2010 Cover to Cover Campaign!

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2010 Cover to Cover Campaign!

Were you satisfied with the amount of time you spent with your Bible over the past twelve months? When have you last read your entire Bible from cover to cover?  

Things don't 'just' happen. Progress happens when you make a choice. The chances of you spending more time in the Word of God in 2010 are slim - unless you make concrete plans to increase your intake of the Scriptures.

Join the campaign to promote reading the Bible from Cover to Cover in 2010. Prepare your heart spiritually and your mind psychologically to commit to the regular, consistent and consecutive daily reading of your Bible throughout 2010.

We need a daily balanced intake of spiritual food if we are going to thrive spiritually for the Lord.  (Psalm 119:9-16)

All Scripture is breathed out by God

and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,

and for training in righteousness,

that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

2Timothy 3:16-17

The disciplined, systematic daily reading of your Bible is a must. You can look good and act good for a period of time without reading your Bible but the window-dressing will not last. Not a single Christian is doing well if they can regularly go two or three days at a time without reading the Bible.

There is a variety of Bible Reading Schedules available to you. Go to the 'Links' section of www.heaven4sure.com for some options.

Maybe you have mocked others who have made a New Year's resolution. That's in your past. Choose today to start following a Bible Reading Schedule.

Are you afraid to start in case you miss a day or two here and there throughout 2010? You're afraid to commit to a schedule in case you end up quitting in three months time and then you'll feel like a loser? What do you have to lose? Let's say you followed the plan until March and then you got off track with the schedule.... what have you lost by following it in January, February and March? Nothing!!  Go for it! Try it!

TIPS for EFFECTIVE READING:

1.  Before you read, pause to confess your sins to the Lord and ask Him to speak to your heart as you read your chapters.

2.  Read prayerfully. Pause at certain verses or phrases and speak with your Lord about what the verse means and how it should affect your own life.

3.  Block out a 30 minute time slot that is most likely to be convenient for you to read your Bible - the same time every day. Even if you have to set your alarm clock earlier - go for it. If you were training for the Olympics you would make the time to practise. Rigor and discipline are required. Satan will never hand you extra time on a silver platter to read your Bible. If you are going to read your Bible, you will have to TAKE the time.

4.  If you miss a day, don't try to go back and catch up. That's too difficult and discouraging. If you have lost a day or a week because of extraordinary events, just get back on schedule and read only where the Plan states you should read for that day. You can read the missed chapters next year if the Lord spares you.

5.  If you have completed all your readings for the day and you didn't enjoy anything in the chapters try this: select one verse and mull it over in your mind for a few minutes and pray.  Let's say you selected Job 21:13 out of your readings:  "They spend their days in wealth and in a moment go down to the grave."   Think of the wealth of sinners and how shallow it is compared to your wealth as a believer. Think about 'a moment'.  Things happen in a moment: salvation, rapture, death, etc. Thank the Lord for your salvation moment. Think about 'going down to the grave.' Your body may go down but you will go up. Praise God!  It may not seem like much, but at least, it is some little nugget for you to have in your mind as you go through your day. Underline that phrase or that verse in your Bible. Record your 'little' thought in your journal and date it.

6.  Convince at least one other friend to adopt the same plan and then challenge each other with the Lord's help to follow the Plan.

7.  Your daily reading according to a schedule is the minimum. Every Christian should also spend time 'studying' the Word of God.

If you would like me to email you three Bible Reading Plan options, just send an email to peter@heaven4sure.com and put in the subject line: Bible Reading Plans.

This is basically the same email I sent out one year ago. Why? Because it is relevant each year. May the Lord richly bless you and yours throughout 2010.

Walk carefully and closely with the Lord today.

Warmly in Christ

Peter Ramsay

peter@heaven4sure.com