Building a Strong Faith

If your faith isn’t rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil. Only a strong faith—a faith based on God’s Word—will protect us from temptation and doubt.

Do you want your faith to grow? Then let the Bible begin to saturate your mind and soul. One of my most enduring memories of my mother is of her sitting quietly in her favorite chair, reading her well-worn Bible every day. This was her practice right up to the end of her life, and was the reason she had such unwavering faith. The Bible says, “faith comes from hearing the message, ans the message is heard through the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17). Faith doesn’t just happen; it grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God’s Word.

from “God’s Love for You” by Billy Graham

Read the Bible in a Year

We hope that you will join us in 2016 as we read through the Bible. Don’t worry if you’re behind or even if you are just getting started—you can jump in or go at your own pace. This calendar features a reading plan that will take you through every book of the Bible in the order they are estimated to have been written. If you read each day’s suggested passage, you’ll finish by year’s end. Find past months plans here.

September 1 – Daniel 11-12
September 2 – Ezra 1-3
September 3 – Ezra 4-7
September 4 – Ezra 8-10
September 5 – Nehemiah 1-3
September 6 – Nehemiah 4-6
September 7 – Nehemiah 7
September 8 – Nehemiah 8-9
September 9 – Nehemiah 10-11
September 10 – Nehemiah 12-13
September 11 – 1 Chronicles 1-2
September 12 – 1 Chronicles 3-5
September 13 – 1 Chronicles 6
September 14 – 1 Chronicles 7-8
September 15 – 1 Chronicles 9-10
September 16 – 1 Chronicles 11-12
September 17 – 1 Chronicles 13-15
September 18 – 1 Chronicles 16-17
September 19 – 1 Chronicles 18-20
September 20 – 1 Chronicles 21-23
September 21 – 1 Chronicles 24-25
September 22 – 1 Chronicles 26-27
September 23 – 1 Chronicles 28-29
September 24 – 2 Chronicles 1-4
September 25 – 2 Chronicles 5-7
September 26 – 2 Chronicles 8-10
September 27 – 2 Chronicles 11-14
September 28 – 2 Chronicles 15-18
September 29 – 2 Chronicles 19-21
September 30 – 2 Chronicles 22-24