52 Weeks of Hope
In our 2025 Bible reading plan, we’ll read and reflect on Scripture with Jesus at the center.
Join Pastor Denny and others from our community for a weekly Scripture devotional for 2025. If you download the YouVersion app you can join our digital discussion group as we ask questions and share our thoughts together. There will also be paper copies available at the Welcome Desk.
We know that the bible can be difficult to read, but it is absolutely worth it. It tells us the one true story of the world, and God speaks to us through it!
As you’re reading, try asking these questions:
- 1. What does the passage actually say? (What happens, who’s speaking, what are the facts?)
- 2. What are some lessons from it? (Is there an example I should follow, a warning to heed, a principle to take away, a promise to hold on to?)
- 3. What might God be saying to me in it? (Turn the lessons from #2 into questions to pose to yourself)
Download a printable version here!
Here’s some basics of bible reading that you might find helpful:
1. The right approach.
Trust the scriptures like you’d trust a well-trusted teacher or parent. Put yourself under the Word. Come to scripture to be spoken to by God himself, believing that God has a word for your life, the life of your community, or for the world around you. Be open to hearing something new from the living Word.
2. Pay attention.
What is the writer’s intention? Genre? What does the writer want to accomplish? Ask the context questions (who, what, why, where, how, etc.).
3. Remember the forest.
How does this little piece of the story fit into the whole? How does the forest give color to this one tree? But also, how does this one tree effect the forest?
4. Ask so what?
Where does this intersect with life? How does this challenge you? How do I live this passage with my actions?
