Hello everyone. I wanted to address a few things in order to get us started. You'll notice on our schedules that it reads 1 John for the first four days. What chapters do we read? All of them. 1 John has five short chapters which should take roughly 15-20 minutes to read. That leaves us 10-15 for prayer and reflection. Please feel free to take more time if you can and need.
Why are we reading 1 John four times in four days? Good question. 1 John has a few of the more foundational teachings that essential for us to know. And repetition is always good in helping us retain information. There will be one day this week where you've read something from 1 John a day prior and it will click suddenly the next. Also, some of the more frequent verses that I quote when preaching come from 1 John.
Though I tweaked it somewhat, our outline has been adapted from one done by Tim LaHaye, coauthor of the Left Behind series. His outline requires reading 1 John seven times in seven days. I felt this was excessive and I didn't want to do that to you.
You'll also notice bold dates. These are Mondays. I made them bold to help us keep track. Feel free to hang your schedule on your fridge or above your desk or someplace where you'll see it frequently and its convenient. I've found it's always helpful to pray for God's leading before I read Scripture. Remember it's the living word. It always has something new to teach us, though we've read it before.
I wish you all a good week as I am excited to see God move in our church through our Scripture reading. God bless and may your cups overflow with what we will read together.
Peace and grace be with you.
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