40-Day Reading Challenge

[pam]

Here is one I found for 1 year time.

Read the Bible in One Year

[pam]

One year to read the OT would be doable for me. There are many books I have on my "want list" to read and that would surely free up some time for me to tackle those as well.

[KeithLBrown]

Pam, thanks for finding the one year reading plan for the Bible. I will take a look at that. I actually have a "One Year" KJV Bible that was my mother's that I have used in the past. This year I have not followed it so much as trying to keep up with each day's reading. Sometimes I read more and sometimes I read less. A lot of times, I find that the bulk of my reading is done on the weekends.

Seanette, I am all for your plan for reading the New Testament in 40 days after the current reading challenge. Count me in! As the Bible is a bigger undertaking in its reading, I think that it is probably best to read the Old Testament and New Testament separately instead of trying to read them both at the same time which is what I currently do. Reading both the Old and New Testaments at the same time could become overwhelming to some people. For me, the challenge of reading both at the same time is not so much because of the number of times I have read the Bible in its entirety. Anyway, I look forward to reading the New Testament in 40 days next.

[Seanette]

I've been known to fall behind on these plans and have to do a catching-up marathon. Hopefully, this challenge will keep me accountable enough that I don't do that, and develop better habits.

[pam]

I just want a chance next year to also take on some of the books I have been wanting to read for quite some time now. But count me in on anything you all decide.

[KeithLBrown]

Pam, I hear you. When it comes to bookstores, I am like a little kid in a candy store. I literally spend hours just looking at the different books and wishing that I could buy a lot of them, but my pockets always say I have only enough for a few of them. If you were to visit me, you would see that I have bookshelves full of books. There are some that are still in wrappers and a whole lot that I have yet to sit down and read, but yet I keep buying more. Uhm, is that considered compulsive spending? I wonder. . . Anywho, I too try to set aside some time to read some of the other books I have in my library. It is a challenge at times.

[KeithLBrown]

Seanette, I try not to worry too much about falling behind in my reading. I, like you, have found myself at times doing a reading marathon to try and catch up. I think the objective is to keep the goal in mind and to do our best to reach that goal. Some people have a tendency to give up once they start getting behind, but I always remind myself that "Quitters never win, and winners never quit!" Like I said before, my ultimate goal in this challenge is to help people take an interest in reading the Scriptures on a daily basis. If that is accomplished with the challenge that is will begin in a couple of days, then I am satisfied and happy.

[pam]

Oh btw..does anyone know of a good study companion that can be purchased? Maybe at Deseret Book or something. I feel like if I'm going to do this I really would like to do it right this time and study it as well as read it.

[Seanette]

I like "Unlocking the Book of Mormon". There's also "Unlocking the Doctrine and Covenants", by the same authors (I own it, haven't read it yet). I found both at my local DB.

I also like Seminary and Institute manuals as Scripture study helps. Those can be accessed online on the Church's website or can be purchased either in hard copy or as a CD-ROM collection (see your friendly distribution center or DB might have this too). The CD-ROM has the manuals in PDF format.

[Seanette]

Well, I've done my reading for today, and had a lot of comments, although I'm sure what I came up with was far from profound.

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