Read my Bible more

My girlfriend and I have recently begun reading at home together. It is bringing us together spiritually. We read each day, a chapter from the old testament and one from the new. We started at the beginning of each.

I have not been doing this. I admit it.

HOWEVER…

The Stake Presidency has challenged everyone in the Tampa Stake to read The Book of Mormon in its entirety by October 29th. And I HAVE been keeping up with that. I read one chapter a day, EVERY day, and I’m already feeling the blessings that come from daily scripture reading. So I’m going to keep this goal on here, and hopefully when I finish the B.O.M., I’ll still have the resolve to read the Bible the same way. :)

i am so far from God right now… personal details i will not include… but i am struggling and i know that this would help. i am still going to church but i feel like i am just going for the people. so they dont say anything about me,my heart aint really in it. i hear the sermons and with my head, im like “yea, thats good” but my heart is asleep. its so hard. please please please pray for me… i would love that, and i will try to look at this goal more and more and read your guys success stories. :)
thank you.
blessings and cheers, bek

Found podcasts on Itunes for reading bible in a year. I subscribed to a couple of them and will listen in my car during my commute.

Since my last entry, I have successfully incorporated reading the Word into my morning routine. I read each morning (except Saturday). I get my Word on Sunday from church. Morning by morning, new mercies I see.

Stopped reading for a little. I can do it if I put it in my morning routine. I will start this tomorrow!

I am in my Bible more often these days. It’s not everyday, but it’s much better. I am blessed to be the sponsor of a Christian club at my school and hope to participate in a couple of Bible studies at church soon. Staying in the Word is the only way to safely navigate this crazy world!

Two weeks ago we had a bible study for the youth at our church, and I was surprised to find I knew more than everyone else there. The adults were surprised too, because I stopped going to Sunday School when I was like 9. It was funny how although all the other kids went to Sunday School, I still knew way more than they did, because I took time to read it on my own. And after the bible study, I realized how much I enjoy reading The Bible, its a really relaxing way to end the day, and I’m tired of my own excuses not to read it! :)

I’ve now got the Message translation of the Bible, which is much easier to read and understand than the regular versions, even the NIV, so I really have no excuse now!

I just need to get some kind of reading plan in order…

It’s so much easier to read my Bible when I’m Episcopalian! I guess that, for me, my former church was toxic. I’m not very consistent every day yet, but I’m getting there. I love the Psalms!