Happy New Year 2025 as we launched this podcast into year 13, 13 years of this. What an amazing ride all made possible by the grace of God and by your involvement in listening and sending us your questions and for praying for us and for financially

supporting us as well. Thank you for your role in making this podcast happen. For many, this new

year comes with a blank, fresh Bible reading slate. I have a new one on my desk right now that

I just printed out, 1,200 empty boxes to check off in the year ahead, four readings per day for 300

days. And it's about 15 minutes of reading per day, per 300 days. Pastor John and I will be,

again, using the Navigator's Bible reading plan in 2025. It's the same plan we used last year.

And this is our invitation to you to read the entire Bible with us in 2025.

For some, this will be your first attempt.

Welcome along.

And if not, welcome back.

You can find the Navigator's Bible Reading Plan online by searching for it.

Find the printable PDF of the schedule, printed off, and join us in 2025.

On the podcast this year, we have a couple of dozen

interesting questions lined up to ask Pastor John that coincide with the day's reading. You don't

have to read the Bible with us to be blessed by those episodes, but I think if you do, if you do the

reading, I think you'll find extra benefit in the topics we address this year coming up. So here we are.

The second day of January setting out to read

the entire Bible in 2025, something you've done several times, Pastor John, even with this reading

plan. So what challenges lay ahead of us and what blessings can we expect ahead? These are the

questions being asked by a listener named Mike. Hello, Pastor John. I have been blessed by your ministry for many

years. In the year ahead, I hope to read my Bible from cover to cover for the very first time

using the Navigator's Bible reading plan that you use. I feel a little excited and a lot

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