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Old Testament In a Year

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
– Psalm 119:105

In this new year of 2017 we will be reading through the Old Testament using the ESV. Feel free to join us using the plan below (courtesy of Alex Tran).

JANUARY 2017

January 1 – Genesis 1-3
January 2 – Genesis 4, 5, 6
January 3 – Genesis 7, 8, 9
January 4 – Genesis 10, 11, 12
January 5 – Genesis 13, 14, 15
January 6 – Genesis 16, 17
January 7 – Genesis 18, 19
January 8 – Genesis 20, 21, 22
January 9 – Job 1, 2
January 10 – Job 3, 4
January 11 – Job 5, 6, 7
January 12 – Job 8, 9, 10
January 13 – Job 11, 12, 13
January 14 – Job 14, 15, 16
January 15 – Job 17, 18, 19
January 16 – Job 20, 21
January 17 – Job 22, 23, 24
January 18 – Job 25, 26, 27
January 19 – Job 28, 29
January 20 – Job 30, 31
January 21 – Job 32, 33
January 22 – Job 34, 35
January 23 – Job 36, 37
January 24 – Job 38, 39, 40
January 25 – Job 41, 42
January 26 – Genesis 23, 24
January 27 – Genesis 25, 26
January 28 – Genesis 27, 28
January 29 – Genesis 29, 30
January 30 – Genesis 31, 32
January 31 – Genesis 33, 34, 35

FEBRUARY 2017

February 1 – Genesis 36, 37, 38
February 2 – Genesis 39, 40
February 3 – Genesis 41, 42
February 4 – Genesis 43, 44, 45
February 5 – Genesis 46, 47, 48
February 6 – Genesis 49, 50
February 7 – Exodus 1, 2, 3
February 8 – Exodus 4, 5, 6
February 9 – Exodus 7, 8
February 10 – Exodus 9, 10, 11
February 11 – Exodus 12, 13
February 12 – Exodus 14, 15
February 13 – Exodus 16, 17, 18
February 14 – Exodus 19, 20
February 15 – Exodus 21, 22
February 16 – Exodus 23, 24
February 17 – Exodus 25, 26
February 18 – Exodus 27, 28
February 19 – Exodus 29, 30
February 20 – Exodus 31, 32, 33
February 21 – Exodus 34, 35
February 22 – Exodus 36, 37, 38
February 23 – Exodus 39, 40
February 24 – Psalms 90; Leviticus 1, 2
February 25 – Leviticus 3, 4, 5
February 26 – Leviticus 6, 7
February 27 – Leviticus 8, 9, 10
February 28 – Leviticus 11, 12

MARCH 2017

March 1 – Leviticus 13
March 2 – Leviticus 14
March 3 – Leviticus 15, 16
March 4 – Leviticus 17, 18
March 5 – Leviticus 19, 20
March 6 – Leviticus 21, 22
March 7 – Leviticus 23, 24
March 8 – Leviticus 25
March 9 – Leviticus 26, 27
March 10 – Numbers 1, 2
March 11 – Numbers 3, 4
March 12 – Numbers 5, 6
March 13 – Numbers 7, 8
March 14 – Numbers 9, 10, 11
March 15 – Numbers 12, 13, 14
March 16 – Numbers 15, 16
March 17 – Numbers 17, 18, 19
March 18 – Numbers 20, 21, 22
March 19 – Numbers 23, 24, 25
March 20 – Numbers 26, 27
March 21 – Numbers 28, 29, 30
March 22 – Numbers 31, 32, 33
March 23 – Numbers 34, 35, 36
March 24 – Deuteronomy 1, 2
March 25 – Deuteronomy 3, 4
March 26 – Deuteronomy 5, 6, 7
March 27 – Deuteronomy 8, 9, 10
March 28 – Deuteronomy 11, 12, 13
March 29 – Deuteronomy 14, 15, 16
March 30 – Deuteronomy 17, 18, 19
March 31 – Deuteronomy 20, 21, 22

APRIL 2017

April 1 – Deuteronomy 23, 24, 25
April 2 – Deuteronomy 26, 27
April 3 – Deuteronomy 28, 29
April 4 – Deuteronomy 30, 31
April 5 – Deuteronomy 32, 33, 34
April 6 – Joshua 1, 2, 3
April 7 – Joshua 4, 5, 6
April 8 – Joshua 7, 8, 9
April 9 – Joshua 10, 11, 12
April 10 – Joshua 13, 14, 15
April 11 – Joshua 16, 17, 18
April 12 – Joshua 19, 20, 21
April 13 – Joshua 22, 23, 24
April 14 – Judges 1, 2, 3
April 15 – Judges 4, 5, 6
April 16 – Judges 7, 8
April 17 – Judges 9, 10
April 18 – Judges 11, 12
April 19 – Judges 13, 14, 15
April 20 – Judges 16, 17, 18
April 21 – Judges 19, 20, 21
April 22 – Ruth 1, 2, 3, 4
April 23 – 1 Samuel 1, 2, 3
April 24 – 1 Samuel 4, 5, 6
April 25 – 1 Samuel 7, 8, 9
April 26 – 1 Samuel 10, 11, 12
April 27 – 1 Samuel 13, 14
April 28 – 1 Samuel 15, 16
April 29 – 1 Samuel 17, 18
April 30 – 1 Samuel 19; Psalms 23, 59

MAY 2017

May 1 – 1 Samuel 20, 21; Psalms 34
May 2 – 1 Samuel 22; Psalms 56
May 3 – Psalms 52, 57, 142
May 4 – 1 Samuel 23; Psalms 54, 63
May 5 – 1 Samuel 24, 25, 26, 27
May 6 – 1 Samuel 28, 29
May 7 – 1 Samuel 30, 31
May 8 – 2 Samuel 1, 2
May 9 – 2 Samuel 3, 4, 5
May 10 – 2 Samuel 6, 7; Psalms 30
May 11 – 2 Samuel 8, 9; Psalms 60
May 12 – 2 Samuel 10, 11, 12
May 13 – Psalms 32, 51
May 14 – 2 Samuel 13, 14
May 15 – 2 Samuel 15; Psalms 3, 69
May 16 – 2 Samuel 16, 17, 18
May 17 – 2 Samuel 19, 20
May 18 – Psalms 64, 70
May 19 – 2 Samuel 21, 22; Psalms 18
May 20 – 2 Samuel 23, 24
May 21 – Psalms 4, 5, 6
May 22 – Psalms 7, 8
May 23 – Psalms 9, 11
May 24 – Psalms 12, 13, 14
May 25 – Psalms 15, 16
May 26 – Psalms 17, 19
May 27 – Psalms 20, 21, 22
May 28 – Psalms 24, 25, 26
May 29 – Psalms 27, 28, 29
May 30 – Psalms 31, 35
May 31 – Psalms 36, 37, 38

JUNE 2017

June 1 – Psalms 39, 40, 41
June 2 – Psalms 53, 55, 58
June 3 – Psalms 61, 62, 65
June 4 – Psalms 68, 72, 86
June 5 – Psalms 101, 103, 108
June 6 – Psalms 109, 110, 138
June 7 – Psalms 139, 140, 141
June 8 – Psalms 143, 144, 145
June 9 – 1 Kings 1, 2
June 10 – 1 Kings 3, 4; Proverbs 1
June 11 – Proverbs 2, 3, 4
June 12 – Proverbs 5, 6, 7
June 13 – Proverbs 8, 9
June 14 – Proverbs 10, 11, 12
June 15 – Proverbs 13, 14, 15
June 16 – Proverbs 16, 17, 18
June 17 – Proverbs 19, 20, 21
June 18 – Proverbs 22, 23, 24
June 19 – Proverbs 25, 26
June 20 – Proverbs 27, 28, 29
June 21 – Proverbs 30, 31
June 22 – Song of Solomon 1, 2, 3
June 23 – Song of Solomon 4, 5
June 24 – Song of Solomon 6, 7, 8
June 25 – 1 Kings 5, 6, 7
June 26 – 1 Kings 8, 9
June 27 – 1 Kings 10, 11
June 28 – Ecclesiastes 1, 2, 3
June 29 – Ecclesiastes 4, 5, 6
June 30 – Ecclesiastes 7, 8, 9

JULY 2017

July 1 – Ecclesiastes 10, 11, 12
July 2 – 1 Kings 12, 13
July 3 – 1 Kings 14, 15
July 4 – 1 Kings 16, 17, 18
July 5 – 1 Kings 19, 20
July 6 – 1 Kings 21, 22
July 7 – 2 Kings 1, 2, 3
July 8 – 2 Kings 4, 5, 6
July 9 – 2 Kings 7, 8, 9
July 10 – 2 Kings 10, 11, 12
July 11 – 2 Kings 13, 14
July 12 – Jonah 1, 2, 3, 4
July 13 – Amos 1, 2, 3
July 14 – Amos 4, 5, 6
July 15 – Amos 7, 8, 9
July 16 – 2 Kings 15, 16
July 17 – 2 Kings 17,18
July 18 – 2 Kings 19, 20, 21
July 19 – 2 Kings 22, 23
July 20 – 2 Kings 24, 25
July 21 – Psalms 1, 2, 10
July 22 – Psalms 33, 43, 66
July 23 – Psalms 67, 71
July 24 – Psalms 89, 92
July 25 – Psalms 93, 94, 95
July 26 – Psalms 96, 97, 98
July 27 – Psalms 99, 100, 102
July 28 – Psalms 104, 105
July 29 – Psalms 106, 111, 112
July 30 – Psalms 113, 114, 115
July 31 – Psalms 116, 117, 118

AUGUST 2017

August 1 – Psalms 119:1-88
August 2 – Psalms 119:89-176
August 3 – Psalms 120, 121, 122
August 4 – Psalms 123, 124, 125
August 5 – Psalms 127, 128, 129
August 6 – Psalms 130, 131, 132
August 7 – Psalms 133, 134, 135
August 8 – Psalms 136, 146
August 9 – Psalms 147, 148
August 10 – Psalms 149, 150
August 11 – 1 Chronicles 1, 2, 3
August 12 – 1 Chronicles 4, 5, 6
August 13 – 1 Chronicles 7, 8, 9
August 14 – 1 Chronicles 10, 11, 12
August 15 – 1 Chronicles 13, 14, 15
August 16 – 1 Chronicles 16; Psalms 42, 44
August 17 – Psalms 45, 46, 47
August 18 – Psalms 48, 49, 50
August 19 – Psalms 73, 85
August 20 – Psalms 87, 88
August 21 – 1 Chronicles 17, 18, 19
August 22 – 1 Chronicles 20, 21, 22
August 23 – 1 Chronicles 23, 24, 25
August 24 – 1 Chronicles 26, 27
August 25 – 1 Chronicles 28, 29
August 26 – 2 Chronicles 1, 2, 3
August 27 – 2 Chronicles 4, 5, 6
August 28 – 2 Chronicles 7, 8, 9
August 29 – 2 Chronicles 10, 11, 12
August 30 – 2 Chronicles 13, 14
August 31 – 2 Chronicles 15, 16

SEPTEMBER 2017

September 1 – 2 Chronicles 17,18
September 2 – 2 Chronicles 19, 20
September 3 – 2 Chronicles 21; Obadiah
September 4 – 2 Chronicles 22; Joel 1
September 5 – 2 Chronicles 23; Joel 2, 3
September 6 – 2 Chronicles 24, 25, 26
September 7 – Isaiah 1, 2
September 8 – Isaiah 3, 4
September 9 – Isaiah 5, 6
September 10 – 2 Chronicles 27, 28
September 11 – 2 Chronicles 29, 30
September 12 – 2 Chronicles 31, 32
September 13 – Isaiah 7, 8
September 14 – Isaiah 9, 10
September 15 – Isaiah 11, 12, 13
September 16 – Isaiah 14, 15, 16
September 17 – Isaiah 17, 18, 19
September 18 – Isaiah 20, 21, 22
September 19 – Isaiah 23, 24, 25
September 20 – Isaiah 26, 27
September 21 – Isaiah 28, 29
September 22 – Isaiah 30, 31
September 23 – Isaiah 32, 33
September 24 – Isaiah 34, 35, 36
September 25 – Isaiah 37, 38
September 26 – Isaiah 39, 40
September 27 – Isaiah 41, 42
September 28 – Isaiah 43, 44
September 29 – Isaiah 45, 46
September 30 – Isaiah 47, 48, 49

OCTOBER 2017

October 1 – Isaiah 50, 51, 52
October 2 – Isaiah 53, 54, 55
October 3 – Isaiah 56, 57, 58
October 4 – Isaiah 59, 60, 61
October 5 – Isaiah 62, 63, 64
October 6 – Isaiah 65, 66
October 7 – Hosea 1, 2, 3, 4
October 8 – Hosea 5, 6, 7, 8
October 9 – Hosea 9, 10, 11
October 10 – Hosea 12, 13, 14
October 11 – Micah 1, 2, 3
October 12 – Micah 4, 5
October 13 – Micah 6, 7
October 14 – Nahum 1, 2, 3
October 15 – 2 Chronicles 33, 34
October 16 – Zephaniah 1, 2, 3
October 17 – 2 Chronicles 35; Habakkuk 1, 2, 3
October 18 – Jeremiah 1, 2
October 19 – Jeremiah 3, 4, 5
October 20 – Jeremiah 6, 11, 12
October 21 – Jeremiah 7, 8, 26
October 22 – Jeremiah 9, 10, 14
October 23 – Jeremiah 15, 16, 17
October 24 – Jeremiah 18, 19
October 25 – Jeremiah 20, 35, 36
October 26 – Jeremiah 25, 45, 46
October 27 – Jeremiah 47, 48
October 28 – Jeremiah 49, 13, 22
October 29 – Jeremiah 23, 24
October 30 – Jeremiah 27, 28, 29
October 31 – Jeremiah 50

NOVEMBER 2017

November 1 – Jeremiah 51, 30
November 2 – Jeremiah 31, 32
November 3 – Jeremiah 33, 21
November 4 – Jeremiah 34, 37, 38
November 5 – Jeremiah 39, 52, 40
November 6 – Jeremiah 41, 42
November 7 – Jeremiah 43, 44
November 8 – Lamentations 1, 2
November 9 – Lamentations 3, 4, 5
November 10 – 2 Chronicles 36; Daniel 1, 2
November 11 – Daniel 3, 4
November 12 – Daniel 5, 6, 7
November 13 – Daniel 8, 9, 10
November 14 – Daniel 11, 12
November 15 – Psalms 137; Ezekiel 1, 2
November 16 – Ezekiel 3, 4
November 17 – Ezekiel 5, 6, 7
November 18 – Ezekiel 8, 9, 10
November 19 – Ezekiel 11, 12, 13
November 20 – Ezekiel 14, 15
November 21 – Ezekiel 16, 17
November 22 – Ezekiel 18, 19
November 23 – Ezekiel 20, 21
November 24 – Ezekiel 22, 23
November 25 – Ezekiel 24, 25, 26
November 26 – Ezekiel 27, 28, 29
November 27 – Ezekiel 30, 31, 32
November 28 – Ezekiel 33, 34
November 29 – Ezekiel 35, 36
November 30 – Ezekiel 37, 38, 39

DECEMBER 2017

December 1 – Ezekiel 40, 41
December 2 – Ezekiel 42, 43, 44
December 3 – Ezekiel 45, 46
December 4 – Ezekiel 47, 48
December 5 – Ezra 1, 2
December 6 – Ezra 3, 4
December 7 – Haggai 1, 2
December 8 – Zechariah 1, 2, 3, 4
December 9 – Zechariah 5, 6, 7, 8
December 10 – Zechariah 9, 10
December 11 – Zechariah 11, 12
December 12 – Zechariah 13, 14
December 13 – Psalms 74, 75, 76
December 14 – Psalms 77, 78
December 15 – Psalms 79, 80
December 16 – Psalms 81, 82, 83
December 17 – Psalms 84, 90
December 18 – Psalms 107, 126
December 19 – Ezra 5, 6, 7
December 20 – Esther 1, 2
December 21 – Esther 3, 4, 5
December 22 – Esther 6, 7, 8
December 23 – Esther 9, 10
December 24 – Ezra 8, 9, 10
December 25 – Nehemiah 1, 2, 3
December 26 – Nehemiah 4, 5, 6
December 27 – Nehemiah 7, 8, 9
December 28 – Nehemiah 10, 11
December 29 – Nehemiah 12, 13
December 30 – Malachi 1, 2
December 31 – Malachi 3, 4

New Testament In a Year

All scripture is given by inspiration of God…
– 2 Timothy 3:16

In this new year of 2016 we will be reading the New Testament through using the ESV. Feel free to join us using the plan below.

Finished! 365 Days, 52 Weeks, 1 Year In God’s Word

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
– John 1:1

We’ve read through the entire Bible several times in the past, and in the year of 2015 we did it again! One of the amazing things about the Bible is that no matter how many times you read it, it never gets old. If we read with open hearts, minds, eyes, and ears, God will always speak to us in new and relevant ways.

This time we blogged about our journey through God’s Word. From each passage that we read, we chose one verse to focus on. See below for the reading plan that we followed. And a big thanks to everyone who read with us and followed along.

1 Year In God’s Word: Day 365 — Malachi 3-4, Revelation 22

Malachi 3
Focus Verse: “You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? (14)

From an unbiblical perspective it may seem pointless to serve God. There are many who faithfully obey God’s commands and do what is right in almost every situation, but they never increase in riches or climb the ladder of success. They die and only few people know their name. Since this is not our home, all followers of Christ may not gain much down here. But if we serve God with a willing, obedient heart, much treasure will await us in Heaven. Serving God may go unnoticed by people, but never by God.

1 Year In God’s Word: Day 364 — Malachi 1-2, Revelation 21

Malachi 1
Focus Verse: “I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob. (2)

All throughout Scripture God tells us that He loves us. He showed His love by sending His Son to die on the cross for our sins. Yet, like Israel, many of us still doubt God’s love. How can God love us? we ask. Why would God love us? God doesn’t require a reason to love me or you. He knows who we are, what we have done and loves us in spite of our imperfections.

1 Year In God’s Word: Day 363 — Nehemiah 12-13, Revelation 20

Nehemiah 12
Focus Verse: And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away. (43)

The Israelites were happy that the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem had been completed and was now being dedicated to God. Doing God’s work is not always easy, but it does bring true and lasting joy.

1 Year In God’s Word: Day 362 — Nehemiah 10-11, Revelation 19

Nehemiah 10
Focus Verse: “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts. (31)

Even though we are not under the same commands, regulations and decrees as the Israelites were, it is still important that we remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. God was the first to set aside a day of rest after He created the world. We ought not to be so busy or have so much to do that we cannot set aside one day of the week to rest, reflect and remember God.