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Is it your goal to read through the Bible in 2020? More than that, do you want to apply God’s Will to your life in real ways? I’ve created a resource for that.

My book Praying Through The Bible in One Year is a great resource to help you reach your goal.

Praying Through the Bible in One Year is a Scripture Reading Plan and Guided Journal to help you read and apply God’s Word to your life.

My desire is for this journal to guide you as you seek God and His truth. It’s divided into three parts.

1. A Scripture Reading Plan. This plan takes you from Genesis to Revelation. Reading four or five chapters a day, you’ll read through the whole Bible in one year! Each week has five days of reading, leaving the weekends for a catch-up.

2. A Daily Scripture. Pause on these verses, read them closely, and consider how they can impact your prayers for your kids.

3. A Prayer Prompt. Through these prompts, you’ll focus on ways you can pray for your kids. Blank space is provided for you to continue the prayer or to write down other meaningful Scriptures that you read during the day’s reading.

Journal Through the Bible — Praying Through the Bible in One Year interier pages.

Finally, I want to encourage you not to give up. I didn’t date this journal because I know how much pressure that can bring. Life happens. If you get off track one week, just pick up again the next week. God is more concerned with your desire to read His Word and connect with His heart than He is with your ability to complete a weekly task. This is your journal concerning your prayers for your kids. If it takes you two years to read through the Bible, that will be wonderful! Know your efforts, whether over one year or two or more, will be worth it.

Pick up a copy for yourself and share with friends. May God’s Word transform each of us this year!

Journal Through the Bible in 2020

Have you ever wanted to read through the Bible but found yourself giving up? Or even worse, you read the chapters and at the end question how they apply to your life. Tricia Goyer understands. For years she felt frustrated that she couldn’t stick to her commitment to read God’s Word all the way through. Things changed when she found a doable plan and wrote out a daily prayer. Tricia’s heart changed. Her life did, too.

God can bring real transformation into your heart and life when you daily commit to reading your Bible and praying through God’s Word. Praying through the Bible in One Year offers a guided reading plan and a daily prayer starter to help you make God’s Word applicable to your life. Discover the inspiration for real-life transformation.

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I’m glad we’re friends now, but you might not have felt the same if we would have met when I was in high school. I wasn’t following God. I was very much into my boyfriend. I cussed and watched horrible movies. I even got into a fist fight. (Okay, the truth was I got into two.)

I’m not proud of the person I was, and I have to admit it wasn’t easy to change. Even after I became a Christian I struggled … a lot. The cuss words still slipped out. Unclean thoughts continued to pop into my head. I was selfish, and I often put my needs before others. I remember going through my whole day without even thinking about God. So what changed? And how? Here are three good habits that changed everything.

1. Daily Bible Reading. In my early 20s I was a young mom with two babies, and I decided that I would get up fifteen minutes early a day to read my Bible. I set an alarm to wake up. Before this time I was not a morning person, and it was ROUGH. Yet soon I discovered it was worth it. Everything changed when I focused on God’s Word first. I had a better attitude. I started acting better. The more of God’s Truth that I put into me, the more that truth impacted every part of my life.

2. Journaling. I’m not one of those people who write pages and pages within my journal every day. Instead it’s more simple than that. After I read a Bible chapter or two I’d write down a Scripture that stood out to me. I’d also write down a thought or prayer that came to mind. Sometimes I’d write down a personal application. Then I started thinking about how God’s Word applied to my life. This greatly impacted how I lived my days.

3. Sharing. I’ve heard it said that the best way to learn something is to teach it. Mostly, I did this through writing. Even before I was published I would write short devotions and share with prayer partners and friends. I’d also shared what I read with my husband John. When my kids got older I shared it with them. Once Facebook came around I shared there.

God’s Word has transformed my life, my heart, my attitude, and my actions. I’m a different person because I made it a priority to feed my soul with God’s Truth.

My desire is to help others embark on a similar Scripture Reading Journey. That’s why I started a 365-Day Reading Plan. You can join me any time here.

Every weekday we read about five chapters. The weekends are for rest or catching up. This group is also a place you can share a meaningful Scripture or share what you feel God is placing on your heart. (Reading, journaling, and sharing all in one!) Please join us and please invite your friends!

I know God is going to transform my heart this year as I read His Word, and I hope He’ll do the same for yours. May we all be changed to be more like Christ. May we change, this year, for the good.

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