Creating a regular rhythm of reading the Bible can be one of the most significant ways to grow your faith in God. This rhythm is important for several reason including helping us discover our identity, reminding us of our identity, and showing us who God is.
There are many different plans to help you start and continue this rhythm of reading the Scriptures, but here are few plans from a church we partner with, North Point Community Church. These plans use the Bible App for tablets and smartphones (download here), but also through internet browsers. This app also has many reading plans to help guide you through the Scriptures based on different topics, books of the Bible, or questions.
How to get started:
Choose a plan to read. Find one you are curious about or ask God to show you which one is best for right now. Download the Bible App here.
Choose a time you will read this each day. Try to keep the same time, but consistency is more important than a particular time.
Choose a location where you will read. Finding a specific spot in your house free of distractions can help you stay consistent.
Remember the goal is building a relationship with God, not to completing this “task”. If there are any ways Pastor Chris can help, email him.
Thanks to Andy Stanley and North Point Community Church for creating these plans.
The Bible for Grown-Ups
5 Day Reading Plan
Many of us know some Bible stories, but very few of us know the story of the Bible. Do you know how the Bible came to be? Knowing the story of the Bible is as important as knowing what’s in the Bible because if you don’t know it, it’s easy to discount or dismiss the stories in the Bible. This plan explores the story of how we got the Bible and how it sheds light and gives us insight into the stories in the Bible.
Five Things God Uses to Grow Your Faith
6 Day Reading Plan
Your faith in God matters to God. And he’s committed to growing it. Big. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. This plan builds a biblical case for five things God uses to grow BIG faith.
Better
4 Day Reading Plan
Whether it is the start of a new year, or you just want to make a change, these principles will help you have a better year than the last. Learn how to let go of what is hindering you and allow God to lead you to a better life.
Unconvinced: Exploring Faith As A Skeptic
7 Day Reading Plan
If you’re skeptical of the Old Testament stories or stuck on the rules that come with being religious, here’s some good news: following Jesus requires faith, but not faith in a book, a list or rules, or even a particular religious system. This plan presents a starting point for faith that may finally be something—or more specifically someone—you can believe in.
Building Stronger Marriages
9 Day Reading Plan
Marriage is what you make it—for richer or for poorer, for God has a design for a loving, lasting, thriving marriage. No matter what you’ve been through, it’s still possible to be and to stay in love. This plan will explore God’s design for a loving, lasting, and thriving marriage.
You're Not the Boss of Me
7 Day Reading Plan
We all have emotions that compete for control of our lives. And those emotions can get us in trouble when we let them be the boss of us. This reading plan shares a scriptural “how-to” about saying no to destructive emotions. We need to monitor our hearts—not just our behavior—to prevent emotions like guilt, envy, fear, and anger from bossing us around.
When, God?
7 Day Reading Plan
Have you ever felt like God was inattentive, uncooperative, or late? This plan shares stories from the New Testament about three different men who felt that God was not responding in their time of need. These stories teach us that we can walk through difficult times and know that God is still with us—he isn’t inattentive, he isn’t uncooperative, and he is never, ever late.
Why Worry?
6 Day Reading Plan
Most of us are worried about something. And many of us are more worried now than we’ve ever been. But worry has been around as long as there have been people. Two thousand years ago, there was so much worry that Jesus addressed it, and he gave us the definitive solution. This plan looks at what the Bible has to teach us about worry.
Free
6 Day Reading Plan
We all want to do what’s right and avoid doing what’s wrong, but sometimes we end up doing what we don’t want to do. This plan explores what the apostle Paul wrote about God’s grace and Jesus’s power over sin in our lives.