Use These 5 Bible Reading Plans for 2023!

[@joer5627]

I’m on a now 13 year journey back to Jesus. A few years ago reading the Bible became a part of my journey. I’ve used the Read Scripture Ap twice, Moravian Daily Text, McCheyne plan and 2 others I can’t recall their names. This year I’m back on the Moravian Daily Text in the morning the. praying the Bible at night starting with Psalms. It’s time to get deeper. Daily scripture after 6 years has become an important part of my life. Thank you Jesus.

[@betterbiblereading]

Thanks so much for watching Joe!

[@pamelabecerra333]

I’m so glad I’ve come across your channel. I’ve been binge watching so many of your videos. Have left so encouraged. Also subscribed to your podcast 👍🏼

[@betterbiblereading]

Thanks so much!

[@twilagitschlag5662]

I have done the Psalms reading plan and the Proverbs one for several months. Both are highly doable.

[@joer5627]

1/1/23 I’ll be using the psalm plan.

[@TedMattos]

Thank you for this, Kevin. I always appreciate learning what other brothers and sisters are doing. This upcoming year, I'm going to try the Bible Recap Podcast which goes through the Bible chronologically and then discusses each reading in the podcast. I purchased the supplemental Bible study guide to go with it. Have a blessed 2023!

[@betterbiblereading]

Hey Ted! thanks so much for watching and sharing your goal for this upcoming year. That sounds like a great resource to use. I hope your 2023 is a blessing as well!

[@twilagitschlag5662]

I am planning on doing this as well.

[@rickthestick6995]

I did the Bible Recap this year and it was very enjoyable reading chronologically.

[@rickking3805]

The way to do the Psalms is to start with the date. If it is the 1st of the month, start with Psalm 1. Then add 30. Read Psalm 31. Then read 61, then 91, then 121. Skip 119 when you get to it and read that one on the 31st. The plan I created is the 5-1 plan. 5 chapters out of the Old Testament, 5 chapters out of the New Testament, 5 Psalms (by the method I described above), and the Proverb for the date (Chapter 1 for the 1st, 2 for the 2nd, etc) By my calculations, you will get through the Old Testament in something like 178 days and the New in around 60. It seems daunting but it really isn't all that much. If you find yourself pressed for time for the day, always start with the Psalms and the Proverbs. You get all your wisdom from the Proverbs. Try and get at least one chapter from the Old and New if nothing else. You will be surprised how you will get caught up in it, though. If you keep up with the Psalms and Proverbs, that keeps the date straight. With the 5-1 plan you are on the fast track for getting through the Bible anyway so if you miss a few chapters of progress, that's OK.

[@opa362]

Kevin, great inspiration for feasting upon the Word for 2023 ... have thought at times that we should compliment the chef often [God himself] ... and as at most nice restaurants... leave a good tip. Am endeavoring to entertain some or all of these plans for 2023 ... and am asking God to give me someone to come along for continued encouragement. Thanks for your time.

[@betterbiblereading]

Well said! Thanks for watching Wayne. I hope you find these options helpful

[@jamesaritchie1]

My big problem with Bible reading plans is that nearly all of them set the timetable for completion at one year. Why? If something interrupts the reader's schedule, and any one of a hundred legitimate things could easily do this, it's then far too easy to say, "I'll never finish by the end of the year now, so I may as well give up." I've seen this happen far too many times, and I also had it happen to me. The important thing is to read the Bible, and to LEARN, not to finish by a specific time, not to finish it in a year. Most of the people I know who have read the entire Bible did so without a plan. This is how I managed to read it. I simply started reading. When I lost interest, or got sleepy, of something called me away, I didn't worry about it. I just bookmarked the page and let it go at that. Sometimes I would read every day for weeks. Sometimes, when I was just too tired or too busy, I would skip a couple of weeks. Reading when tired, or busy, or to meet a goal doesn't seem like a good thing, at least to me. I stopped to think more than I actually read. Some days I would read one page, some days one chapter, some days one book, It didn't matter. I pondered over interesting verses, I wrote down passages and questions and thoughts, and often used a concordance, a commentary, a Bible dictionary, or even KZbin and Google to learn more about verses or passages or chapters I wasn't sure I understood, and then I talked to my pastor, and to other people in the church. It took me more than three and a half years to read the Bible this way, but when I finished I knew a lot more about God's Word than I would have with a one year plan of any kind. Frankly, I didn't even have the goal of reading the Bible cover to cover. My goal was to immerse myself in scripture and learn as much about it as I could. Listening to your preacher is good, but preachers tend to jump all over the Bible with their sermons, and a person could listen to three sermons a week all his lifelong without even hearing a large part of the Bible. Bible reading plans are fine. I have nothing at all against the, If they work for someone, that's wonderful. But if they don't work, that's fine, too.