Get Ready....Get Set...

So I've updated a couple things for the blog in preparation for the new reading plan.  For those who want to continue, or those who will be joining us for the first time (I have invited friends along this journey, please feel free to invite anyone you would like to as well!), we're going to try something a little different for 2013.  It's call the Discipleship Journal's 5x5x5 plan.  It takes you through the New Testament in a year, reading Monday through Friday and then taking a couple days of reflection on the weekend.  So, even though it's not technically "next year", let's just start today since it's Monday!  We have two ways of accessing the reading plan from the blog.  1.  Print off the PDF file and keep a copy in your Bible.  2. Go online to YouVersion and create an account to have the reading plan sent to you every day.  Just figure out what works best for you and see how it goes.

The other portion of our reading plan this year is going to focus on Scripture memorization.  I got a really cool book called The Joshua Code that I'll be using for this. 

"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.  For then you will make your way prosperous , and then you will have good success."
Joshua 1:8

The introduction to the book explains that "Many consistent Bible readers today seem to think it is the volume of Scripture they can devour daily that is most important".  However, when we memorize it, and meditate on it "it is incarnated within and becomes a living part of our very being......It enables us to receive the Word with our hearts, retain it in our minds, and recite it with our mouths that we might speak it with power".

I'll be posting more on the blog, and will post the weekly verses to memorize.  If you want, you can get the Kindle version, or the hard cover book online.  It's a pretty cool book that goes through 52 verses every believer should know.  So we're talking one verse a week, and with two days off of reading, I think it should be pretty do-able...not to mention how it may impact your personally in your relationship with God. 

I wish you all a very Happy New Year!!

Love,
Hollie