Best Bible Reading Plans for Christian Women

What’s Inside: The Best Bible Reading Plans for Christian Women

Did you know that one of the most popular new year resolutions is of reading god’s word in a year?

Have you ever committed to read the entire Bible in a year? Chances are, if you’re like the every day average Christian, and I’ll bet you are- you’ve failed a time or two.

Or more.

I’d like to think that’s because you didn’t find a new Bible reading plan that suited your needs.

Most Christians fail in their Bible reading because their reading of the word of God are too difficult and unattainable.

And we don’t want that to happen again, sweet Sister.

I want you to be assured that you can be successful in your daily readings in God’s word but first a quick word about perfectionism.

Perfectionism will set up standards in your heart and mind that you can’t attain to. By keeping your day to day Bible reading program realistic, you are ensuring that your own plan that you choose in reading the books of the Bible will be succesful.

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Choosing a Bible Reading Plan is Important

As believers in God, reading His word is important and choosing a Bible Reading plan is one of the most important things we can do to help us to be consistent in our dedication to reading our Bible. Going in all gung-ho with goals that you won’t likely meet won’t set yourself up for success. It’s better to read less with understanding and allowing God to speak to you rather than reading at a break neck speed. On the contrary. That’s why it’s so important to choose a great plan that is the best way to read the Bible in a year that is beneficial for you.

Tips to Be Successful in Reading your Bible Daily

Pray

Every day before you read your Bible, pray and ask God to help you read, absorb and apply God’s word.

Here are a few Bible Scriptures below that you can pray before you daily reading. Ask God to open your eyes so that you may look upon the wonderful truths of His Word. Also ask Him for a desire for His word to satisfy you with this word daily.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Psalm 119:119

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm 90:14

Choose a plan that is right for you.

You want a plan that is a good fit for your faith experience, how long you have been a Christian and how much time you have daily. If you have about 20 minutes to spend in a Bible reading plan, don’t choose a plan that will require an hour’s worth of Bible reading. It simply won’t get done.

Are you a new believer? Perhaps you need to choose a plan for new believers that will summarize the Bible and be of a shorter length. Or maybe some shorter new testament readings would benefit you. Or maybe a quick 90 day summary/ overview/ of the entire Bible in a summary would be a good place to start.

Are you a seasoned believer in Jesus who wants to study while doing a one-year plan? Perhaps you want to read the whole Bible in a course of a year. These are all questions that we must consider.

Manage your expectations

If you realize what you want to accomplish and have realistic expectations while doing so, chances are you will be very successful in reading your Bible for the first time. If your expectations are too high, chances are that you will fail. Failure can be paralyzing and cause us to put the Bible down for an entire year. We want to prevent this! Brief readings of God’s word on a daily basis are beneficial than overwhelming yourself and quitting.

Make a commitment

The latest research shows that it takes 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic. For that reason, I wouldn’t have a free day from your daily Bible readings. I would recommend making Bible reading a daily habit. It will take intense commitment but it is worth the rewards that you will reap.

There will be times where getting up 10 minutes early isn’t going to be convenient and it will definitely go against your desire to hit the snooze button and sleep a little bit longer. Resist the urge and push through. It will be worth it!

Print out your plan

Print out your plan so you can track your progress. Many of the plans listed below come with a Bible reading chart PDF which is beneficial in seeing your daily reading and also keeps you motivated in your reading journey. It also helps you keep track of the different places that you are reading (OT, NT, Psalms and Proverbs) if you are reading in multiple places at one time.

Choose your Bible translation

I prefer the King James Version Bible but there are many Bibles and translations that you can choose from. I would recommend a word for word translation over a thought for thought translation for the sake of biblical accuracy.

Choose a Bible Reading Plan to Help you Read and Grow in God’s Word

Best Bible Reading Plans

There are many ways to read the Bible and not one of them are wrong. God is honored when you dig into your own Bible. Your own pace will be different from mine. That’s okay. We aren’t cookie cutters of one another. Included in this exhaustive list below are simple bible reading plans, old testament readings, and some that are adequate enough to give you a deep dive into different ways to learn about the Bible and the Christian life.

Your best Bible reading plan will contain all the book of the bible, the Old Testament, the New Testament including the major prophets, minor prophets, the gospels, book of Acts and all of the epistles and the book of Revelation. Most of the plans mentioned below offer a PDF free download so all that’s left for you to do is grab your bible study tools

Let’s craft a plan of action for you right now Sweet Sister and find out your favorite Bible reading plans will suit your needs.

Check out these Bible Resources

Plan: 90 Day Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 90 Days
Plan Format: PDF File, Word File, Online
|Features: This Bible reading plan is perfect who wants a bird’s eye view of the Bible in a relatively short period of time. It is a great first steps reading plan perfect for new believers.

Plan: The Bible Recap
Duration: 365 Days
Format: PDF,App, podcast and youtube videos
Features: This is the plan I am using in 2023. Tara Leigh walks readers through understanding the Bible through the lens of seeing God and His character. Every daily reading is accompanied by a short podcast (or youtube video) to help you understand what you’ve read and gain clarity via understanding who God is. I’m doing this plan in Youversion. If you’d like to join me on the app you can click HERE.

Plan: The Bible Project Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 365 Days
Format: PDF or App
Features: The Bible Project Reading plan has both a PDF printable or you can use the app. Each day’s reading includes a Psalm upon which you can meditate and pray. By the end of the reading plan, you’ll have prayed through the book of Psalms two and a half times. If you haven’t checked out the Bible Project videos on Youtube, I would highly recommend them.

Plan: 5 by 5 by 5 Bible Reading plan from the Navigators
Duration: 1 year
Plan Format: PDF File, Online
Features: If you’re not accustomed to reading the Bible, the 5 by 5 by 5 plan takes you through all 260 chapters of the New Testament in one chapter a day. One chapter reading takes about 5 minutes to finish. This is a 5 day plan so, personally, I would supplement it with the Psalms and Proverbs on the weekend

Plan: The 5 Day Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 365 Days
Format: PDF Features: The 5-Day plan is a yearly plan where you can choose to read either the entire Bible or only the New Testament. This plan recommends a Monday through Friday study but I would recommend an in depth study or review of what you read during the weekend so you can form good habits of study and reading.

Plan: Robert Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 52 week plan-365 Day Bible Reading Plan
Format: Very small print PDF, or larger 2 page PDF
Features: THE M’Cheyne plan is one year plan with Old Testament, New Testament, and Psalms or Gospels reading every day.

Plan: Chronological Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 365 Days/1 Year Bible Reading Plan
Format: Online, App, There are also chronological order Bibles available online that contain chronological plans.
Features: I love reading the Bible Chronologically! Since everything is in order of when the events in the Bible happened, you can get the facts on things like the history of Israel, the order of the wisdom literature and the order of historical events all in order. Many Bible facts on specific events come from many books of the Bible and having them all grouped together is a great way to understand historical context.

Plan: Two Year Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 2 Years
Format: PDF
Features: The 2 year Bible Reading plan is my favorite. In my opinion, the 1 year reading plans cause me to rush through the word and I love to linger in the word of God, do word studies, add chapter titles and really absorb what I’m reading.

I want to have the luxury of taking study notes without feeling rushed and many bible-reading plans that are fast paced. The 2 year plan is a perfect way to get both your bible reading done and also fit in bible studies when the need arises. To read the bible in 2 years is the perfect plan for myself.

Plan: Three Year Bible Reading Plan
Duration: 3 year Bible Reading Plan
Format: PDF
Features: As mentioned above, reading the Bible can be daunting, If you want to really slow it down to a more moderate pace the three year plan might work for you.

Plan: 30 Day Tour of the Bible
Duration: 30 Days/One month
Format:
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Plan: Christian Standard Bible 90 Day Tour of the Bible
Duration: 90 Days/3 months
Format: PDF
Features: By investing about 30 minutes a day, you’ll see the big picture of God’s great story unfold right before your eyes.

Plan: 180 Day Tour of the Bible
Duration: 180 days/6 months
Format: PDF
Features: Take a 180 Day guided tour through the Bible where you can see the overlying themes in your PDF printable.

Have you found a plan that you will try to read through? Which best BIble reading plan works for you? Do you have a favorite? Will you be trying a new plan where you read through the bible books with a chronological reading plan? Topically?

Most of the above mentioned plans offer online plans and downloadable/printable PDF’s but I am positive that most, if not all of these plans can be found on the youversion bible app or other bible reading app that you prefer.