How to finish reading your entire Bible in 2018

American pastor, John Piper shares tips on how and why you need to read the Bible from front to back this year.

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Reading and finishing the Bible is usually a new year resolution that many Christians make but very people actually achieve it.

A popular American Pastor named John Piper is sharing tips on how to make this a reality in 2018.

However, Piper who is also the founder of Desiring God and author of more than 50 books, says you need to figure out your "why" first.

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Why you should finish reading your entire bible in 2018

According to the theologian, reading the bible should not be an option but a necessity for every Christian.

In his words, “I think the ultimate goal of every Christian should be to glorify God in your life every day — or, to use the words of Philippians 1:20, to magnify Christ in your body, whether you live or whether you die.

“We exist ultimately on this planet to make God in Christ look magnificent — to make Him look precious and valuable, to look like the supreme treasure that He is. That’s the goal of life: make God look like a treasure.”

“Christ is most magnified in us when we are most satisfied in Him, and we cannot be daily satisfied in the depths of our soul in Christ if we don’t see Him and savor Him. My point is that that can only happen by a steady meditation on the Word of God in the Bible.”

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How to finish reading your entire bible in 2018

To finish the Bible in one year, Piper recommends the Discipleship Journal Reading Plan.

In his words, “The way it works is — this is why I use it and why I recommend it — there are four different places in the Bible where you read every day.

“By reading these four different places, you complete the entire Bible in one year. Two of those places are in the New Testament, two of them are in the Old Testament.”

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What happens when we don't read the scriptures on a daily basis

For him, life without daily Bible study is dull and hopeless.

He says, “I know that left to myself, I am an absolute dud. I am blank, nothing deep, nothing moving, nothing intense, nothing beautiful, nothing precious, nothing sweet or wonderful — just empty, blank, unmoved, coasting along from one worldly preoccupation to another.

“There is one hope for John Piper in 2018: that I would have eyes to see the God-entranced magnificence of everything — namely that God would be pleased in my Bible reading to cause me to see the glory that is really there.”

Regardless of how you do it, let us try to make 2018 the year we can successfully say we finished reading our Bibles.