Reading plans

[1986Kari]

I have been looking for a 2 or 3 year reading plan for the NT, but the only 2 year plan I can find goes through the NT twice in 2 years and I cannot find any 3 year plans. I am almost done w/ a 1 year whole Bible reading plan and I want to go through the NT again, but at a slower pace to study deeper. I am also a commentary reader and sometimes with faster reading plans it is too much meat at one time to study and pray over. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Halbhh]

Make your own pace. It's vastly better, so much better, to pause and reflect, think, meditate, on what you read. Just a night and day difference to really listen and hear.

 

[1986Kari]

Make your own pace.

I am a person that like structure and schedule, so that doesn't quite fit my personality

 

[Greg J.]

I was once instructed to seriously read 1 Corinthians chapters 12 and 14 something like every day for 5 days. Those chapters have a different place in my mind than all others. It would be totally worthwhile IMO to read and reread a day's Bible study (in a one year plan) two or three or more days in a row.

 

[1986Kari]

I was once instructed to seriously read 1 Corinthians chapters 12 and 14 something like every day for 5 days. Those chapters have a different place in my mind than all others. It would be totally worthwhile IMO to read and reread a day's Bible study (in a one year plan) two or three or more days in a row.

That might be any idea. However, some yearly plans put a large chunk together in one day that could be stretched out to 7-10 days in a longer reading plan. In the reading plan I am about to finish, they crunch John 6 into three days. I know that chapter can be stretched to 8 days if not more because of how much there is to absorb in that chapter.

 

[Greg J.]

One simple approach would be to add the task of dividing the day's reading into logical parts onto the first day's reading/study. The days that you repeat that plan could be dealt with one logical section at a time. It is a way to approach a day's plan, especially long ones, with boundaries around what you will do (structure). The sections don't have to be divided into different topics (some day's plans will be only on one topic); they can be divided where the focus shifts. I wouldn't get hung up on making good divisions, though. The study of most sections would require reading the paragraphs before and after it for context, anyway.

 

[dreadnought]

I have been looking for a 2 or 3 year reading plan for the NT, but the only 2 year plan I can find goes through the NT twice in 2 years and I cannot find any 3 year plans. I am almost done w/ a 1 year whole Bible reading plan and I want to go through the NT again, but at a slower pace to study deeper. I am also a commentary reader and sometimes with faster reading plans it is too much meat at one time to study and pray over. Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm not big on commentaries. I fear I would wind up letting someone else do my thinking for me.