Bible in 90 Days: Let’s Get Started!

I am thrilled that you have decided to read the Bible, cover to cover along with me, in 90 days. I assure you this will be an incredible experience. And I can also assure you there will be moments that you will doubt that you can finish it all by March 31. But you can. And you won’t be alone.

I am here to help you get your reading done. I see my role as part tour guide, part cheerleader and, most of all, part your prayer partner. I will be praying for each of you to get through your reading and hear just what God has for you to hear through each passage.

Every aspect of the Bible in 90 Days program is designed to help you to achieve that goal. Seeing as we are an online community and not one who will meet in person, I have made a few modifications to the original plan.

Typically groups meet in person once a week to watch a video, discuss the reading and video, pray and hold each other accountable in the reading progress by wearing color-coded nametags as whether individuals are up to date in their reading or not.

Instead, here is what you will do as part of the challenge:

Sign up here so we all know who is reading along with us. Even if you have signed up on another blog please do so here as well.

Log onto Bible in 90 Days.org and listen to an audio message which will expand on the week’s reading every Friday. You’ll find the lessons under “Hear Weekly Lessons.” I would recommend you listen to the Week One message today before you begin reading, if at all possible. (You’ll need to create an account on Biblein90Days.org to access the audio files.)

Sign up for the daily email message of encouragement from the ministry while you are on the Bible in 90 Days.org site. This email will give you great tidbits of information to get more from your daily reading. It will also list each day’s reading assignment.

Read 12 pages a day of the Bible in 90 Days program Bible. If you have decided to use a different Bible, you may download this reading schedule and use it with any Bible. Your chances of success greatly drop if you use a different Bible, though, so please consider purchasing or borrowing an official Bible in 90 Days Bible if at all possible. I want you to succeed.

While reading, absorb what you can and let the rest go. Do not go and research every question you have. If there is something you can’t stand not knowing, write down the question and keep moving. You do not want to get bogged down in details. Your goal is not be an expert in the Bible by the end of this. Your goal is to read, attentively, every word of the Bible in 90 days.

Log onto MomsToolbox.com every Monday to let us know where you are in your reading. I’ll post where you should be and you post a comment as whether you are there or not. If you aren’t up to date, please don’t poke around and get lost in the internet. (If you are behind, we want you spending your time reading the Bible, not blogs.) Just let us know you aren’t up to date, and where you are if you feel like it. I’ll know you are still in for the challenge and I’ll know to pray for you, as others might do, as well.

Join the group for a Tweet-up every Monday night from 8-9 CST (this is a new time) to ask questions, discuss the reading and video and encourage each other. Please follow @MomsToolbox and use #B90Days to join in the conversation. This will replace a weekly in-person meeting time, so set this time on your calendar and stick with it, as any other small-group meeting time.

We need community to make this happen. If we all know to be on the internet at the same time we can visit then and not worry about ‘missing’ anything throughout the week while we are reading. If you have a question throughout the week, consider holding it until Monday or commenting on a post on a my blog.

Alright… I think that covers it. Ya still in? Hop on over and watch that video and sign up for the newsletter. It’ll take about 30 minutes. Then get reading!


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27 responses to “Bible in 90 Days: Let’s Get Started!”

  1. […] Note to those reading: I use the SOAP format to find more meaning in my daily Bible reading. If you’d like to learn more about that method, please read this.  Through March 31, I will be reading and SOAPing through the Bible in 90 days. If you’d like to jump in and join me, please read this. […]

  2. […] do I sign up?” the second most asked-question I’ve received lately about the Bible in 90 Days Challenge has been “How do I use Twitter and what is a […]

  3. What a great blog. Please add my e-mail address to get your blog. Thank you. Susan

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  5. […] Prepared Heart: Bible in 90 Days Thoughts Many of you know that I am taking the challenge to read through the Bible cover to cover in 90 days. I’ve linked up with other bloggers and tweeters in an online support system that is amazing […]

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  7. […] goals for 2010 or, more importantly, pray about and consider joining in with about 250 others and read through the Bible in 90 days with us. Sure, you’ll have some catching up to do, but you can do it in 83 days! We’ll […]

  8. […] invited to talk with Charles Morris of HavenToday.org about The Bible in 90 Days program and the promotion I launched in December asking readers and other bloggers to read the Bible in 90 days along with me […]

  9. Kimberly Trotter Avatar
    Kimberly Trotter

    Sign on for challenge

  10. Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by smockityfrocks: I’m off to a good start! I read my first 12 pages. Have you read yours yet? http://bit.ly/87Q6sl

  11. […] here about two amazing things I’m privileged to be a part of at the beginning of this year, Bible in 90 Days and Fresh Year, Fresh Start. And I’m incredibly excited that today is the first day of Fresh […]

  12. […] Don’t have a clue what I’m talking about?  Read about it at Mom’s Toolbox. […]

  13. […] subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve been with my family on vacation since the Bible in 90 Days kickoff. And, well, actually since a few days before […]

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  15. It’s been a long time since I read The Bible. I needed this challange and encouragement.

  16. I am off to a good start – my first surprise has been I never thought to read it like a novel. I couldn’t believe that I just kept reading and reading.

    I almost picked up a “fun easy read” and then I looked at the Bible and said – I need to spend my time there first – Day 5 here I come.
    .-= Mom to 3 H’s´s last blog ..90 days =-.

  17. Count me in and add me to the list! Thanks!

  18. […] I am going to read the Bible in 90 days. […]

  19. […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Robin Sampson, Connie. Connie said: I'm off to a good start! I read my first 12 pages. Have you read yours yet? http://bit.ly/87Q6sl […]

  20. Okay, I admit, I am behind, but only because I just decided to do it, and am trying to locate a copy of the right book! I WILL catch up, and did hem and haw about doing it, but I saw this post at just the right time, and decided I should join in. Now to get the book, catch up, and figure out how to download everything.
    .-= Army Blogger Wife´s last blog ..Busy Busy =-.

  21. WOW! I just listened to the first week’s audio lesson, and I am so motivated. WOW! I got a tremendous amount out of it, and I’m ready to push on. :)
    .-= Tara @ Feels Like Home´s last blog ..The Best Shrimp I Ever Ate =-.

  22. I am clueless when it comes to Twitter and such – can you help out a non-techie and explain what you mean when you say “Join the group for a Tweet-up every Monday night from 8-9 CST (this is a new time) to ask questions, discuss the reading and video and encourage each other. Please follow @MomsToolbox and use #B90Days to join in the conversation” Thanks! I want to get the most out of this as possible!

  23. […] the year! If this sounds like something that interests you, Mom’s Toolbox has a great post, Let’s Get Started, that will help you begin! If you decide to participate, please leave me a comment and let me know […]

  24. I’ve got my first 12 pages done and my notes taken for my blog.
    .-= Sherry´s last blog ..Read Through the Bible in 90 Days: A Challenge =-.

  25. Somebody's Mimi Avatar
    Somebody’s Mimi

    I came into my office, sat (well, kinda lounged) on my soft sofa and began my reading, BUT wait there was a football game in the adjunct room. I got up and closed the door and went back to my reading. I finished my first 12 pages, but I think I will go back abd read it again. Wanted to say thanks for keeping us all on track!

  26. […] You can download the reading plan and find out about other resources and support here. […]

  27. I’m off to a good start, Amy. I got up early and read the first 12 pages! Now, to keep it up for the next 89 days!
    .-= Smockity Frocks´s last blog ..Smockity Frocks: How It All Began =-.

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