As the new year quickly approaches, I think now is a good time to consider some spiritual goals and make some definite plans of attack. In particular, I think there is great value in using a schedule to read through the Bible in a year.
Perhaps you've tried this before and only got frustrated, or perhaps you've never tried it and it looks daunting, or maybe you're planning on it and are looking for a schedule. I'd like to recommend the schedule put together by Robert Murray McCheyne.
McCheyne's schedule will take you through the whole Bible, plus Psalms and the New Testament twice. Reading through a schedule like this isn't designed for scrupulous analyzation of individual passages; rather, it exposes you to the entire Work of revelation in the course of the year. A broader grasp of the whole of Scripture, discovery of big-picture themes, and the habit-forming discipline of the daily work strike me as the greatest benefits of a schedule like this. It's not meant to replace personal study of specific portions but to augment it.
The first page has introductory material, the rest the actual schedule. My mom introduced me to this schedule but other than that I don't know who produced it. You can click on the link to open the page, then save the picture (right click, save picture as) and put it into a Word file (insert, picture, from file). Then you can fold into a handy little booklet.
(i'm sure there may be a better way than that, so if anyone wants to tell me i'm open for suggestions.)
Do you have the time for this? I think you don't have the time not to.
Is it the only way? No, but it's a good way, and I recommend it to you.
Will God really change my life as I read His Word? Yes.