It Is Time To Get Started!!

If you are struggling to read the Bible consistently or having a hard time understanding  what you are reading, this is a page of resources that I hope will be helpful for you!  I (Healey) struggled for a lot of years barely reading much more than the red words of the Bible because it seemed so overwhelming.  

The benefit of being a born-again Christian is that we have the Holy Spirit to help us understand.   So don't feel overwhelmed.  God will meet you in the pages!  Thankfully, the Bible was written for everyone....from the most educated scholar to the person who hasn't graduated High School.  His Word is for all of us!

As you may have noticed there are a lot of different versions of the Bible out there.  It can be difficult to navigate all of them.  I have provided links to two videos below that I think will help you understand how Bibles are translated and the differences in functional and formal translations.  I have summarized the list of well-translated Bibles below, but I encourage you to watch the videos so that you will understand why these translations are good and why it is helpful to use more than one. 

NKJV, ESV, NIV, CSV, NASB, NET, NLT

There are so many ways to read the Bible.  Below are some links to some different reading plans.  I encourage you to do one (at least once) that guides you through the entire Bible.  Reading the whole Bible is so helpful in understanding context and seeing Jesus throughout scripture, not just the New Testament.  You can find some reading plan resources at the bottom of the page.

Here are some resources that I have found helpful over the years:

• Matthew Henry Commentary of the Whole Bible
• Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
• NIV Study Bible
• NIV Exhaustive Concordance 
• My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers (Trust me!)
• YouVersion Bible App (Allows you to have helpful translations to compare easily.)