God's word is so full of instruction for us, and as a young Christian I often avoided reading the Old Testament because I just didn't understand it. Don't get me wrong there is so much that I still don't understand but there is so much in the Old Testament that needs to be read and understood so you can better understand how important Jesus' sacrifice is in the New Testament.
Tomorrow I will start the chronological journey through the New Testament and I am looking forward to seeing how the Gospels flow with one another.
If you have never read through the Bible - I really encourage you to do so! Here are a couple tips that I found useful and maybe they will help you also!
1. During your first time reading through the Bible - choose a chronological Bible that has daily readings - although I often didn't finish a whole days reading at a time, it was great to see it in the order that it happened to better understand the content.
2. If you start to get behind, don't get frustrated and start over. I can't tell you how many times I started over in Genesis, but you have to just keep on keeping on - don't worry that the dates on the top of the page don't match the actual date you are reading - just keep reading.
3. The first time you read through - don't try to study or understand everything. I just tried to read a section and be able to summarize it - My goal is to go back through many more times, but the more I read the more I study. This time of reading was for getting familiar with the content.
Hope these tips are helpful for you as you journey through reading God's word!
1 comment:
Congratulations on your accomplishment! Thanks for the tips. I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know what you mean by "chronological Bible." Can you give any more guidance?
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