Spare Time or Specific Time

One of the dedications that many people plan to do is read the Bible through in a year. Before some get to the “begats” the wheels fall off, the plan gets behind and then abandoned. “I’ll never catch up.” I heard someone say, a plan is not a prison. Let me encourage us as we put our reading plan in action.

A great tool for the lover of scripture. Many remember the Alexander Scourby Bible reading tapes. Used to be that they were very expensive. Now the brilliant British accent of Mr Scourby can be accessed for free on YouTube. I personally listen quite a bit while spending hours staring through the windshield. A few years ago I wondered how long it would take to listen all the way through. So, I am going to list the books of the Bible and how long it took for Mr Scourby to read all the way through the Bible at a comfortable pace. I think you may be surprised. If we compare the times to our screen time we might be convicted.

75 total hours. 2.5 mo @1hr/day 5x per yr. Based on 70yr life begin at age 12=278 times in a life. If we dedicated a Specific time rather than Spare time our time would be well invested.

TIMES hr:min:sec 0:00:00

Genesis 3:30
Exodus 2:58
Leviticus 2:07
Numbers 2:48
Deuteronomy 2:20
Joshua 1:37
Judges 1:36
Ruth 0:14:41
1 Samuel 0:58:00
2 Samuel 1:51
1 Kings 2:12
2 Kings 2:04
1 Chronicles 1:55
2 Chronicles 2:18
Ezra 0:40:00
Nehemiah 0:59
Esther 0:30
Job 1:46
Psalms 4:24
Proverbs 1:39
Ecclesiastes 0:35
Song of Solomon 0:17
Isaiah 3:43
Jeremiah 3:59
Lamentations 0:22
Ezekiel 3:31
Daniel 1:02
Hosea 0:29
Joel 0:13:03
Amos 0:23
Obadiah 0:4:53
Jonah 0:08:10
Micah 0:08
Nahum 0:08:32
Habakkuk 0:9:36
Zephaniah 0:10:31
Haggai 0:07:06
Zechariah 0:34
Malachi 0:11:01
Matthew 2:13
Mark 1:26
Luke 2:16
John 1:54
Acts 2:19
Romans 1:02
1 Corinthians 1:02
2 Corinthians 0:39
Galatians 0:20
Ephesus 0:19
Philippians 0:15
Colossians 13:33
1 Thessalonians 0:12:16
2 Thessalonians 0:07:22
1 Timothy 0:16
2 Timothy 0:12:15
Titus 0:07:02
Philemon 0:03:54
Hebrews 0:42
James 0:15
1 Peter 0:17
2 Peter 0:11:19
1 John 0:16
2 John 0:03
3 John 0:03:03
Jude0:05:26
Revelation 1:11