Hey folks I thought I would start us out here for our online discussion and place to encourage one another regarding reading through the Bible in a year. You will also find this on Collage's facebook group page. Since everyone wanted to grow in the spiritual discipline of connecting with God through reading His word and interacting with Him as you read we thought we would use this online Bible reading program. Click on this link and you will be taken to the site.
One Year Bible Online
When you go there on the left side you will find the Chronological reading link. Click on the month and when it pops up, scroll down and find the day of the month it is, and click on the day and the reading will pop up. You can set the default Bible to be whatever version you want and you can read it in parallel versions. Also, there are commentaries you can read too if you want more. On the left side of the page you will also find a link that will let you print out a paper copy of the whole year of reading through the Bible chronologically so you can put that in your Bible or journal and use it when you don't want to read online.
So, here are my comments on today's reading and the "spiritual discipline" of communing with God through spending time in his word, listening to him and talking with him. I got up this morning, to do this reading, just generally commune with God and send out this information - blog. I was blurry eyed, and tired, yet I couldn't sleep anymore because I had a sense of anitcipation of meeting with God and starting out on a new adventure. That lasted for all of about 2 minutes into the reading, when I realized I hadn't really heard - connected- comprehended a single word of what Jesus was saying in John 10. I think I read the words "and sheep hear his voice" about 10 times, before I woke up!
So, I stopped myself, laughed at myself with God, and said, "forgive me Father, I fell right into the "I got to check this devotional reading box, so I can get on with my day trap and it only took me 2 minutes to fall!" Then I said, "Father, would you lead me, teach me, guide me, help me to know you better, to know myself better, become more like you Jesus, as a result of reading this passage." Then I proceeded on to read. I had to stop myself like that a couple of times, slow down, focus, and reconnect with God. Whats funny about all this, on Saturday I was talking to someone telling them about how I wanted to grow more in discerning God's voice in talking to me. I even alluded to this very passage! Well, bottom line, for me, as I pushed on through the sleepy distractedness, I found myself reading more than just this mornings reading. I went back and read a chapter before the ones listed here because I wanted to understand the context of what was happening in these chapters. So, all I have to say is . . . Keep On Keeping On! Ann
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