Hiding the Word in Our Hearts Posts

Blessings Saints!  We are back online now that our family vacation time is over.   I have had time to pray and meditate on the next steps.

I feel an urgency to “hide God’s Word in my heart” and to read through the entire Bible before the end of 2020.    So we plan to listen to scripture 45 minutes a day either via a website like Biblegateway.com or by reading out loud as a family.  I am highlighting what stands out as we go and then going back through privately before bed to copy out key passages and meditate on them or write notes in the margins of my Bible. Perhaps there are others who would like to “join us” in the Spirit and share the highlights here of what you see each day or each week.

This week we are starting with Jeremiah and then we plan to do Ezekiel.

This will build up unity in our community and grow oneness in our thinking as well.

Easy steps:

  1. Listen to scripture for 45 minutes per day, 5 days per week
  2. Underline and highlight as you go
  3. Review what you have underlined and either copy or write notes in the margin

This process should get us through the entire Bible before December 2020.

So for anyone who has ever thought reading through the whole Bible is something they would like to do, this is a perfect time to share the journey with others.

Average Reading Time

Week 1

  • Jeremiah 4h

Week 2

  • Ezekiel 3h 45 min

Week 3

  • Genesis – 3.5h
  • 1 Timothy – 16m

Week 4

  • Exodus – 3h
  • 2 Corinthians – 40m

Week 5

  • Leviticus – 2h
  • 1 Corinthians – 1h
  • Colossians – 13m
  • 1 Thessalonians – 12m
  • 2 Thessalonians – 7m
  • 2 Timothy – 11m
  • Titus – 7m

Week 6

  • Numbers – 3h
  • 2 Corinthians – 40m
  • Philemon – 3m

Week 7

  • Deuteronomy – 2.5h
  • Galatians – 20m
  • Ephesians – 20m
  • Philippians – 14m
  • Philemon – 3m
  • Lamentations – 20m

Week 8

  • Judges – 1.75h
  • Hebrews – 45m
  • 1 Peter – 16m
  • 1 John – 16m
  • 2 John – 2m
  • 3 John – 2m
  • Amos – 25m

Week 9

  • 1 Samuel – 2.25h
  • James – 16m
  • 2 Peter – 10m
  • Zephaniah – 10m
  • Zechariah – 40m
  • Haggai – 7m

Week 10

  • 1 Kings – 2h
  • 2 Samuel – 1.75h

Week 11

  • Habakkuk – 9m
  • 2 Kings – 2.25h
  • Jude – 4m
  • Haggai – 7m
  • Micah – 20m
  • Ezra – 40m
  • Jonah – 8m

Week 12

  • Matthew – 2.5h
  • Daniel – 1.25h

Week 13

  • Job – 1.75 h
  • Proverbs – 1.75h
  • Song of Solomon – 20m

Week 14

  • Psalms – 3.75h

Week 15

  • Isaiah – 3.75h

Weeek 16

  • Hosea – 30m
  • John – 2h
  • Revelation – 1.25h

Week 17

  • Joel – 12m
  • Malachi – 11m
  • Acts – 2.25h
  • Romans – 1h

Week 18

  • Luke
  • Nahum – 8m
  • Ecclesiastes – 30m

Week 19

  • Mark 1.5h
  • Nehemiah 1 h
  • Psalms 1.25 h

Week 20

  • 2 Chronicles – 2.5h
  • Ezra – 40m
  • Obadiah – 4m
  • Esther – 30m

You can work your way through the Bible.  Pick a book and get started.