Dear First Family, 

1. Pick up a bookmark or go to here.  The bookmarks are available in the church office, at the Welcome Center, and in the foyer.  The church website even allows you to “add to your calendar” on your phone for a daily reminder. 
2. Start Journaling.  Write down what God shows you.  Write down those that you are praying for.  Keep a record of the spiritual journey that God is leading you on. Life Journals with the reading plan and an “express” reading plan are available in the office for $7. However, you do not have to buy a journal to read God’s Word.  A spiral notebook is fine and, as I use, a moleskine type, hard back journal works great.  
3. Encourage your children to start reading, journaling, and interacting with the Word of God.  The Children’s Journals that are available are awesome and have three different reading levels.  They start with ages 8 or younger and encourage just a few verses a day to 12 year olds reading about a dozen verses.  
4. The greatest part of this is the interaction that can come from it.  You interact with the Holy Spirit as you read.  After reading, you can interact with others, because children, express readers, and classic readers are all reading from the same text. You will cover more than your children cover each day, but you will cover their scripture in your reading. It is a great family devotion starter and it is not hard to do.
5. Post your verse.  Share it, text it, build accountability with others.  As iron sharpens iron, let us sharpen one another to spend time daily in God’s Word. 
6. If you run out of time or miss a day, do not try to make it up.  People that try to read the Bible through do well until they hit Leviticus.