{"id":6715,"date":"2019-12-31T07:47:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=6715"},"modified":"2019-12-31T07:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:47:13","slug":"5-keys-for-leaders-to-read-the-bible-in-a-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/5-keys-for-leaders-to-read-the-bible-in-a-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Keys For Leaders To Read The Bible In A Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am\u00a0just completing my 22nd year in a row reading through the Bible cover to cover. This practice is one that fills my spiritual tank and which provides the fuel that drives my leadership.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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But like many others, I found it to be a very challenging discipline at first. Simply starting at Genesis and plowing my way through was cumbersome, and many of the \u201cbible-in-a-year\u201d plans that I looked at didn\u2019t seem much better.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But then around my third year I realized that if I was going to stick with this discipline I would need to re-arrange the reading order in a new way. And so it was that I developed my own bible reading plan that has served me well ever since.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The key, I discovered, was to assemble a plan that was built on five important principles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Jesus\u2019 story needs to be read\u2026often.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Early on I realized that I want to revisit the life and ministry of Christ throughout the year. My plan places the four gospels in each season of the year.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Name the elephant in the room \u2013 Some parts of the bible are boring.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Plowing through some sections of the Law or the minutia of genealogies can suck the life out of bible reading. I intersperse these sections with regular \u201cbursts\u201d of Psalms and Proverbs.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The Prophets come to life when they\u2019re matched with their history.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I like to provide context for the major and minor prophets by positioning these readings as near to their corresponding history book as possible.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Grouping the Epistles creates context and texture.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I love working through the Pauline epistles, taking a \u201cgospel break\u201d then tackling the other letters a bit later in the year.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Have a strong finish line.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve always had a special appreciation for \u201cthe disciple Jesus loved\u201d. I end the year with John\u2019s gospel, followed by his epistles, then the Revelation. To me this provides a wonderful year-end conclusion to the journey.<\/p>\n

Reading the bible all the way through is not in and of itself spiritually significant. But the discipline of spending time in scripture can yield marvelous results.<\/p>\n

If you want to check out my plan\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whatever plan you use, stick with it, and watch as God\u2019s Spirit breathes His life into your leadership in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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