WE GROW TOGETHER is a two-year Bible reading plan for everyone. Whether you are new to the Bible or you have been studying it for years, this Bible reading plan is an invitation to GROW!

It is strategically designed to be used by families, groups, and our church family. As you use this plan you will read the New Testament and Psalms twice and the rest of the Bible once in two years.

THE REAP METHOD

Each day, begin with prayer. God wants to speak to you! Using the REAP Bible Study Method will help you as you GROW.

READ – Read the daily passage of Scripture asking the Holy Spirit to give you encouragement, direction, and correction   (2 Tim. 3:16). Highlight, underline, or circle verses and phrases that stand out to you as particularly important.

EXAMINE – Spend time reflecting on and writing about the Scriptures you’ve read. Examine the who, what, when, and where of the passage.

APPLY – “Truth applied changes lives.” Apply what you read to your own story. Where does your life not align with God’s character or instruction revealed through Scripture?

PRAY – Pray and ask God to change your heart and your life, based on your study of God’s Word.

Scripture Memory is Better Together!

Is it hard for you to memorize Scripture? Maybe you’ve never developed the habit, or you’re too busy, or you don’t know where to begin. You can overcome the hurdles-whatever they are.

The benefits of memorizing Bible verses are worth the effort it takes to know them by heart.

We want to support you in this essential spiritual discipline by offering Fighter Verse Churchwide. Each Sunday, we’ll announce the new passage along with resources to help you successfully memorize these life changing verses. As we work together to memorize, we’re excited to see how the Lord will encourage us through His Word. We’re praying God will bless our efforts with unity and growth in applying Scripture to our daily lives.

Let’s support one another in hiding God’s Word in our hearts, letting the Word of Christ dwell in us richly, so that we can teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in our hearts to God (Psalm 119:1; Colossians 3:16)

Church family and friends,

Whether you’re part of the church or not, we have a free gift for you! We’re excited to share that our church has access to an extensive, new video library called RightNow Media!

It’s like the “Netflix of Video Bible Studies” and has a HUGE library of faith-based videos that you can access whenever and wherever you want—on your phone, tablet, computer, or on your TV at home. You will have FREE access to thousands of video resources to help you with parenting, marriage, discipleship and more. It includes content for all ages and stages of life, and all of your family members are invited to set up their own accounts as well.

Now, let’s create your free account! There are two simple steps:

1. Click on the link below to create your private account and start watching right away!
2. Download the RightNow Media app for your smart phone, tablet, Apple TV, Roku, or Amazon Fire TV.

We hope you and your family enjoy this gift from all of us here at First Baptist Church Monticello!

https://app.rightnowmedia.org/join/FBCM