My 2026 Bible Goals
I know it's a month away, but I'm starting to think about certain goals I like to have for myself on January 1st.
And one of the goals I had for myself, when it came to my Christian walk, was to read through the bible....Multiple times.
Over the past few years, I've been taking part in a community reading plan with The Kingdom Bible Study group on the blockchain, and this will be the third year that we've read the bible from front to cover. It's been so rewarding! But this year I decided to push myself and not only read through Scripture with a group, but also a personal read-through as well!
So I started the 'Old & New Testament' reading plan on March 31st, 2025. And it took my 211 days to go through the entire bible, as I finished the plan on October 28th of this year. Every day it went through some old testament chapters and then some new testament chapters. It wasn't in chronological order, which I enjoyed, because it kept me on my toes....Knowing the context and setting for each page I was reading.
And with the community plan, we're into our last month of readings. So on December 31st, I would have read through the bible twice this past year. God willing :)
While I plan on once again reading through the bible again with the Kingdom community, I do want to also read through it on a personal challenge as well. But in 2026, I think I'm going to do something, a little bit different...
You see, I tend to stick to two translations when I'm reading and studying the bible:
The King James Version
The New King James Version
And while I'm reading through Scripture, I enjoy listening to the audio of it from YouVersion's Bible App. So this year I want to read through the bible using a different translation....
Here's the catch, I don't own many other translations....I have an MEV (Modern English Version) which doesn't have an audio version in YouVersion. And a NET Version (New English Translation) which again, isn't featured in YouVersion as an audio bible.
All I have is this...
The New American Standard Bible is a fairly popular translation that my good friend @waytruthlife13 absolutely loves. And she's been reading this version for years. So I'm leaning towards this one.
I have no desire to read the NIV, but I'm also thinking about the ESV perhaps...I'm just not sold on one version yet! I need it to be both featured on YouVersion as an audio version and more on the word for word spectrum, rather than thought for thought.
Here's the spectrum if you are curious...
What is your favorite translation?
And what are your plans to read through God's Word in 2026?
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The idea of blending translations seems a good method to enhance your comprehension.
Agreed!
Awesome that you've finished reading both OT and NT several times. When I first did that back in high school I read the entire KJV and came out loving Revelation. Lol. I've only finished re-reading the New Testament early last week since I started re-reading sometime this year. Only my second time trying to read the entire Bible ever. 😂
This is one of the problems of Catholics, we don't feel the need to read the Bible everyday. 😂 But I've already started trying to go to daily mass this year instead and/or watching vids of the 1st reading and Gospel for the day with priest reflections so at least I know what's up. 😁
Now I'm finally re-reading the OT but boy oh boy I still am not able to read it daily. 😂 But I got through and already finished Genesis. Dunno when I will read the next one. 😆
I have this version which I got as gift last year. It's not on that list of spectrum tho but I like it because it has commentaries from the priest. hehe.
Revelation 12m 13 and 14 are a lot of fun :)
But yeah getting through the OT can be rough. I try to combine it with NT writings at the same time. Helps me get through it :)
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You really have a nice plan for the upcoming year, I so much admire it that you have gone through reading the Bible from page to cover so many times, wow, this is so amazing, I would love to follow you in that direction. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.