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Weekly Readings for January 20-26

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Fellow travelers:

Here is the list of readings for this week.  Each week I will post 2 chapters to read per day as the main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2025, I’ll post the extra chapters needed for that goal.  The main readings will include all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, the Pentateuch, Ecclesiastes, and a few other Old Testament books.

Reading 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends almost exactly covers the 1,189 chapters of the Bible, so the “extra” readings will be about 9 chapters per week.

Follow along (or not) any way you choose!  I will often be re-posting old blogs that comment on the chapters in this schedule.

Monday, January 20: Psalm 20, Genesis 20
Tuesday, January 21: Psalm 21, Genesis 21
Wednesday, January 22: Psalm 22, Genesis 22
Thursday, January 23: Psalm 23, Genesis 23
Friday, January 24: Psalm 24, Genesis 24
Saturday, January 25: Psalm 25, Genesis 25
Sunday, January 26: Psalm 26, Genesis 26

Additional readings if you want to read the whole Bible this year:
1 Samuel 26 – 2 Samuel 3

Weekly Readings for January 13-19

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Fellow travelers:

Here is the list of readings for this week.  Each week I will post 2 chapters to read per day as the main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2025, I’ll post the extra chapters needed for that goal.  The main readings will include all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, the Pentateuch, Ecclesiastes, and a few other Old Testament books.

Reading 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends almost exactly covers the 1,189 chapters of the Bible, so the “extra” readings will be about 9 chapters per week.

Follow along (or not) any way you choose!  I will often be re-posting old blogs that comment on the chapters in this schedule.

Monday, January 13: Psalm 13, Genesis 13
Tuesday, January 14: Psalm 14, Genesis 14
Wednesday, January 15: Psalm 15, Genesis 15
Thursday, January 16: Psalm 16, Genesis 16
Friday, January 17: Psalm 17, Genesis 17
Saturday, January 18: Psalm 18, Genesis 18
Sunday, January 19: Psalm 19, Genesis 19

Additional readings if you want to read the whole Bible this year:
1 Samuel 17-25

Weekly Readings for January 6-12

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Fellow travelers:

Here is the list of readings for this week.  Each week I will post 2 chapters to read per day as the main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2025, I’ll post the extra chapters needed for that goal.  The main readings will include all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, the Pentateuch, Ecclesiastes, and a few other Old Testament books.

Reading 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends almost exactly covers the 1,189 chapters of the Bible, so the “extra” readings will be about 9 chapters per week.

Follow along (or not) any way you choose!  I will often be re-posting old blogs that comment on the chapters in this schedule.

Monday, January 6: Psalm 6, Genesis 6

Tuesday, January 7: Psalm 7, Genesis 7

Wednesday, January 8: Psalm 8, Genesis 8

Thursday, January 9: Psalm 9, Genesis 9

Friday, January 10: Psalm 10, Genesis 10

Saturday, January 11: Psalm 11, Genesis 11

Sunday, January 12: Psalm 12, Genesis 12

Additional readings if you want to read the whole Bible this year: 1 Samuel 8-16

Don’t Leave Love Letters Unopened

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An old friend used to encourage me to read the Bible every day, and his reasoning was: “The Bible is 66 love letters from God.  If you got a love letter from any other person, would you put off reading it?”  It took many years before I really took this to heart, but I always remembered it. 

Dear fellow travelers,

I pass along that story, but I’ll also add more to it.  The best times are not when we just read these letters.  Devotions aren’t just lessons, memorization exercises, a disciplinary action, or a time to pay your dues so you can get on with your day.  They are time spent with Someone who loves you more than anything, and who wants you to love and trust Him more than anything.  Treat Him as you would treat an honored guest, because He is really there with you.

Think of it this way – How often do you get to spend time with someone who fulfills 1 Cor 13:4-7 perfectly?

Someone who is patient and kind; who does not envy or boast; is not arrogant or rude. Who does not insist on His own way; is not irritable or resentful; does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. He bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. [1]

Nobody else we see today will be nearly as good to us.

We all miss days, even weeks or longer, but He is patient and kind.  We can try again tomorrow or later today, and He will be there.

[1] This paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 was suggested in a devotional: “August 30.” James Montgomery Boice and Marion Clark. Come to the Waters: Daily Bible Devotions for Spiritual Refreshment.  (2017).  It was also the basis of a prior post, Jesus is Patient and Kind Even When I am Not

Weekly Readings for January 1-5

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Fellow travelers:

Here is the first list of weekly readings for 2025.  Each week I will post 2 chapters to read per day as the main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2025, I’ll post the extra chapters to read that week.  The main readings will include all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, the Pentateuch, Ecclesiastes, and a few other Old Testament books.

Reading 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends almost exactly covers the 1,189 chapters of the Bible, so the “extra” readings will be about 9 chapters per week.

Follow along (or not) any way you choose!  I will often be re-posting old blogs that comment on the chapters in this schedule.

Wednesday, January 1
Psalm 1, Genesis 1

Thursday, January 2
Psalm 2, Genesis 2

Friday, January 3
Psalm 3, Genesis 3

Saturday, January 4
Psalm 4, Genesis 4

Sunday, January 5
Psalm 5, Genesis 5

Additional readings if you want to read the whole Bible this year:
1 Samuel 1-7