Psalms Reading Plan (2017)

On January 30, 2017, we started a plan to read and pray through the Psalms, over the course of 11 weeks (leading us right up to Easter Sunday). We will be reading 2 Psalms per day, one in the morning and one in the evening.

If you want to read through the Psalms, and especially if you want to understand and learn how to pray through them, apply them to your life and have it deepen your walk with Christ, this is the reading plan for you!

There are a few ways you can join us:

1. Printed hard copies of the plan are available at church.
2. View the plan below or open the PDF link to download and print out, here.
3. Get a daily reminder through the PrayerMate App (see below) as well as our weekly memory verse from the Psalms.
4. Daily reading and prayer is also published online on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

Psalms Reading Plan:

Recommended Resources:

The PrayerMate App:

In addition to the daily Psalms readings, by downloading the PrayerMate App you'll be able to see the weekly memory verse, and see how you can be praying with the church and for your own heart.

There are 2 ways to Subscribe to our PrayerMate Feed, depending on your preference/smart phone type:

Option 1 - Direct Subscribe:

• Download the PrayerMate App in your app store of choice.
  
• Tap the “Add” icon (plus sign).
• Scroll down and select the “Church Life” icon.
• Select US Churches and scroll down to find and tap Life Mission Church.
  
• Tap "Subscribe to this feed."

Option 2 - Subscribe using QR Code:

• Download the PrayerMate App in your app store of choice.
  
• Tap the “Add” icon (plus sign).
• Scroll down to the bottom and select “Subscribe Using QR Code.”
• Allow access to your phone’s camera so it can scan.
• Point your camera at the QR Code shown below and tap “Subscribe to List Feed.”

QR Code for Life Mission's PrayerMate Feed:

Recommended Books:

• The Songs of Jesus - Tim Keller
  
  
  
  
  
• Prayer - Tim Keller
  
  
  
  
  
• Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  
  
  
  
  
• Answering God - Eugene Peterson

Two Year Bible Reading Plan (2014-2016)

Every year, thousands of Christians kick off their New Year with the desire to read through the bible in a year…and then fail.  Some people, however, do make it through, but half the time their reading is simply to “just get through it” and check off a box.  Little to no time is put into actually meditating on the verses or thinking them through.  Let’s face it, it’s not quite as easy as it sound.  But at the same time, it is one of the most fruitful and important things we can do as believers.  Starting on January 1, 2015, we started a plan to go through the bible, from Genesis to Revelation over the course of TWO years, in order to give us less reading, so we can spend more time actually meditating on those texts and applying them in prayer.

If you want to read through the bible, and especially if you want to understand it and learn how to really apply it to your life and have it deepen your walk with Christ, this is the reading plan for you!

There are a few ways you can join us:

1. Printed hard copies of the plan are available at church.
2. Open the PDF of the plan to view online or download and print out.
3. Daily reminder through the PrayerMate App (see below).
4. Daily reading published online on our Facebook and Twitter page.

Additionally, one of the great features of this particular plan is that it coincides with a book called How to Read the Bible Book by Book by Gordon and Fee. Each day, as you read through the text, you can open up the book and they give you a guided tour of that exact set of Scriptures. The book is intended, however, not just to tell you what that section is about, but to teach you how to read the bible overall, as well as how to read individual books and passages. Over the course of two years, you will have learned far more about how to read through the bible effectively, getting a much greater understanding of God’s redemptive plan for mankind.  Find the book on Amazon or purchase it at church (when in stock). It is available in a paperback as well as in e-book format.

Another feature of this bible reading plan is that we won’t just read through the bible cover to cover, but we will also be alternating between reading the Psalms and Proverbs.  Over two years, we will read the Old and New Testament once each (in order), and we will be reading the Psalms and Proverbs four times each.  The great thing about this is that the Psalms and Proverbs (Psalms in particular) more or less give us our “dictionary” or “language” for prayer, teaching us how to pray to the Lord. You will find yourself praying so much more effectively and passionately as you tie your prayers to the Word of God as you learn to “pray the Psalms.”

A Final Thought

Going through the bible at a slower pace, and going through it with others, will be a tremendous blessing to you.  Our goal as people is to learn more and more how to truly abide in Christ.  It is when we abide that fruit is born in our lives.  We see sin put to death, we receive power for ministry, and we see our hearts change.  But how to abide becomes the trick for us.  It is through the Word of God, prayer, and Gospel community that God has designed for His grace to flow from Him and to us through.  Learning how to see these “means of grace” be conduits and streams that lead us back to the fountain of Christ will be the greatest benefit in your spiritual life.  I hope you join us in this great pursuit of learning to abide in the love of Christ.

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