{"id":1559,"date":"2025-09-14T04:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T04:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559"},"modified":"2025-09-27T19:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:35:20","slug":"bible-reading-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559","title":{"rendered":"Bible Reading plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1559\" class=\"elementor elementor-1559\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a682e7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"9a682e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:1768,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/aaron-burden-UIib0bAvWfs-unsplash-scaled.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fc2a05\" data-id=\"9fc2a05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768e57c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"768e57c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The M'Cheyne <br>Bible Reading Plan<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-688dc42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"688dc42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd59936\" data-id=\"dd59936\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573da3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"573da3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus taught that the Bible is as essential for the soul as food is to the body, declaring in Matthew 4:4, \u201cMan shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d For this reason, we are called to meditate on God\u2019s word day and night (Psalm 1).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One helpful way to ensure we are being properly nourished by the word of God is by following a Bible reading plan. We as a church highly recommend the Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne Bible Reading Plan. This reading plan takes us through the Old Testament once, and the Psalms and New Testament twice, over the course of a year. Each day includes two readings for family worship and two for private devotion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The benefits of this plan include the following:<\/span><\/h2><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><b>No time is wasted deciding what to read.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The plan provides a simple and clear structure.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><b>A focus on Christ and the gospel.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By taking us through the New Testament twice a year, it keeps the essence and foundation of our faith before us.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><b>An immersion in the Psalms.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The plan also goes through the Psalms twice a year, the prayer book and hymn book of the church. Praying the Psalms stretches our emotional and spiritual bandwidth, taking us to higher heights of gratitude, praise and adoration and bringing us down to deeper depths of lament, confession and repentance than we could reach on our own.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><b>You get to see how the Bible fits together.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By reading four chapters of the Bible simultaneously, you learn to spot the inner connectedness and unity of Scripture. This approach also provides a balanced diet of the Word, allowing you to engage regularly with different books, genres, and themes without long gaps in between.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><b>You get to be part of a Bible reading community.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There is a weight loss program that advertises frequently on a local radio station; the closing line of the advertisement is always the same: \u201cIf you could do it yourself, you would have done it already\u201d. As with weight loss, so with reading the Bible. Everything is harder on your own and therefore one of the chief benefits of using the M\u2019Cheyne Bible Reading plan is doing it together with your family and the church.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">You can access the daily readings through the ESV Bible app<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esv.org\/plans\/one-year-tract\/\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> or download a printable copy of the reading plan <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/60512bb6d7de0221d5002447\/t\/63adc25b5f7a0970f5fd279c\/1672331885698\/M%E2%80%99Cheyne+Bible+Reading+Plan+-+Dial+In.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRemember the necessity of your own soul. What plant can be unwatered and not wither? \u2018What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?\u2019 Ah, take heed of that!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The M&#8217;Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Jesus taught that the Bible is as essential for the soul as food is to the body, declaring in Matthew 4:4, \u201cMan shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d For this reason, we are called to meditate on God\u2019s word day and night (Psalm 1).\u00a0 One helpful way to ensure we are being properly nourished by the word of God is by following a Bible reading plan. We as a church highly recommend the Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne Bible Reading Plan. This reading plan takes us through the Old Testament once, and the Psalms and New Testament twice, over the course of a year. Each day includes two readings for family worship and two for private devotion.\u00a0 The benefits of this plan include the following: No time is wasted deciding what to read. The plan provides a simple and clear structure.\u00a0 A focus on Christ and the gospel. By taking us through the New Testament twice a year, it keeps the essence and foundation of our faith before us. An immersion in the Psalms. The plan also goes through the Psalms twice a year, the prayer book and hymn book of the church. Praying the Psalms stretches our emotional and spiritual bandwidth, taking us to higher heights of gratitude, praise and adoration and bringing us down to deeper depths of lament, confession and repentance than we could reach on our own.\u00a0 You get to see how the Bible fits together. By reading four chapters of the Bible simultaneously, you learn to spot the inner connectedness and unity of Scripture. This approach also provides a balanced diet of the Word, allowing you to engage regularly with different books, genres, and themes without long gaps in between. You get to be part of a Bible reading community. There is a weight loss program that advertises frequently on a local radio station; the closing line of the advertisement is always the same: \u201cIf you could do it yourself, you would have done it already\u201d. As with weight loss, so with reading the Bible. Everything is harder on your own and therefore one of the chief benefits of using the M\u2019Cheyne Bible Reading plan is doing it together with your family and the church.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 You can access the daily readings through the ESV Bible app here, or download a printable copy of the reading plan here. \u00a0 \u201cRemember the necessity of your own soul. What plant can be unwatered and not wither? \u2018What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?\u2019 Ah, take heed of that!\u201d\u00a0 Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1768,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"on","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1559","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bible Reading plan - Summit Bible Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bible Reading plan - Summit Bible Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The M&#8217;Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Jesus taught that the Bible is as essential for the soul as food is to the body, declaring in Matthew 4:4, \u201cMan shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d For this reason, we are called to meditate on God\u2019s word day and night (Psalm 1).\u00a0 One helpful way to ensure we are being properly nourished by the word of God is by following a Bible reading plan. 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We as a church highly recommend the Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne Bible Reading Plan. This reading plan takes us through the Old Testament once, and the Psalms and New Testament twice, over the course of a year. Each day includes two readings for family worship and two for private devotion.\u00a0 The benefits of this plan include the following: No time is wasted deciding what to read. The plan provides a simple and clear structure.\u00a0 A focus on Christ and the gospel. By taking us through the New Testament twice a year, it keeps the essence and foundation of our faith before us. An immersion in the Psalms. The plan also goes through the Psalms twice a year, the prayer book and hymn book of the church. Praying the Psalms stretches our emotional and spiritual bandwidth, taking us to higher heights of gratitude, praise and adoration and bringing us down to deeper depths of lament, confession and repentance than we could reach on our own.\u00a0 You get to see how the Bible fits together. By reading four chapters of the Bible simultaneously, you learn to spot the inner connectedness and unity of Scripture. This approach also provides a balanced diet of the Word, allowing you to engage regularly with different books, genres, and themes without long gaps in between. You get to be part of a Bible reading community. There is a weight loss program that advertises frequently on a local radio station; the closing line of the advertisement is always the same: \u201cIf you could do it yourself, you would have done it already\u201d. As with weight loss, so with reading the Bible. Everything is harder on your own and therefore one of the chief benefits of using the M\u2019Cheyne Bible Reading plan is doing it together with your family and the church.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 You can access the daily readings through the ESV Bible app here, or download a printable copy of the reading plan here. \u00a0 \u201cRemember the necessity of your own soul. What plant can be unwatered and not wither? \u2018What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?\u2019 Ah, take heed of that!\u201d\u00a0 Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne \u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559","og_site_name":"Summit Bible Church","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100091550532233","article_modified_time":"2025-09-27T19:35:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-wendyaffieplaas-10506690-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-wendyaffieplaas-10506690-scaled.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559","url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559","name":"Bible Reading plan - Summit Bible Church","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aaron-burden-UIib0bAvWfs-unsplash-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-14T04:44:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-27T19:35:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aaron-burden-UIib0bAvWfs-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aaron-burden-UIib0bAvWfs-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=1559#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?page_id=21"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bible Reading plan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/","name":"Summit Bible Church","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/#organization","name":"Summit Bible Church","url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-1.png","width":764,"height":290,"caption":"Summit Bible Church"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100091550532233"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1559\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}