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MUST READ: M'Cheyne's daily Bible reading calendar

sermonindex Jan 1, 2006

This bible reading plan has been recommended by many in church history from such as: Ravi Zacharias, Charles Spurgeon and John Stott, etc.The downloads of this reading plan is provided by this great resources site for more information about: Robert Murray M'Cheyne http://web.ukonline.co.uk/d.haslam/m-cheyne.htmBible Reading Calender: this is a full size 8x11 pdf of the bible reading plan.Bible Reading Booklet: this is the same calender in booklet form on 8x11 pages that can be folded in pdf format.Instructions for M'Cheyne's daily Bible reading calendar1. The center column contains the day of the month. The first two columns contain the chapters to be read in the family. The last two columns contain the portions to be read in secret.2. The head of the family should previously read over the chapter indicated for the family worship and mark two or three of the most prominent verses upon which he may dwell, giving a few explanatory thoughts, and asking several simple questions.3. The portion read, both for family and private reading, would be greatly illuminated if they were preceded by a moment's silent prayer: "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law" (Psalm 119:18).4. Let the conversation at the family meals frequently turn upon the chapter read; thus every meal will be a sacrament, being sanctified by the Word and prayer.5. Let our private reading precede the dawning of the day. Let God's voice be the first we hear in the morning. Mark two or three of the richest verses and pray over every word and line of them.6. Above all, use the Word as a lamp to your feet and a light to your path - your guide in perplexity, your armour in temptation, your food in times of faintness.---Robert Murray M'Cheyne – (1813-1843) was born on May 21, 1813, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was licensed to preach at the age of twenty-two, ordained to the pastorate of St. Peter's Church, Dundee Scotland, at twenty-three, and died six years later.M'Cheyne left notes of only some 300 sermons when he died in 1843, but his own counsel to a fellow minister explains why these sermons brought such abundant blessing, not only to 'the noisy mechanics and political weavers' of Dundee but, later, to all parts of the English- speaking world:"Get your texts from God - your thoughts, your words, from God... It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God's Spirit, is worth ten thousand words spoken in unbelief and sin."M'Cheyne rarely preached outside his native land. He wrote no books and was extremely frail in health. However, the impact of the "prophet of Dundee," as he was known, lives on to this day. History records that the entire land of Scotland was shaken by him, and at his death, it wept.

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groh_frog Jan 1, 2006

This looks awesome! Just having read the intro, this appears a great tool for both the single student, and for the family, since it gives a guide for both. Now, if we had groups of people all following along in this together...Grace and Peace...

sermonindex Jan 1, 2006

Yes! I am going to do this daily and it would be great to get alot of people on SI to do this daily! Perhaps people can post in this thread to show their interest to follow through with this reading plan. I am looking into a way for a script on the front page that shows the readings each day.

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groh_frog Jan 1, 2006

Yeah, or maybe some kind of ticker on the homepage that says the day's scripture. Good reminder. Either way, I'll be alongside with you. Sounds like something that we can work to keep our group accountable on also.Grace and Peace...

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repentcanada Jan 2, 2006

A ticker would be a great idea, especially to build up the amount of people reading along with this plan. I am looking forward to starting this today.

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tacklebox Jan 2, 2006

This is great. I think I will encourage this among my congregation!-Chris

sermonindex Jan 2, 2006

Amen brothers. I will get working on the possibility of it showing on the front page. I need to find an pre-made php script for this.

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groh_frog Jan 2, 2006

Yeah, this is great. I've been mailing it to many of the families in our church. To have many on the same page, even if only in private study... Awesome!Grace and Peace...

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Tears_of_joy Jun 26, 2006

I saw that there is a thread about bible plans.
We (me and two sisters that I know), are going through this plan.
I can say that it is very good. OT once, Psalms and NT twice in one year.

Is anyone with us?

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lovejt Jul 15, 2006

Yeah, i've been keeping up since the beginning of the year. It has been a tremendous blessing!!

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saved_matt Jul 16, 2006

WOW this is SO the Lord i was speaking to someone in my town yesterday and he said he was going through M'Cheynes Bible reading scheme and i said ' oh ill have to look into that' and lo and behold here it is on SI, praise the Lord, ill be looking into this now then

matt and mim

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lovejt Dec 23, 2006

I finished the plan today. What a great blessing and one of my highlights this year. There were times in the year where God gave me such an appropriate word for situations. One period was very turbulent time. I love this plan. I hope everyone can follow M'Cheynes bible plan for the new year. blesssings, -j

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run2win Mar 8, 2009

Thank you for this great resource. I like that the plan has you read twice through the NT and Psalms.

sermonindex Oct 13, 2009

Daily saturation in prayer is SO important.

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Silo Feb 2, 2010

sorry...but I couldn't find the calendar for the reading plan. Where do I go according to the link on the initial post?

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myexodus Feb 2, 2010

Hi Silo,

The site is a little confusing, but the link is here to the PDF printable calendar:

[url=http://web.ukonline.co.uk/d.haslam/mccheyne/calendar/calendar.pdf]McCheyne's Reading Calendar[/url]

Hope that helps! :-)

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Silo Feb 2, 2010

Got it...thanks.

So I'm reading in the 'secret' and 'family'. Which comes first and what if you don't have a family close by?

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