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The Well: A Reader's Companion Through the Bible
The Well began as a daily reading plan for those wanting to read the Bible slowly, five days a week. As you will see, each section is comprised of two chapters from the Bible along with a page of commentary and a prayer. The Well is unique as a Bible reading plan in the way it is laid out. For example, you might read one week in Matthew, and the next in Obadiah, and then through a few Psalms and then on to James. The idea is to be enriched each day without getting bogged down in biblical sections that are harder to apply personally.
If you read one section a day, five days a week, you’ll finish the Bible in two years and four months. But, reading the Bible ought to be like eating a meal. Sometimes you’re really hungry and you want to eat more -- while at other times, you’re not as hungry. In the same way, some days you may want to read several sections of the Bible while on other days just one section is enough to rejoice your heart and fill your mind with love for Christ.
Whatever your reading pace, The Well is designed to keep you on track. Remember, the real goal of Bible reading should be understanding and applying the text -- not merely covering as much ground as possible. Bible reading is not a race. Rather, it is a time to find refuge in the heart and truth of almighty God.
For those times when you want to look up the commentary on a particular chapter and verse, there is a comprehensive index in the back of The Well. There you’ll find the page number for every chapter in the Bible. This allows you to see The Well as a devotional commentary to aid your study of God’s word.
Each section of The Well ends with a prayer composed intentionally to allow your heart to respond to the message of those chapters. They are offered both as prayers to be repeated and models as to how our hearts can be open and truthful before the God who knows us intimately, feels our every longing, and weighs every motive of our heart.
It is helpful to see Bible reading and prayer as the breathing and exhaling of the soul. First, we breathe in the truth of God, and then we exhale adoration, confession, gratitude, and petition.
If you read one section a day, five days a week, you’ll finish the Bible in two years and four months. But, reading the Bible ought to be like eating a meal. Sometimes you’re really hungry and you want to eat more -- while at other times, you’re not as hungry. In the same way, some days you may want to read several sections of the Bible while on other days just one section is enough to rejoice your heart and fill your mind with love for Christ.
Whatever your reading pace, The Well is designed to keep you on track. Remember, the real goal of Bible reading should be understanding and applying the text -- not merely covering as much ground as possible. Bible reading is not a race. Rather, it is a time to find refuge in the heart and truth of almighty God.
For those times when you want to look up the commentary on a particular chapter and verse, there is a comprehensive index in the back of The Well. There you’ll find the page number for every chapter in the Bible. This allows you to see The Well as a devotional commentary to aid your study of God’s word.
Each section of The Well ends with a prayer composed intentionally to allow your heart to respond to the message of those chapters. They are offered both as prayers to be repeated and models as to how our hearts can be open and truthful before the God who knows us intimately, feels our every longing, and weighs every motive of our heart.
It is helpful to see Bible reading and prayer as the breathing and exhaling of the soul. First, we breathe in the truth of God, and then we exhale adoration, confession, gratitude, and petition.
1250 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 26, 2022
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