"This plan is a tool to simply encourage you to spend some time on a daily basis in God’s Word. I have found that establishing that daily habit blesses my life in so many different ways and I am confident it will bless yours. Each day in this plan has one chapter to read. Most chapters can be read in less than five minutes easily. Over the course of the year, we will make our way through several books of the Bible. Each day you will also find a specific verse to focus on and a principle based on the Scripture to think about for life application. You can do this! It’s not complicated and it will enrich you as you go because it is the Living Word of God. I will be praying that God speaks to you in many ways as you journey through His Word through this year."
-Pastor Kevin

Key Verse: 
Ephesians 1:17 "I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
I need to center my walk with God on this purpose: to know Him for who He really is, as revealed in Scripture, and to correct any false ideas that I may have about Him. 

Key Verse: 
Ephesians 2:10 "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Through salvation in Christ, I am God's creation. His story that is still being written, and is not only about what I have been saved from, but what He has saved me for. 

Key Verses: 
Ephesians 3:20,21 "Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us — to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because  of God's unlimited power and ability, it is impossible for me to ask too much from God, He is always able to do more. 

Key Verses: 
Ephesians 4:13,13 "Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness. Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
I need to be continually growing spiritually so that I have stability in my life and ability to recognize false teaching anytime I encounter it. 

Key Verses: 
Ephesians 5:15-17 "Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk — not as unwise people but as wise —  making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Each day that God gives me is a gift and I need to make the most of every opportunity for the glory of God and walk in His will.

Key Verses: 
Ephesians 6:10,11 "Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Although spiritual warfare will be a reality and I will have battles to consistently fight, I can face them in confidence that the Lord will equip me with everything I need in Him to be victorious.

Key Verse: 
Philippians 1:21 "For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Living my life making it all about Christ means that Jesus is my everything; He is the One I live to please, the One I keep my focus on, and the One I desire more than anyone or anything in life.

Key Verses: 
Philippians 2:3-5 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others. Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Having an attitude like Jesus means that I will pay close attention to my motives and not be a self-promoter or someone who just does things based on what I can get out of it.

Key Verses: 
Philippians 3:7,8 "But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.  More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
The worth of all that I have in Jesus is greater than all of the best things this world could ever provide for me.

Key Verse: 
Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!"

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
I can rejoice in the Lord and experience consistent joy regardless what is going on no because my circumstances are consistently good but because Jesus is consistently good.

Key Verse: 
1 Thessalonians 1:9 "For they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Walking faithfully with God means that I continually loosen my grip on the things of this world and hold more tightly Him and all that I have been promised through Him.

Key Verse: 
1 Thessalonians 2:13 "This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Receiving the Word of God into my life for what it is, is the key to experiencing its life and power in a personal way.

Key Verses: 
1 Thessalonians 3:2,3 "And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith, so that no one will be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
In the midst of the afflictions that I must endure in life, it is important to ask God to work in me to strengthen and encourage me in the midst of them so that I will not be overtaken by despair and  thrown off in my faith.

Key Verse: 
1 Thessalonians 4:13 "We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Even though I will go through times of loss when my heart will break, I grieve differently than those without Christ, because I have an endless hope rather than a hopeless end.

Key Verse: 
1 Thessalonians 5:11 "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Knowing that I am called by God to be an encourager and that everyone needs encouragement at times, I need to daily look for those whom God has put in my path to encourage.

Key Verse: 
2 Thessalonians 1:3 "We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
A great way that I can pray for myself and others around me is that our faith in God and love for others will always be growing.

Key Verse: 
2 Thessalonians 2:15 "So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, whether by what we said or what we wrote."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
In the midst of all that I am confronted with in this world, it is important that I face whatever it is, standing strong in my faith and having a tight grip on the truth of God’s Word that has been given to me.

Key Verse: 
2 Thessalonians 3:3 "But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
As hard as the spiritual warfare may be, I need to remember that God will forever be faithful to never allow Satan to tempt me beyond my ability in Christ to overcome or give him completer freedom to do what he wants with me.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because God is my creator, He ultimately owns me, and is also my sustainer and authority throughout all of life.

Key Verses: 
Genesis 2:2,3 "On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
When God finished creating and rested, He set the pattern for me emphasizing the importance of implementing rest into my schedule.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 3:1 "Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
 
Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
One of the most common tactics of Satan is to get me to question who God is and what He has to say for my life.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 4: 13 "But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!"

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
If I have the right attitude about my sin, I will grieve more about the sin itself than the consequence of the sin.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 5:24 "Enoch walked with God; then he was not there because God took him."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
The greatest thing that could ever be said about my life is that I walked with God.

Key Verses: 
Genesis 6:14-16 "Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and outside. This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of the ark to within eighteen inches of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
When God gives me an assignment, I need to respond in faith and obedience even though it may seem overwhelming or doesn’t make sense.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 7:16 "Those that entered, male and female of every creature, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
I need to remember that in all of the doors God opens, there will be a time when the opportunity will be over and God will close the door.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 8:1 God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside.

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
No matter what the situation may be in my life, I can rest in the fact that I will never be forgotten by God and He sees me in the midst of all I am going through.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 9:16 "The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the permanent covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
When God gives me a reminder that He is a God who keeps His promises, I need to give Him glory for His faithfulness and be motivated to trust Him in every needed way in the days ahead.

Key Verses: 
Genesis 10:32 "These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their family records, in their nations. The nations on earth spread out from these after the flood."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
God wants me to have a heart for the nations and a burden for the spread of the Gospel to people in those nations who have never heard.

Key Verses: 
Genesis 11:4 "And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
God created me and saved me to do all that I do, each and every day, for His honor and glory and not my own.

Key Verses: 
Genesis 12:1 "The Lord said to Abram:Go from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
There will be times God calls me to go a direction that leads to a place that will only be revealed as I walk in step by step obedience to Him. 

Key Verse: 
Genesis 13:16 "I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because God is not limited in any way, I can trust in His promises even in the face of it looking like an impossibility.

Key Verse: 
Genesis 14: 20 "And blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
When God brings victory in my life, He alone deserves the praise and glory. 

Key Verses: 
Genesis 15:3,4 "Abram continued, 'Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir." Now the word of the Lord came to him: 'This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
When God says something is going to happen, I have no need to help Him orchestrate the circumstances to make it happen.