Tara-Leigh Cobble

Then you can read each day's chapters on the app, or you can have the app read it to you, which will take about 12 minutes on average, or you can open your regular print Bible and read it there.

Then, once you've decided on a translation, I strongly encourage you to get a print Bible.

That's what I do.

In the Bible I'm using, most days' readings are about three pages long.

It's easy to forget the Bible exists if you don't see it.

We've linked to some of our favorite Bibles and study Bibles in the show notes.

By the way, you can read any version of Scripture you'd like.

I happen to use the ESV, the English Standard Version, so that's the version I'll be referencing each day.

So I'm on my balcony with my coffee, and I open up my Bible to the chapters for the day.

If you're using the printable plan from our website or our customized journal, each day's chapters will be listed for you.

I also want to say a bit about Bible translations because I know that can be confusing.

There are a lot of different Bible translations, and it seems like everybody has a favorite.

If you're not using either of those, you may want to take note of the chapters before you set your phone aside.

Some people prefer readability.

Other people prefer precision.

When I sit down with my Bible, I read those same chapters with my eyes that I just finished reading with my ears.

I think the ESV has a great mix of both.

Now, it's not necessarily the most readable translation, but I've chosen it over other translations that are slightly easier to read because it's a word-for-word translation.

Even though I'm mostly an auditory learner, this gives me the opportunity to take it in at my own pace, to re-read, to ask God questions about what I'm reading.

I bought it when I first started reading through scripture because I figured if I'm going to invest a year of my time reading the Bible, I want to get as close as possible to the original ideas God wanted to communicate.