使徒彼得前書 2:9

There are many good reasons to pursue excellence in our work: Excellence advances our careers, grants us influence, and can lead to opportunities to share the gospel. But as this three day plan will show, we ought to pursue excellence for a much more fundamental reason—because excellence is how we best reflect the character of God and love and serve our neighbors as ourselves through out chosen work.

把神放在我們生活中的首要位置不是一次性的，而是每一位基督徒一生都要做的事情。不管你是新信徒還是跟隨基督的“老戰士”，你都會發現這個計劃很容易理解，也很容易實行，而且它也是一個活出得勝的基督徒生命的很有效的策略。摘自於戴維J斯旺特的《這個世界之外：基督徒的成長與目標指南》。

透過每天二十分鐘的時間，固定閱讀三到五章的經文，在一年內讀完新舊約聖經。除了建立穩定讀經的生活外，也能對聖經各書卷的思路發展有更清楚的概念。

We hope that this reading plan will inspire you to go on a journey in cultivating the fruit of patience in your life. In the past few years we have found that even though circumstances are not always pleasant, God will use them to mold our character. What He desires is for us to approach these trials with a Godly sense of patience.