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Good intentions often fail for simple lack of planning.
One of the best intentions of most Christians is reading the Bible all the way through. But most of us putter out and lose focus, direction, and discipline around Leviticus. Just bein' honest.
Living as a disciple means continually going to the Source of spiritual nourishment and strength. We cannot survive as disciples if we are not having our minds continually renewed by the Word of God as revealed in Scripture.
One of the best helps I have found and utilized to fashion this spiritual discipline in my life is the Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan. It is a flexible-yet-structured approach to reading Scripture. You can begin at any time during the year with as many as four readings and as few as one for each day. The plan grants 25 reading days a month, so there is plenty of leeway if you miss a day or two. Or if you find yourself on the 25th of the month having completed all the readings, you may wish to go back and look over the truths you took in or journaled.
Whether you use the DJ reading plan or simply Google "bible reading plans" and find another, the most important discipline is to come to the Word as the Psalmist: "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?" (Ps. 42:1-2)
As you approach the Word, ask that God would reveal to you His quenching truth and that you would not walk away the same. I pray with you in this.
-jsm-
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