestions that were posted at Desiring God Blog.

Erik Kowalker recently compiled a list of tips straight from Ryle’s book Practical Religion. Here are eight profitable ways to read the Bible:

Begin reading your Bible this very day.
Read the Bible with an earnest desire to understand it.
Read the Bible with child-like faith and humility.
Read the Bible in a spirit of obedience and self-application.
Read the Bible daily.
Read all of the Bible — and read it in an orderly way.
Read the Bible fairly and honestly.
Read the Bible with Christ continually in view.

Isn’t Number 7 interesting……to read the Bible fairly and honestly? I find that to be quite a challenge, actually, and hope to keep that suggestion in mind as I work on my Bible Reading plan for this year.

I love New Year’s Day. It’s a time to contemplate on the past, and focus on the New Year. Each New Year brings both hope and trepidation.

I like getting my routines in order. I like re-evaluating my spiritual and physical and making adjustments where I need to. This includes choosing a Bible reading plan for 2012. Daily reading and studying scripture feeds the soul

Justin Taylor has written an incredibly helpful post, introducing several different Bible Reading Plans. Many thanks to Taylor for doing the research and sharing it with all of us. You can find his helpful post here.

Since a friend bought me the ESV Literary Study Bible, which I am really enjoying, I will probably use the plan that will take me through the Literary Study Bible.

So, are you planning to find a Bible Reading plan for 2012? If so, which one appeals most to you??