A few years ago, one of my favorite people, my mom, was inspired to design a Bible study calendar which has been published in various places. She counts it a great blessing to share it with people everywhere she goes — and she was touched that I wanted to make it available on the Hope on Fire website at www.hopeonfire.org .
In all my life, I had never read the entire Bible in a year, until last year, when I successfully used “my mom’s plan.” I hope you will be guided and blessed as you consider using this unique approach to reading His Word.
What Wretha Lang has done to make reading the Bible in one year is such a joy, and remarkable.
I'm really excited to have found a reading plan that works with my schedule! I have tried other Bible reading plans, but I get frustrated and give up if I get several days behind. When you have a weekly assignment, it makes it easier to stay caught up. Some days I spend more time, other days less, but I know I'm making progress and am really blessed! Also, I really like the way the plan weaves a chronological journey through Scripture. I highly recommend this plan!
When I sit down to read the Bible, it is tempting to read the New Testament only even though there are many gems in the Old Testament. This Bible reading approach gives the reader the opportunity to feast on the beautiful story of Jesus’ life in the New Testament while adding passages from the Old Testament that enhance our understanding.
This plan has it all: You will read the entire Bible in a specific time frame.
It is orderly and leaves out nothing.
It is arranged to present God from the Old and New Testaments as they fit together to tell the story of salvation.
This Bible reading plan will change your life as you grow in the knowledge of the Scriptures.
“Thank you for sharing ... Wretha Lang’s outline for Bible reading. Through the years I have been richly blessed as I have read the Bible through from Genesis to Revelation. Sometimes I have taken more than one year, so that I can take my time and savor the depth of meaning. This year I decided to try Lang’s challenging outline and what an exciting and inspiring journey it is proving to be.
For example, I found it so refreshing to go from the first few chapters of Genesis to Ecclesiastes and then back to Genesis again and then on to some of the Proverbs or some of the Psalms. I’ve also found it interesting to change from one version of the Bible to another. Truly, as Ellen White wrote: the ‘word of God…is a leaf from the tree of life’ (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8 p.33). I encourage all to partake of it.”
Have you made a resolution at the beginning of the year, to study the Bible through by December 30? I have. I usually find that by the end of January I have fallen behind by several days, and then, by the end of February, I’m a week or more behind. But the way that the Lang Bible study is set up, you do not seem to get bogged down at any part of the year.
This study encourages you to think to the “end of the story,” (I like to know who is going to win!) along with the beginning of the story. It encourages the enrichment that Solomon and David give us by reading the Psalms and Proverbs throughout the year. Their wisdom helps us in our daily relationships in our homes and at work. We see the good that can happen when we seek wisdom, and the harm that can occur when we do not spiritually nurture our ourselves and our families.
I liked reading chapters in Psalms which foretold Christ’s crucifixion even as we read the gospels in the New Testament. So much of Christ’s earthly experience was seen by David many, many years before the Incarnation.
Putting texts and books together in this way held my interest for the entire year. In fact, when we finished the year, we were ready to do it again! Won’t you try this method of Bible reading, finish your Bible in one year, and become one of those who read their Bible completely in a year, not just once, but again….and again.