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Want to take the "Bible in 90 Days" challenge?

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Bible in 90 Days Challenge

by Amy of MomsToolbox.com

Amy is today’s guest post on Sunflower Faith and she is sharing about a fantastic bible reading challenge that will help you start 2010 on what better foundation, but His Word.

Thank you Amy for starting and encouraging others to participate in this challenge.

Have you ever thought about reading the Bible… the whole thing, from start to finish?

I thought about it for years, and even attempted a few times on my own, before I discovered Bible in 90 Days, joined a group at my church and read the whole thing without stopping, cover to cover.

I was so blown away by the experience that I offered to facilitate it at my next church and have since facilitated several more times, trained facilitators and now plan to host an online community via my blog, MomsToolbox.

If you have ever considered reading the whole Bible, I cannot recommend strongly enough that you join me January 1- March 31, 2010, as I read and blog through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, bit by bit, in order, every day.

If you would like to join our online community, here’s what you’ll need to do:

  •  Plan to set aside about an hour each day from January 1- March 31 for an incredibly enriching experience.
  •  Get your hands on a Bible in 90 Days Bible from biblein90days.org, or your local Christian bookstore.
  •  Consider also purchasing the Bible in 90 Days Participant’s Guide which offers weekly questions for you ponder to gain more insight from your reading. (I’ll be using these questions for our weekly Twitter meet-ups.)
  •  Consider purchasing the Bible in 90 Days Essential Bible Companion, which offers a snapshot of information to help you make it through each week’s reading without getting distracted by researching on the internet.
  •  Bookmark my site, MomsToolbox.com, and plan to visit January 1- March 31 after you have completed each day’s reading to see what I learned and report in that you have read for the day.
  •  Follow me on Twitter (@MomsToolbox) and plan to be on Twitter every Monday night of the program from 9-10 CST (much like a study meeting—just online!) when we can ask and answer each other’s questions. Use and look for the #B90Days hashtag for our group discussion.

I would bet some of you are asking “Why this particular Bible?” Here’s why:

The official Bible in 90 Days Bible is an NIV Bible, so it is an easy-to-read direct translation.

 This edition has large type, minimal footnotes and indicates where you should start and stop reading each day. Sure, you could accomplish this goal using your own Bible, but the statistics point to a huge success ratio for those using this official Bible… and not so much success for those who choose to use a different one. And don’t you want to succeed this time?

Although we won’t be meeting in person, my prayer is that via almost-daily online communication on my blog, as well as on Twitter we can still hold each other accountable, helping each other to accomplish our goal to read every word of the Bible attentively in 90 days.
I’d love to encourage you in this endeavor. It has been life-changing for me.

I cannot express how much reading the bible in 90 days has helped me with every study I have participated in and every sermon I have heard since then. I now know the context of the stories. I know where to find them… and I can clearly see how they are related. And to read about Christ and the fulfillment of countless prophesies just after you’ve read about those prophesies is amazing!
If you’re up for the challenge, I’m up for encouraging you every step of the way.

Pray about it.

Think about it… And click on over to MomsToolbox.com to let me know if you’d like to join in the challenge and to learn more. But do it soon so you’ll be ready to start 2010 in His Word… all of it!momstoolbox.com/blog/2009/12/10/im-reading-through-the-bible-in-90-days-again-wont-you-join-me/" >Bible in 90 Days promo

** If you still have questions, plan to follow me on Twitter and join me for our first Twitter chat this Monday, December 21 from 9-10 CST. I’ll be there ready to chat about the program and would love to answer any questions you may have.

 A few links to visit and learn more:

Biblein90Days.org

MomsToolbox.com

twitter.com/momstoolbox
Hope to see you there!

Away on Vacation-See you in the New Year

It’s a bit of a long vacation for everyone here at the Sunflower home, but I will be back soon on January 5th. It’s a much needed vacation from a VERY busy year and looking forward to working with a new homeschooling schedule that’s been tweaked a bit, praying that God will lead me to find better balance in home, school and blogging and more than anything, more time in spending in His Word.

Although I’m not big on making New Year’s Resolutions some of the things I do and will be striving for in the upcoming New Year is not only seeking more balance in our schedule, but spending more time in God’s word for the upcoming year.

I ALMOST made it this year and to be honest, it wasn’t a failure, but a great beginning in really spending time pushing to read God’s word in a year; Though I didn’t make it completely, it was a great reminder that bottom line, we are still human and we need God no matter what.

So this upcoming year, what are my New Year’s Resolution

1. Keep trusting in our Heavenly Father.

2. Laugh more often and really keep it to heart, all things in this world is temporarily; We will still have tribulations and trials to face in THIS world, but God’s world is forever and that’s the most important thing…not if we didn’t get our toes painted in time for whatever the occassion, or that the garbage  broke and scatter to the four winds…in the grand scheme of things…those things are just temporary and small compared to God’s greater plans for us.

3. Not give up in finishing up reading God’s word; As a matter of fact, never give up; So you didn’t read the bible in a year, that’s fine; No mountain there; God’s word is for every day, rather you read through it all or not, the important thing, is that you are reading it!

“…. since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.” Hebrews 12:1-3

One of the great tools I have used and need to put back up here is bibleshared.com; Another that I’ve just found and plan on using for the new year is through,”Mom’s Toolbox” where the author has made available for free: quarterly bookmarks to help you read the bible in one year, broken down in quarters.

For me, this may actually be the key and will work great since our homeschool is quarter based so I can “work” on my “homeschool” to myself along with the kids.

If you would like to check out this great method, I invite you to drop by “Mom’s Toolbox” and read her post about,”Free Bible Reading Bookmarks” at: momstoolbox.com/blog/free-bible-reading-bookmarks/

In addition to just about the bookmarks, she offers a great (and highly encouraging) posts about spending time with our Heavenly Father and offers other great links to help you in your walk with our Heavenly Father.

Well, my break is over here and I’m heading offline but hope to see you all in the New Year! Sunflower Faith will be back on January 5th,2009 (wow…can you believe it’s almost 2009!) and if I can find the time, I’ll post here otherwise see you in 2009!

God bless you Gentle Readers! I miss you all!

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