Psalms & Proverbs

One of my personal goals for 2015 was to read the Bible every single day. I didn't really want to attempt a "Read the Bible in a Year" plan because I've tried those in the past and not had a lot of success. I start off really gung ho and Genesis is a really interesting book. So is Exodous. Right around the third chapter of Leviticus, my mind starts to wander, and you can pretty much forget Numbers. By Deuteronomy, I've completely abandoned the quest.

So instead, I decided to try to read whole books, a little at a time. I found study using the YouVersion app (PS - this is the GREATEST. APP. EVER.) of the entire books of Psalms and Proverbs in 30 days. I Facebooked a bunch of my friends from church to see if anybody wanted to go through the study with me in the month of January. Several did, so we started on January 1. And it was awesome. I've never read these two books together, but doing so was a nice way to revisit familiar texts. When the study ended, I knew I needed to do another. After browsing the plans, I found one that took the reader through all four of the Gospels in 30 days. I notified my group, and we set a course to read all four Gospels in the month of February. We've been meeting on Sunday mornings in between services to discuss, and now it looks like we may be offering a similar study as a Connect Group this summer. That has me really excited, because I love the idea of doing a complete study on the Bible, rather than marriage, or finances. That's not to say that studies on marriage and finances are not extremely valuable, I just like the idea of digging into and reading the Bible as a whole text. It also keeps my task-oriented mind focused with a to-do list!