Comments on: Check out https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/12/21/check-out-12/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/12/21/check-out-12/#comment-4622 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:46:33 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=5573#comment-4622 Nick, you expressed some of my fears too. I think this might be OK as a one-off, but not as a regular way to read the Bible.

]]> By: Nick McDonald https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/12/21/check-out-12/#comment-4612 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:15:40 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=5573#comment-4612 Hi Dr. Murray –

I’ve tried the 3650 challenge before, and here is my experience:

1.) The first few weeks were great. I felt like I was full of the scriptures, and I couldn’t get enough.

2.) I began to feel as though I was skimming across everything I read – I wasn’t exploring things. I wasn’t praying things through.

3.) It became difficult to pay attention, without prayerful interjections, which I simply didn’t havent time for. It became hard to pay attention, and I found that I was reading just for reading’s sake.

4.) I switched back to my ESV study Bible reading plan, and have stuck with it every since.

Maybe I’m not spiritual enough, or maybe I didn’t have enough patience. I just personally prefer to pray through and reflect on what I’m reading.

Blessings,
Nick

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