Bible Study Plans In this page
Indictive & Horner, & journaling.... are at the end of page.
The fun plans are listed below
Browse thru page, bookmark page, and get started on a plan 😊
Some are straight read thru, others pick 3 or 4 sections of the Bible and have a short portion read daily. That kind is difficult (cuz it feels mixed up), so best to find a more chrolological read plan (for first 1-2 read throughs of the Bible.)
🌟Here is the
master list of Bible reading plans and devotionals .
*you can listen AND read along too 😊
https://www.questionsgod.com/bible-reading-plans-1-12.htm#13
https://www.questionsgod.com/bible-reading-plans.htm
Important:
Please note some of these lists were found at websites that have wonky or very false theology 😬😱. Theyre the only place I could find the lists so far. The lists would be accurate, BUT, so...⚠️Do not click around other areas of those sites! Just copy or save the pdf of the list and come back to this page 👍✅
Deeper Bible Studying :
Inductive study.
This is where you get a clean Bible and mark it based on symbols. Theres 2 kinds.
1. Symbols
> you can create symbols such as
* over 1 verse or verses section, at a time
*over each word in the verse, each verse and key words
2. Lines
Circles, rectangles etc with lines sort of like mapping.
You can try all of these.
Examples
Plan start
Here are some downloadable pieces to print out and put into a notebook, day by day. Include a section or page for questions (and answers area)
Not necessary, but optional idea.
Suggested pens
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Dr Horner reading plan:
Do not do this plan unless you have read through the Bible cover to cover at least 3 times consecutively already.
Aka "The 100 year plan" 😂
Use the bookmarks or a sticky set 🙃
From the outside it looks like this will be a massive amount of work, a huge commitment of time. But I have found that it is not. The beauty of the system is that you will be reading every day at a pretty good speed. The purpose is not to spend a great deal of time in pondering each word, but in reading the Bible so much and so often that Scripture begins to explain Scripture. I have found that it takes me between 30 and 40 minutes per day, either in one chunk in the morning or in two chunks, one in the morning and one in the evening.
Even an ‘average’ reader, if focusing on moving through the text, rather than trying to figure everything out, can usually do this in about an hour a day – 5-6 minutes per chapter. Many people report moving confidently through the ten chapters in 35-40 minutes. If it is taking you longer, then you are ‘reading wrong’ – stay relaxed, focus, and just keep it moving. Moderate but consistent speed is the key. After just a few days the reading gets much easier; in a month it will be a habit, and in six months you’ll wonder how you ever survived before on such a slim diet of the WORD.
I often cut back to 5 chapters on Saturday and Sunday. If I want I can bump up to 20 chapters a day.
As time goes on, you may do things like remove the daily Acts reading and focus instead on repeated readings of Romans or another book that really want to understand better. The system offers flexibility for this kind of thing. Can often cut back to 5 chapters on Saturday and Sunday. And can bump up to 20 chapters a day if desired.
Among the secret to success are:
Stay somewhere between speed reading and deep meditation. Get through the text without dawdling, looking up cross-references and so on. Get to know the Bible and these things will explain themselves.Stick with one Bible, not just one translation, but one actual Bible. I would try to ensure it’s a printed Bible, not an electronic one.
Read in the order he suggests, which means you’ll be moving from Old Testament to New and back again several times every day.Don’t be legalistic. If you miss a day, pick up and keep going. Don’t quit.
Let me close with just a few of the benefits I’ve found in this system.
It does not leave me spending days or weeks in the books I struggle with the most. I will be reading one chapter of the prophets each day for as long as I do this plan, but I won’t have to spend day after day in them. This is often where I lose heart in other Bible-reading plans.
It keeps up the pace. I like that the plan emphasizes moderate speed over deep meditation. Of course, I have to be willing to trust that in time the repeated readings will give the same benefit (or greater benefit) than slower, more thoughtful reading. I believe that reading in this way will help me come to a better understanding of the Bible’s big picture. It is a system. There are times that I struggle with systems and the very idea of systems, but in this case, I know that I need help. This plan gives me the structure I need if I am to read the Bible consistently and to read it well. Best of all, I find that I look forward to reading the Bible most days. Somehow this system has increased my delight in the Word.
I began in 1983 as a new Christian and have now read (most of ) the Bible hundreds and hundreds of times. You also need to get ONE Bible, keep it, and do all your reading in it, so you learn where everything is. I’ve had the same Bible since 1983 and I know it intimately. If you keep switching Bibles, you ‘lose’ this intimacy with the text. Find a translation and format you like and stick with it. THIS IS CRUCIAL.
-Challies
Note there are some additions to the app to make it more flexible and add a family time option, (see
💥Highly recommend you go thru all the other plans avail linked on this site before you start Horner's plan, because it is a lifetime plan. Don't miss out on the interesting and fun reading plans!
Journaling and Questions notebook
I do not recommend this if this is your first time reading through Scripture because you might feel overwhelmed and give up. Plus, as you read through the Bible the first time many questions you have will be answered by the time you read the whole Bible.
For those wanting to Journal:
Option 1:
Notebook writing
Journaling will be a big help. And help you grow in faith. Start in John and go to Revelation. Then do the OT as you read through "cover to cover" again. When you get to the NT again, get a new notebook, write the new journaling entry, then go compare your old entry to see the growth.
Here's how to journal:
Extended version of SOAP:
which stands for: Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer. You can do this with just one verse or many. First, you
*write down a passage of Scripture (S).
*Then you write down your observations about that Scripture (O). What stands out to you? What questions do you have? What can you learn from this passage? Then after you write those thoughts down, you move to application
*(A). What does this mean for your life? How can you apply it and put it into practice? And lastly, pray about what you read
*(P). Does the passage spur on a prayer for someone else? For yourself? For more reliance on Jesus? Write down your prayers as the last part of this method.
One thing I would suggest about this method is not to blindly go through and pick a verse–but rather go through a book of the Bible in its entirety and pick out verses as you go–that way you are sure to read it in context. If you are working through a longer book of the Bible, one tip is to read a chapter or two or three in one sitting and then go back and
1. Go thru the method on the bigger picture of the passage you read. Do one per passage/story.
2.Then pick a verse or two that stands out to you from those chapters and do the SOAP method that way, to work through the whole book.
It ends up being 2 mini journalings. And you can take a photo of it and review& meditate on it and key verses during the day.
As you are reading the Bible, also ask these questions, and journal your thoughts about them.
1. What do you learn about God/Jesus in this passage?
If OT, is there a shadow, symbol, symbolic, prophecy in that passage and surrounding passages about the coming Messiah?
2. Who is this passage talking about? Who was it directed towards?
Is there a general principle that might, not always will but might, be related to Christians or the unsaved? What is it.
What other questions do you have?
3. What do you learn about people/mankind in this passage?
4. What are you commanded to do or think in this passage?
5. How does this cause you to rely more on God/Jesus/Holy Spirit?
6. Prayer
*Who does this remind you of that you know? Add them to todays prayer list.
*What does it reveal about you that you need to pray about, aligning to God's will, obedience, growth, defeating a sin, contentment, forgiveness, love, etc.
Pray about that right now.
5. What verse or few verses you read today stick out? Write them down. Of them which will you meditate on and try to memorize today? Pick ones good for your Christian growth, ones about attributes of God, or about Christ, or Scripture;Bible, that would be usefully later when witnessing to others about truth and Christianity?
Be aware, there may not be an answer to all the questions, though, and that is okay. It is also important to think about the context of the passage you are reading – what did the passage mean to the people at the time when it was written? Read that whole book of the Bible then read it again as you journal the answers and think on it. Look at the book in context as you work through these questions rather than picking a random verse in the Bible and not reviewing the context surrounding it.(*)
Make sure to read the section first, then write out the questions for each journaling session. Some questions wont apply. It takes more time and work to type them up, but you could do that too as a refresher at night and as a back up.
Good tip: dont waste time with colors and stickers and all of that. Just "get to it 💪" and go spend your time wisely elsewhere after.
Search
here and
here for the Bible book and see if any above questions you had are answered there. If not, look
here and then
here
*(click the studybible app verse to pull up resources of: faq, and sermons, pick a sermon and use find feature either in app or go to gty.org search for that sermon title then in the transcript area use the browser FIND feature to locate a word or phrase, or verse number "four" or "15" and jump thru the text to find what looks like what you are looking for.)
+ Then write your answer below the question in your journal. You may find if you use a hand written notebook, you will need to leave certian spaces for answers.
👉But if you plan a hybrid - digital journalling is useful, you can write the questions in the notebook while reading, then go type the Questions up in the computer, so you can copy and paste, or type answers, to the questions you had while reading today, into the document there and save it.
💥This is beneficial since notebooks lack space, but also when you reread this portion of Scripture next time, you will find you have new questions, or new things you learned, that you can add to the digital journal. But also when your teen goes thru the same section in his/her Bible time they will save time since you already had questions and answers in there, so they are learning from you. Keep prayer journal in a seperate digital document, but leave certian prayer pieces in there your kids or spouse can read if they use your journal as a helper in their time in the word
Journaling notebook. 😀
Option 2:
Digital option
Pros and cons listed
Here are ideas. Pick what works best for you.
Keep a 5 subject notebook with the Bible. Don't write in expensive Bibles (until you've read thru the Bible several times). But cheaper ones like a economy or budget one is ok and to highlight in, cuz you can hand it off to someone else when done with that one, and replace it.
But notebook journaling is better for a couple years. Because most of your new reader/new believer questions will get answered and you can then decide if you will write useful notes in a paper journal, digital note app, in the web cloud version of the Bible (create an account and update notes in there) or in a wide margin Bible. Of course you can try all of them on the next 4 reads thru the Bible and decide if you like the online version (for quick reference anytime, and to share w family now or after you pass). Or if you like paper journaling.
Cons:
Paper can be damaged if home is flooded, fire, etc. All the journals ruined and lost.
Cloud / apps (app is on your phone or linked to cloud. If your phone dies, your data is gone forever). *see below.
Bibles that are expensive and get written in, often have areas notes are haphazardly written & due to space lack, and not enough room. Plus if you write it wrong you ruined the book. And new readers tend to highlight the whole Bible.
Pros:
Paper journals are easy to use and flip through. Writing retains much. Could write it then transfer it to a digital document and useful parts of it to a reliable free cloud service, like Biblegateway.com on the web.
Digital notes
While you cannot put your entire Bible journal into the lil notes section of a cloud Bible, you can use it to store important notes for future reference.
A free service like BibleGateway (account) let you write notes for every verse. You can drop in a link to a sermon online or to a faq article, notate about a book by a published author, include a sermon quote, insert info about a custom in old times, archeological find, reference a "doctrine", etc. Makes the Cloud Bible a very valuable reference book. Good to reference cloud notes in Church or on the go too, 👉without worrying about losing your important Bible with yrs of research in it (*a pastor I know mistakenly left his Bible on top the car and lost it on the drive home Sunday. It had 4 yrs worth of seminary notes 😱😳😭).
You can share info easily by quick look up in convos, or screen shot it by text, you can discuss a verse w family or children/teens, and pass it down to your kids and grandkids.
You can bookmark fav verses (for memorzing or reference in talks). And highlight up to 5 colors in the text. Think through & pick what those 5 colors will mean. Examples: blue= God/Trinity/Jesus, orange = warnings, green = believer reminders, yellow = doctrine, Red= ? Purple = ?
Cloud ones also give you parallel options to compare 2 to 5 versions at same time.
Cheap Bibles are good for beginners or as a daily reading tool, and a pricey study Bible is good as a reference book. Cheap ones can be used to highlight, and reread, before handing it to someone else, then buy another one.
Keeping study Bibles and commentaries "clean" of markings saves you money. Some are $60-300 each. And 5 years from now if you want to highlight certian verses in it or write a note, then you know what is reasonable and useful to do, having utilized other methods first.
You can later transfer any useful notes from cloud to the Study Bible, for most important things to remember. Or print out the info in wordprocessor and slip it into that page of the book where the verse(s) is. A good memory jogger, and also gem for teens or spouse to peek thru if you use that Bible during daily Family time (short devotion or read thru Scriptures together before bed, after dinner, etc).
You can also save your journal entry to a wordprocessing doc on computer as a back up to the journal. You can also choose this option: 1st read thru Scripture: write in notebook in am & transfer copy to computer at night. 2nd read thru Scripture: add notes to cloud Bible.
You can use a digital journal app like this one Journaling digital notebook, but there are limits because kjv is the only copywrite free one on the market today because it is old and in public domain.
So if you might want to read in your print book or online version (such as NASB 95 or LSB 11) and write on the kjv app to use the journaling features (the white margin space next to the verses) and the other prayer journal areas in the app that is a good work around so you read in a modern and updated English version.
If you find a journaling notebook with the contents offered in the one above then go for that. I just have not found any yet.
More useful info and resources
Journal samples
Enjoy!!
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(*)Cr: some journaling here based on advice from AmyLowe
* The links to products are not mine. Just things I have found which may be helpful to you 😊
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