Reading through the Bible is a daunting task, no doubt. So, I set out to try to make it less intimidating. There are all kinds of scripture reading programs. If you follow a one year program and you fall behind, it is difficult to get caught up again. I tried to find a program that allowed for some wiggle room for you, the reader. But I couldn’t find one that appealed to me. I didn’t want us to follow a program just so we could say at the end that we read through the Bible. So, I developed a Scripture reading program that meets the following criteria:
Read 3 chapters a day; 5 days a week Separate the Book of Psalms out from the rest of Scripture. So, to begin with, we will read from the Psalms. Harmonize the books of 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles. These books overlap in some areas. So, I made the attempt to put it all in chronological order as well as follow up certain time periods with the prophetic books written during those periods.
I know this plan won’t be perfect. But, I feel it will be a plan we all can follow together. In fact, this plan is better than just reading through the Bible in 2 years. Here is what we will actually do:
We will read through the Old Testament in 2 years (2 chapters a day) We will read through the New Testament 2 times in the same amount of time (1 chapter a day – the second year the reading is arranged by the date the book/letter was written. Interestingly, we begin 2020 with the Gospel of John and end 2021 with the Gospel of John.)
Notice that I did not begin with Genesis and Matthew. I started with Isaiah and John. Let’s begin seeing a clear picture of who Jesus is. AND, let’s devote ourselves to being in God’s Word and knowing Him.
Keep Looking Up! David Jordan
Week #1
Psalm 107 & 108; James 1
1 Kings 2:1-9, 1 Chronicles 29:26-30, 1 Kings 13-46; James 2
1 Kings 3:1-15, 2 Chronicles 1:14-17, 1 Kings 3:16-28; James 3
1 Kings 4, 2 Chronicles 2; James 4
1 Kings 6 & 7; James 5
Week #2
Psalm 109 & 110; 1 Thessalonians 1
2 Chronicles 5:2-6:42; 1 Thessalonians 2
2 Chronicles 7 & 8; 1 Thessalonians 3
1 Kings 10 & 11; 1 Thessalonians 4
Ecclesiastes 1 & 2; 1 Thessalonians 5
Week #3
Psalm 111 & 112; 2 Thessalonians 1
Ecclesiastes 3 & 4; 2 Thessalonians 2
Ecclesiastes 5 & 6; 2 Thessalonians 3
Ecclesiastes 7 & 8; Galatians 1
Ecclesiastes 9 & 10; Galatians 2
Week #4
Psalm 113 & 114; Galatians 3
Ecclesiastes 11 & 12; Galatians 4
Song of Songs 1 & 2; Galatians 5
Song of Songs 3 & 4; Galatians 6
Song of Songs 5 & 6 ; 1 Corinthians 1
Week #1
Psalm 117 & 118; James 1
Song of Songs 7 & 8; James 2
1 Kings 12 & 13; James 3
1 Kings 14:1-20; James 4
1 Kings 15-16:34+; James 5
Week #2
Psalm 119:1-48; 1 Thessalonians
1 Kings 17 & 18; 1 Thessalonians 2
1 Kings 19 & 20; 1 Thessalonians 3
1 Kings 21; 2 Chronicles 18:1-19:3; 1 Thessalonians 4
1 Kings 22:51-53; 2 Kings 1 & 2; 1 Thessalonians 5
Week #3
Psalm 119:49-88; 2 Thessalonians 1
2 Kings 3 & 4; 2 Thessalonians 2
2 Kings 5 & 6; 2 Thessalonians 3
2 Kings 7:3-8:15; Galatians 1
Obadiah; Galatians 2
Week #4
Psalm 119:89-128; Galatians 3
2 Kings 9 & 10; Galatians 4
2 Chronicles 22:10-24:27; Galatians 5
2 Kings 13; 14:23-29; Galatians 6
Amos 1 & 2 1 Corinthians 1
Week #5
Psalm 119:129-176; 1 Corinthians 2
Week #1
Psalm 120 & 121; 1 Corinthians 3
Amos 3 & 4; 1 Corinthians 4
Amos 5 & 6; 1 Corinthians 5
Amos 7 & 8; 1 Corinthians 6
Amos 9; 1 Corinthians 7
Week #2
Psalm 122 & 123; 1 Corinthians 8
Jonah 1 & 2; 1 Corinthians 9
Jonah 3 & 4; 1 Corinthians 10
2 Kings 15: 8-31, Hosea 1; 1 Corinthians 11
Hosea 2 & 3; 1 Corinthians 12
Week #3
Psalm 124 & 125; 1 Corinthians 13
Hosea 4 & 5; 1 Corinthians 14
Hosea 6 & 7; 1 Corinthians 15
Hosea 8 & 9; 1 Corinthians 16
Hosea 10 & 11; 2 Corinthians 1
Week #4
Psalm 126 & 127; 2 Corinthians 2
Hosea 12 & 13; 2 Corinthians 3
Hosea 14, 2 Kings 17; 2 Corinthians 4
Nahum 1 & 2; 2 Corinthians 5
Nahum 3; 2 Corinthians 6
Week #5
Psalm 128 & 129; 2 Corinthians 7
Monday: 8:30 – 4:00
Tuesday & Wednesday: 8:30 – 12:00
Thursday & Friday: 8:30 – 4:00