I have tried to emphasize how important that it is for each one of us to open up our Bibles and READ the Word of God for ourselves, EACH ONE OF US.
Several years before that I asked people: ARE YOU READY.
I want everyone to have the opportunity to gain what each and every one of us has been offered, the ONLY thing, we MUST BELIEVE.
Our FAITH in God is what is going to trigger our BELIEF for us and the only way our FAITH can grow is by READING the Word of God.
Over the years, I have tried to come up with a basic plan, where each one of us could get over the hundreds of excuses so we could each READ His Word.
We all have had an excuse one way or another. The most used excuse of all time is time, people will say they don’t have the time in their day to read their Bible.
Give up sitting in front of your tv for 30 minutes a day, give up being on your computer or your phone on social media for just 30 minutes a day, give up playing your Xbox or your PlayStation for just 30 minutes a day and in less than two weeks, the part of the Bible that is the most significant to each one of us in the 21st century, will be read.
Give it a second two weeks and re-read what you just read … and why not continue.
Thirty minutes a day is NOT going to upset your schedule. Download a Bible app onto your phone and during a coffee break or lunch, read a couple of verses from the Bible. Bible apps cost nothing to download on your phone and just about every adult in America carries a phone with them.
I have BibleGateway on my phone, computer and tablet. As of this morning, there were over 66 English versions of the Bible available with every download. Now there are many in America that believe the King James version of the Bible is the only Bible that should be read … I disagree but a point that I would voice, there are many times a person needs a different English version of the Bible so they can even understand what has been written in the King James version.
I have included my Bible reading plan on this paper, I hope it will assist that person out there that is looking where to start, and they’ve been asking for help. Here is my suggestion:
Day 1 – Galatians 1-6, 1Thessalonians 1-5
Day 2 – 2Thessalonians 1-3, 1Corinthians 1-8
Day 3 – 1Corinthians 9-16
Day 4 – 2Corinthians 1-13
Day 5 – Romans 1-10
Day 6 – Romans 11-16, Philippians 1-4
Day 7 – Colossians 1-4, Ephesians 1-6
Day 8 – Philemon 1, 1 Timothy 1-6, Titus 1-3, 2Timothy 1-4
Day 9 – Acts 1-7
Day 10 – Acts 8-13
Day 11 – Acts 14-20
Day 12 – Acts 21-28
Allow God to speak to you through His Word.
I hope this helps at least that one individual who has never opened a Bible before, but they are seeking to find God.
I am InHIM. ><)))o>
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You may ask, why did I only post the writings of Paul and the book of Acts, to me, the answer is quite clear, we are told in Acts that Jesus CHOSE Saul of Tarsus (Paul), to be the teacher for the entire population of the world.
Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV
If you are reading from a ‘RED LETTER’ Bible, the above verse is written in red ink, these words are spoken by Jesus, the crucified, resurrected and ascended Jesus Christ. Jesus came back to this earth, by revelation to Saul and vs15 are words spoken by Jesus to Ananias, a Jewish believer living in Damascus.
Paul’s writings are the Doctrine that we are to FOLLOW today in the 21st century.
I included the book of Acts into this reading plan, so the pivotable change can be seen that was made by God.
There are about just as many people that don’t believe in the writings by Paul as there are those that think we should only read from the KJV. Just so you know, both of these beliefs are nothing but made up man-made rules that they want other human beings to follow, NONE of their beliefs or words are found in the Word of God.
Many of these people that don’t read the apostle Paul’s writings, they think His epistles should be ripped from our Bibles and thrown away, but Luke, the writer of one of the synoptic gospels wrote the book of Acts telling us that Jesus CHOSE Saul, are we to rip out the book of Acts also?
What about the gospel that was written by Luke, should that be torn from our Bibles too?
2Peter 3
vs15 ‘…And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you…’
vs16 ‘…as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction…’ AKJV
This man called Peter, from Matthew 16:18, Jesus calls Peter the Rock of the church, in Matthew 4:19 Jesus told Peter that he would be ‘fishers of men,’ Peter was a natural leader in the Jewish Christian community, Peter was an apostle and a pillar in the origins of the early church, because Peter wrote that Paul’s writings were from wisdom, he called his writings SCRIPTURE and those that don’t understand his writings, they don’t understand other Scripture as well, are we then to rip out Peters 2nd epistle also … and maybe his 1st epistle as well?
Where did these so-called christians read where God told us we could pick and choose what books and verses we want to believe in the Bible, and we could simply toss the other ones aside … where is the verse? They can’t because there is no such verse in the Word of God.
There are two (2) important verses found in 2Timothy.
2Timothy 2:15 ‘…Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth…’ NKJV
2Timothy 3:16 ‘…All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…’ AKJV
In 2:15 we are told of the importance for us to ‘RIGHTLY DIVIDE’ the Word of Truth, the Word of God.
In 3:16, it not as important to notice what is in the verse, as it is to notice WHAT IS NOT IN THE VERSE. The word FOLLOW is not in that verse.
All Scripture has been given to us by God, but we are not told we are to FOLLOW ALL SCRIPTURE … we are to be WISE, so we are able to RIGHTLY DIVIDE the Word of God.
If you are visiting a man-made religion, in their man-made building and what they are preaching cannot be backed up by God’s Word, LEAVE, get out as soon as you can.
Go home and OPEN your Bible and READ the truth that God wants for you to HEAR.
I love y’all. I am InHIM. ><)))o>