Today is the first day of 2014. Crazy, isn’t it! Anyway, there’s one thing I want to strongly encourage you to do as this New Year gets started.

Two months ago, hundreds of us committed to read our Bible every day as a part of our EPIC commitment to spend Every Day with Jesus. 

Whether you started then, or you’d like to start TODAY, the most helpful thing I’ve ever done to help me with this commitment over the years is to have a systematic reading plan. I read the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice each year. Each day I get to read a part of both. 

Having a plan keeps me on track and helps me see the big picture over the course of a year.

Here are dozens of reading plans to choose from: YOUVERSION

You can look throughout the categories, but if you want a year long plan, I’d chose something in the “Whole Bible” category. I highly recommend on of the following:

Chronological

The One Year Bible

Life Journal Reading Plan (this is what I’ve used for years)

Please keep in mind as you get this party started: You are not signing up to complete a task, you are committing each and every day to spend time with Jesus. Listen to Him, get to know His voice, and most importantly…OBEY HIM!

Now, this is going to be an amazing year!