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The One Year Bible
U S E R ’S G U I D E
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
P S A L M 1 1 9 :1 0 5
The One Year Bible is divided into daily readings designed to guide you through the entire Bible
in a year. But the arrangement doesn’t take you straight through from Genesis to Revelation.
Instead, each day you will find a portion of the Old Testament and the New Testament, plus
short readings from Psalms and Proverbs. These four daily readings are grouped on consecutive pages, giving freshness and diversity to each day’s reading experience. Many people have
tried to read through the entire Bible in a year, but they quickly become frustrated when they
get stuck in harder passages. This reading plan has helped millions of readers, including those
who tried before but became frustrated, to successfully complete their reading of the entire
Bible. And reading through the Bible will ensure that you will spend significant time engaged
with God’s Word.
Time spent genuinely engaged with God’s Word has the potential to change your life. “The
word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest t wo-edged sword, cutting
between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and
desires” (Hebrews 4:12). The Bible isn’t just a book of human wisdom. It comes from God himself, and in it he gives us the wisdom and knowledge needed to live a life of faith. “All Scripture
is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong
in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to
prepare and equip his people to do every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Time spent in the Scriptures, in a very real sense, is time spent with God. There is no better
place in this world for us to hear from God. The Bible is a special gift, but a gift we often leave
on the s helf—unopened and unread. And as we open it and read its pages, we are opening a
door to a relationship with the Author. He’s waiting there to speak to us, with the help of his
ever-present Spirit. He gave us the Scriptures because he wants us to hear from and know him.
Approach your reading each day with this knowledge and expectation.
Engaging More Deeply with Scripture
In The One Year Bible, you are encouraged to read through the entire Bible in a year, and its
structure provides a systematic daily plan for this. Most readers do their daily reading silently,
often in a single sitting. However, since many of the readings are fairly long, it is easy to get
distracted and to start “reading just to finish.” If this is the case for you, you may find it helpful
to slow down to engage more fully in the listening process.
Following is a list of concrete practices or tools that should help you engage more deeply
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