2024 Challenge: read through the Bible

Are you in?

  • Yes, and it’s the first time

    Votes: 4 66.7%

  • Yes, and I’ve done it before

    Votes: 2 33.3%

  • No, but I still wanted to vote

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    6
svtf150 said:
No update here cause stalled out.
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It's not too late! And if it takes a little longer than a year, so be it The important thing is that you are getting into the word and the word is getting into you! I bet you have already read more than you ever have before. That's a win! So, just keep up the good work.

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Ponzerite said:
It's not too late! And if it takes a little longer than a year, so be it The important thing is that you are getting into the word and the word is getting into you! I bet you have already read more than you ever have before. That's a win! So, just keep up the good work.

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Thanks for the encouraging words.
 
August is done…

• finished up Luke
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• first 40 chapters of Ezekiel

I’ll admit it’s hard to maintain focus reading through Ezekiel some days.
 
BigWaylon said:
August is done…

• finished up Luke
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• first 40 chapters of Ezekiel

I’ll admit it’s hard to maintain focus reading through Ezekiel some days.
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Might I suggest...humbly...the following episodic podcast.

Intro to Ezekiel
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Naked Bible 111: Introducing the Book of Ezekiel

This episode marks the beginning of the Naked Bible Podcast series on the book of Ezekiel. Several characteristics set Ezekiel off from the rest of the classical (“Writing”) prophets: the prophet’s bizarre behavior, the use of symbols and symbolic acts, and the emphasis on the Spirit. This...
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Full listing...scroll way down for chapters of Ezekiel.
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Episodes

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I started it….I won’t finish up until next September but it’s the first time I have attempted to read the Bible cover to cover. I am the first to admit I am enjoying it
 
Radar said:
I started it….I won’t finish up until next September but it’s the first time I have attempted to read the Bible cover to cover. I am the first to admit I am enjoying it
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Starting and finishing are the real deal here. The time frame is not as important, sure I understand goals and all.

But just the fact that you are reading it is a huge win for you. And like you, I enjoy reading it as well. Always something I never thought about before.

Good job sir, and carry on!
 
September is done:

• finished Ezekiel
• Joel
• Daniel
• Revelation
• Habakkuk
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Esther
• Malachi
• more Psalms (107-130)

Got to read some of my favorite verses this week. I have used this teaching boys in the youth ministry for years. After had the church print up a poster of it to hang on the classroom wall. From Psalm 119:

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The other is a little more tongue-in-cheek. First of all, we know that as much as we may dislike the current situation, God has full authority over the government and it wouldn’t be in the shape it’s in if he didn’t allow it. As Romans 13 says:

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(Didn’t read ^that^ this month, just including it to set up the “punchline”)

But that doesn’t mean I can’t pray Psalm 109 over him, especially verse 8:

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I'm still in it. Currently plowing my way through Ezekial.

Seems like I have become a poor manager of my time. I just can't get it all done. So glad that some of the summertime activities are dwindling down but even with that I just seem to be steadily falling even more behind.
If I'm lucky I may get to go shoot my local monthly match for some fun. Otherwise, y'all know the deal...work at work, work at home, work at side hustle, make time for the missus, be here for this grandkid, be there for that grandkid and I have 6 so far...whew.

Rarely take the time to check in here even.
On here now cause things are quiet at work and I have the opportunity.
When I do log in I know i'm gonna be awhile. That's time that could be spent in the bible.
It's not like I'm scrolling all the social crap traps either. I don't do any of it. This forum is my sole social endeavor.

I'm frustrated there isn't any time for things that I enjoy doing, or have fun with, but I guess it's a sacrifice that is needed to be made to support all those other things and people. And I suppose that when it gets down to it, people are more important than me having fun.

Sorry for spouting off. Was only gonna post 1st two sentences. But apparently felt I needed to put that out there.
Carry on.
 
Started the November plan today. October consisted of:

• finished Psalms (131-150)
• John
• Acts
• James (3x)
• Galatians (3x)
• 1 Thessalonians
• 2 Thessalonians
• started 1 Corinthians

I’d read before I started this whole plan that I’d eventually be reading the same book multiple times in a row. I think James and Galatians are the first occurrences of that happening. I think I see it happening four more times this month. December is an Advent plan.
 
This is your ~60 day warning to pick out a plan for 2024. 🤓
 
BigWaylon said:
This is your ~60 day warning to pick out a plan for 2024. 🤓
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I started late on 2023, so I will not finush until way too late, but I will certainly find something to do until I can get back on track starting fresh with 2025.
 
Just thought I’d throw this suggestion out there…

If you’ve never attempted a full read-through, or you started and gave up at some point, maybe you’re thinking 2024 is the year. Go ahead and pick out your plan so you’ll be ready.

In the meantime, consider doing this one starting 12/1. The plan I’m doing goes through the whole Bible in 11 months, and then uses this for Advent. It’ll take you through some Old and New Testament passages that lead you to Christmas. I’m looking forward to it. Most days are fairly short reading assignments.

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BigWaylon said:
Just thought I’d throw this suggestion out there…

If you’ve never attempted a full read-through, or you started and gave up at some point, maybe you’re thinking 2024 is the year. Go ahead and pick out your plan so you’ll be ready.

In the meantime, consider doing this one starting 12/1. The plan I’m doing goes through the whole Bible in 11 months, and then uses this for Advent. It’ll take you through some Old and New Testament passages that lead you to Christmas. I’m looking forward to it. Most days are fairly short reading assignments.

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Just a gentle reminder…less than a week until we get to 12/1. If you want to get started with an Advent plan, there are plenty out there to choose from.
 
13th year in a row was completed this morning. November included:

• finishing 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Romans
• Colossians
• Philemon
• Ephesians (3x)
• Philippians (3x)
• 1 Timothy
• Titus
• 1 Peter
• 2 Timothy (3x)
• 2 Peter (3x)
• 1 John
• 2 John
• 3 John
• Jude
 
Anybody decide to do an Advent plan? Two days of Genesis so far for me…
 
svtf150 said:
I'm still in it. Currently plowing my way through Ezekial.

Seems like I have become a poor manager of my time. I just can't get it all done. So glad that some of the summertime activities are dwindling down but even with that I just seem to be steadily falling even more behind.
If I'm lucky I may get to go shoot my local monthly match for some fun. Otherwise, y'all know the deal...work at work, work at home, work at side hustle, make time for the missus, be here for this grandkid, be there for that grandkid and I have 6 so far...whew.

Rarely take the time to check in here even.
On here now cause things are quiet at work and I have the opportunity.
When I do log in I know i'm gonna be awhile. That's time that could be spent in the bible.
It's not like I'm scrolling all the social crap traps either. I don't do any of it. This forum is my sole social endeavor.

I'm frustrated there isn't any time for things that I enjoy doing, or have fun with, but I guess it's a sacrifice that is needed to be made to support all those other things and people. And I suppose that when it gets down to it, people are more important than me having fun.

Sorry for spouting off. Was only gonna post 1st two sentences. But apparently felt I needed to put that out there.
Carry on.
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I was going to just quote the part about plowing through Ezekiel, I'm there now. That is a tough book!

But then I reread the rest and all I can say is, I feel ya, brother! Nothing bad or out of the ordinary has been going on, just everything going on at full speed. And the holidays seem to add an extra layer of stuff to deal with. But it's all good, or it will be. Got a wedding this weekend, I'm not exactly thrilled about. But it is what it is. So, I'm going to make the best of it.

I just wanted to swing by and encourage everyone to stay the course, maybe pick it up a notch to get finished by the end of the year. And if you don't finish, but are still reading, that is what really counts. Just stay in the word. And go ahead and pick out a plan for next year. Maybe you liked the one you did or maybe you want to try another. But either way, hop to it!
 
Wrapped up this year’s plan this morning with Revelation 19-22.

Have my 2024 plan ready to go…hopefully you do as well.
 
Just finished up myself. Had a few extra minutes this morning.

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But seriously. Whatever you did was better than what you haven't. Start over, keep going from where you are. Just keep yourself in God's word.

Thanks to @BigWaylon for the challenge.
 
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I like Esword and My Swword as well for reading the Bible. They also have a good dictionary and cross reference and other resources. I think they are still free
 
I started in September and I am halfway thru. I will finish this up in April or May and the. Start again and double up to get back on track with the new year in 2025. I really do appreciate @BigWaylon giving me the guidance to start this as it’s the first time I have ever read it cover to cover
 
I failed miserably last year. This year the days that I'm not able to read it, there is a youtube channel doing a days worth of reading so I can follow along. I'm an auditory learner anyways so that should help.
 
ChickenHawk said:
I failed miserably last year. This year the days that I'm not able to read it, there is a youtube channel doing a days worth of reading so I can follow along. I'm an auditory learner anyways so that should help.
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Check out the Bible Recap. That’s the plan my wife did last year. It had an associated podcast that summarizes it each day.

And if you do it another year, the summary is actually new each year (based on what my wife said). I know the Dwell app has the plan, but I haven’t looked for the podcast. Pretty sure it’s available multiple places.
 
BigWaylon said:
Check out the Bible Recap. That’s the plan my wife did last year. It had an associated podcast that summarizes it each day.

And if you do it another year, the summary is actually new each year (based on what my wife said). I know the Dwell app has the plan, but I haven’t looked for the podcast. Pretty sure it’s available multiple places.
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Thanks. I will check it out. The youtube channel is JustBible and it reads it aloud kind of how you can get the Bible app to do, but only a day's worth at a time if anyone is interested.
 
I am in for this year. Picked a plan in the Bible app. Going well so far. I’ve likely read every book in the Bible at some point. Just not once all the way through. Excited to do this!
 
I did the Bible recap by Tara Leigh Cobble last year with my wife. I’m a little behind so still trying to finish. Halfway through the New Testament.

I highly recommend, it is really good. It’s goes through chronologically and she does a 5 to 10 minute recap and digs a little deeper.

www.thebiblerecap.com

The Bible Recap

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So far I'm keeping up. I'm actually listening to the one below:

The Bible in a Year Archives - Ascension Press Media

Listen Now
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It's catholic based, I'm not catholic, but Father Mike does an excellent job tying everything together for a couple minutes after the daily scripture is read. I got to day 52 before restarting for the last year and restarted for 2024.
 
Crankbait said:
I did the Bible recap by Tara Leigh Cobble last year with my wife. I’m a little behind so still trying to finish. Halfway through the New Testament.

I highly recommend, it is really good. It’s goes through chronologically and she does a 5 to 10 minute recap and digs a little deeper.

www.thebiblerecap.com

The Bible Recap

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I recommended that one a couple posts up. My wife did it last year and loved it. We gave the book to my dad’s wife for Christmas this year.
 
Having no problem keeping up so far! 10 days strong! Been nice to use this as a replacement for at least some of the mind melting social media.
 
Been far to long since this one has been bumped…

How’s everybody doing? I haven’t missed a day, other than planned days. The schedule for the one I’m doing is read six days and take one off. Worked out for me to not read on Sundays, since I’m gonna be reading it at least twice (small group and church service) every Sunday anyway.

But I’ll admit I find myself reading late at night (just finished for today) far too often. This new job has me in the office two days a week, and at home the others. But it’s not the same two days every week because all the stuff is based on the business day. We have to do something on BD5, something on BD10, etc, etc. So I just haven’t gotten into a routine of reading it first thing in the morning like a should…and I need to work harder at making it a priority.
 
BigWaylon said:
Been far to long since this one has been bumped…

How’s everybody doing? I haven’t missed a day, other than planned days. The schedule for the one I’m doing is read six days and take one off. Worked out for me to not read on Sundays, since I’m gonna be reading it at least twice (small group and church service) every Sunday anyway.

But I’ll admit I find myself reading late at night (just finished for today) far too often. This new job has me in the office two days a week, and at home the others. But it’s not the same two days every week because all the stuff is based on the business day. We have to do something on BD5, something on BD10, etc, etc. So I just haven’t gotten into a routine of reading it first thing in the morning like a should…and I need to work harder at making it a priority.
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Things are pretty good as far as regularity. I am a natural (VERY) early riser and will often get up between 3.30 and 4.30, so the quiet and solitude make for an "easy" pattern. Not some super holy disciplined guy or anything. Blame it on the nervous system God gave me. An active yodeling grandson (age 12, autistic) is an added incentive as well, though struggling whether to read or swear about him raising the roof is sometimes a difficult choice! :)

I made a decision at the beginning of the year to continue reading the NT once a month. It is good for me to read large sections to get the "flow" and thought progression, the general thought patterns and all. I am often arrested by a word, phrase, or sentence, and will run off on an extended drilling down and prayer (which are good, and the real reason we do this), but find that it is difficult to get back on track.
I find that reading with a pen and paper is very good for me. Right now I am trying to hammer home a mental outline of each book....., like what chapters contain what. It is a little discouraging to find that things I once memorized like a breeze now take way more effort and repetition. I think I am going to change patterns to a plan that take me thru the gospels only once a month, since I have a difficult time remembering especially the common stories in the "synoptic" gospels (Matthew Mark Luke) and their relative locations.
Bottom line though, it is good for my soul.
I am glad you posted here. It is good for me to pray both for you all and for myself that the word of God will flow out of us....., and it can't do that till it flows INTO us.
Thank you
 
I'm right on schedule.

But I'm thinking I need to do something else. It seems I am always reading for a sermon, lesson, to share with someone, something like that. I'm going to start a plan just for me. Something that no one else has to know about, but I guess you guys do now.
 
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