New 5x5 Features for 2022
The 5x5 is getting a facelift for 2022 along with several new features:
1) Integrated audio players
It’s always best to read the daily Bible chapter from a printed Bible, but for those busy days, listening to the chapter being read is a great option. Now you can listen to an audio version of the daily chapter right from the DIG DEEPER post without having to click through external links. This works great to be able to listen while driving or operating equipment! Try it out:
Starting in 2022, not only can you listen to an audio version of the daily Bible chapter with one easy click, but you can watch or listen to the entire DIG DEEPER post as well! In less than 3 minutes a day, you’ll have a much stronger understanding of the day’s chapter as well as ways that it applies to your life. Plus, you’ll be given easy to use tips on how to pray throughout the day using the AAA prayer guide and examples from each daily chapter.
2) Outlined text formats
Are you a visual learner? If so, you’ll love being able to read the daily Bible chapter in an outlined format (or follow along as you listen to the integrated audio player read the chapter).
Reading the outlined format helps you visualize the logical flow of the chapter we’re reading through. You’ll be able to easier understand when the Biblical writer is making a new point, or adding to an earlier idea.
If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to read through one of Paul’s letters because it seems like he’s going in circles, you’re going to love reading the Bible in the outlined format!
Try it out - click the ">" below:
Read the chapter in an outlined format:
Genesis 1 (ESV)
1 In
the beginning,
God created
the heavens
and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and void,
and darkness was over the face of the deep.
And
the Spirit of God
was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said,
“Let there be light,”
and there was light.
4 And God saw that the light was good.
And God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light Day,
and the darkness he called Night.
And
there was evening
and there was morning, the first day.
6 And God said,
“Let there be an expanse
in the midst of the waters,
and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
7 And God
made the expanse
and separated
the waters that were under the expanse
from the waters that were above the expanse.
And it was so.
8 And God called the expanse Heaven.
And
there was evening
and there was morning, the second day.
9 And God said,
“Let the waters
under the heavens
be gathered together into one place,
and let the dry land appear.”
And it was so.
10 God called
the dry land Earth,
and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas.
And God saw that it was good.
11 And God said,
“Let the earth sprout
vegetation,
plants yielding seed,
and fruit trees
bearing fruit in which is their seed,
each according to its kind, on the earth.”
And it was so.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed according to their own kinds,
and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
13 And
there was evening
and there was morning, the third day.
14 And God said,
“Let there be lights
in the expanse of the heavens
to separate the day from the night.
And let them be
for signs and for seasons,
and for days and years,
15 and let them be lights
in the expanse of the heavens
to give light upon the earth.”
And it was so.
16 And God made
the two great lights—
the greater light to rule the day
and the lesser light to rule the night—
and the stars.
17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens
to give light on the earth,
18 to rule over the day and over the night,
and to separate the light from the darkness.
And God saw that it was good.
19 And
there was evening
and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 And God said,
“Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
21 So God created
the great sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarm,
according to their kinds,
and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
23 And
there was evening
and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said,
“Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—
livestock
and creeping things
and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.”
And it was so.
25 And God made
the beasts of the earth according to their kinds
and the livestock according to their kinds,
and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said,
“Let us make man
in our image,
after our likeness.
And let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the heavens
and over the livestock
and over all the earth
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man
in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them.
And God said to them,
“Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth and subdue it,
and have dominion
over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the heavens
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29 And God said,
“Behold, I have given you
every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth,
and every tree with seed in its fruit.
You shall have them for food.
30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life,
I have given every green plant for food.”
And it was so.
31 And
God saw everything that he had made,
and behold, it was very good.
And
there was evening
and there was morning, the sixth day.
3) Old Testament Chapters
For many of you, this is your third year reading through the Bible together. In 2020 and 2021, we read through all 260 chapters of the New Testament each year.
In 2022, we’re still going to read 200 chapters of the New Testament, but we’re also going to read 60 chapters of the Old Testament.
This will be a great compliment to our evening sermon series focused on the awesome stories told in the Old Testament.
4) AAA Prayer guide
Technically, the AAA Prayer Guide isn’t a new feature for 2022, but it’s still one of the most valuable parts of our daily DIG DEEPER posts.
As Christians, we’re commanded to pray without ceasing, which is admittedly really hard to do. This doesn’t mean that you need to pray long, drawn out prayers. Most of the prayers found in the Bible are actually really short, and often follow the same general format of “A”cknowledging who God is, “A”ligning yourself with His will, and then “A”sking for what you need.
After reading and Digging Deeper into each day’s chapter, the AAA Prayer Guide helps you pray these short prayers throughout the day by using different examples every day from the chapter you just read.
