"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: 
Matthew 26:42 "Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
The surrender demonstrated by Jesus in the Garden is the surrender I need to daily have in my life; totally, neutrally, and continually I am called to surrender to the will of God.

Key Verse: 
Matthew 27:46 "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because of the cross of Jesus and the fact that He took my sin upon Himself and consequently was truly abandoned by the Father, I may feel abandoned at times, but the reality is that I never truly will be. 

Key Verses: 
Matthew 28:5,6 "The angel told the women, "Don't be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because of the resurrection of Jesus, I not only have forgiveness of sin, His presence indwelling in me through a personal relationship with Him, and eternal life in heaven, but I can also face all my tomorrows without fear. come what may.

Key Verse: 
Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
“As a follower of Christ, I am left here for the purpose of being a witness about Him, to others, through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.”

Key Verses: 
Acts 2:46,47 "Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
It is vital for me and my walk with God to be connected to and pouring into a local New Testament church so that God can use it to pour into me.

Key Verse: 
Acts 3:6 "But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
 
Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Having already experienced the life-changing power through the authority of the name of Jesus, I have the opportunity to point others around me to the same opportunity for their life.

Key Verse: 
Acts 4:20 "For we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
When I am where I need to be in my relationship with Jesus, sharing with others about Him and what He has done for me will come from an inner compulsion and not just an outward duty.

Key Verse: 
Acts 5:4 "Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
I cannot deceive God and need to always remember that God sees and goes by the heart and hates the sin of hypocrisy.

Key Verse: 
Acts 6:10 "But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
My effectiveness as a witness is dependent upon the supply of God’s power and wisdom by His Holy Spirit.

Key Verses: 
Acts 7:55,56 "Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. He said, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Living my life filled with the Holy Spirit means that I am under His control, even when I am being mistreated and facing the most difficult times in my life.

Key Verse: 
Acts 8:29 "The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Knowing that God has specific people He wants me to witness to and special ways He wants to use me, keeps me reminded of my need to be attentive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

Key Verse: 
Acts 9:21 "All who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn’t this the man in Jerusalem who was causing havoc for those who called on this name and came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
God can be greatly glorified through my life as others see the way He continues to change my life and produce spiritual growth in me.

Key Verses: 
Acts 10:34,35 "Peter began to speak: “Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism, but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Knowing that God shows no favoritism toward anyone, I need to be faithful to share His heart for others not letting any barrier develop.

Key Verses: 
Acts 11:29,20 "Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea. They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Remembering how God first loved and gave Himself for me motivates me to be a generous giver to help others who are in need.

Key Verse: 
Acts 12:23 "At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because God is serious about His glory, I need to live each day crucifying my pride and exalting Him.

Key Verse: 
Acts 13:52 "And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Even through times of trials, opposition, and persecution, I can experience true joy in the Lord through His Holy Spirit filling my life.

Key Verses: 
Acts 14:21,22 After they had preached the gospel in that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
One big way God can use me is simply by encouraging and strengthening others in their walk with God as they fight through the challenges to continue in the faith.

Key Verse: 
Acts 15: 28 For it was the Holy Spirit’s decision — and ours — not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Anytime I am faced with a decision to make or a crisis in a relationship to work through, I need to be driven by the principles of the Word of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit and not my own opinions.

Key Verse: 
Acts 16:7 "When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
As I continue in my journey with the Lord day by day, I can trust Him to lead me by His Spirit to where He wants me to go as He makes His will known to me by either speaking to me and giving me direction or by opening or closing the door in a certain direction.

Key Verse: 
Acts 17:32 "When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him, but others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
As I share the Gospel with others, I need to remember that I am not accountable for the results and how people respond, I am only accountable to be faithful to share.

Key Verses: 
Acts 18:10,11 "For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.” He stayed there a year and a half, teaching the word of God among them."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Having be given the command to share the Gospel, I must rely on the promise of Jesus to be with me and not let the opposition I encounter to silence me.

Key Verses: 
Acts 19:18-20 "And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices, while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. In this way the word of the Lord spread and prevailed."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
As a believer, I need to get rid of anything that is going to influence me in wrong, evil ways so that the truth of God’s Word rules in my heart and mind.

Key Verse: 
Acts 20:24 "But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
There is nothing that I have going on in my life that is more important than finishing the race God has for me to run, carrying out His purposes for me, and sharing the Gospel faithfully.

Key Verse: 
Acts 21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
I am called to have such a desire for and commitment to the will of God, that I choose to walk it out, even if it means going through times of suffering.

Key Verse: 
Acts 22:20 "And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I stood there giving approval and guarding the clothes of those who killed him."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Not only is it important for me to not take part in wrong doing, I should not stand idly by and give my consent to those who actually do.

Key Verse: 
Acts 23:11 "The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Have courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so it is necessary for you to testify in Rome.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
No matter where I am in life or how alone I feel, I can take comfort in the fact that Jesus has not lost sight of me, He knows where I am, and is with me.

Key Verse: 
Acts 24:16 "I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and men."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Because it is important for me to live with a clear conscience before God and other people, I need to daily come before Him and ask Him to reveal anything in my life that I need to get right.

Key Verse: 
Acts 25:7 "When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
As a follower of Christ, I will have times when I am accused  by the enemy or others, but living to be holy and above reproach will make those accusations unprovable.

Key Verses: 
Acts 26:22,23 "To this very day, I have had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place  — that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
The message I have accepted and share is one based solidly on the Word of God and not just on traditions and experiences of people.

Key Verses: 
Acts 27:22-24 "Now I urge you to take courage, because there will be no loss of any of your lives, but only of the ship. For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me and said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to appear before Caesar. And indeed, God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
Sometimes God chooses to let the stormy trials in my life rage while He works in me to calm me and produce peace and assurance that can be a testimony to others.

Key Verses: 
Acts 28:30,31 "Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house. And he welcomed all who visited him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance."

Truth Takeaway to Personalize Today
In times when I question the timing of God and the things He allows, I need to trust that He can use all of my circumstance I am in at all times for His glory.

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.