Why a Bible Reading Plan?

"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

January

January 1 - Read Psalms 1,2 
Pray that God's Word would be a delight to you this year.
January 2 - Read Matthew 1
Pray that God will use you this year as He did Mary and Joseph.
January 3 - Read Matthew 2
Pray for God's leading as the wise men experienced.
January 4 - Read Matthew 3
Pray for your life to be an example as Jesus was through His Baptism.
January 5 - Read Matthew 4
Pray for victory in your battles with temptation.
January 6 - Read Proverbs 1
Pray for a healthy fear (reverence) of God.
January 7 - Read Psalms 3-5
Pray for the discipline to have a deeper, more meaningful prayer life. 

Questions to meditate on each day:

1. What does this passage teach me about my time with God?
2. Is there a command to obey, an example to follow, a sin to avoid, a principle to apply, or a promise to claim in this passage?
3. What is God leading me to do in response to this passage?

January 8 - Read Matthew 5 
Pray for your life to be a light that shines and magnifies Jesus.
January 9 - Read Matthew 6
Pray for God to help you with everything you are anxious about.
January 10 - Read Matthew 7
Pray for stability to enable you to withstand the storms of life.
January 11 - Read Matthew 8
Pray for the ability to understand how Jesus wants you to follow Him.
January 12 - Read Matthew 9
Pray for God to use you to reach lost people around you.
January 13 - Read Psalms 6,7
Pray for deliverance and protection through all your trials.
January 14 - Read Matthew 10
Pray for strength to be strong when you are opposed in your faith. 

Questions to meditate on each day:

1. What does this passage teach me about my time with God?
2. Is there a command to obey, an example to follow, a sin to avoid, a principle to apply, or a promise to claim in this passage?
3. What is God leading me to do in response to this passage?

January 15 - Read Matthew 11
Pray for help with all that is weighing you down today.
January 16 - Read Matthew 12
Pray for God to show you the right words to use when you speak.
January 17 - Read Proverbs 2
Pray for God to help you to see the value of wisdom.
January 18 - Read Matthew 13
Pray for God's work in you to make your heart good soil.
January 19 - Read Matthew 14
Pray for faith to step out and do what God wants you to.
January 20 - Read Psalms 8,9
Praise God for all He has done and is doing in your life.
January 21 - Read Matthew 15
Pray for a deeper, inward purity in your life. 

Questions to meditate on each day:

1. What does this passage teach me about my time with God?
2. Is there a command to obey, an example to follow, a sin to avoid, a principle to apply, or a promise to claim in this passage?
3. What is God leading me to do in response to this passage?

January 22 - Read Matthew 16
Pray for protection against false teachings in your life.
January 23 - Read Matthew 17
Pray for victory over what seems to be impossible.
January 24 - Read Matthew 18
Pray for God to empower you to be a forgiving person.
January 25 - Read Psalms 10-12
Pray for a growing trust in how God deals with wrong.
January 26 - Read Matthew 19
Pray for vision to see the possibilities of what God can do.
January 27 - Read Matthew 20
Pray for God to give you a servant mentality.
January 28 - Read Matthew 21
Pray for the rule of Jesus over every area of your life.

Questions to meditate on each day:

1. What does this passage teach me about my time with God?
2. Is there a command to obey, an example to follow, a sin to avoid, a principle to apply, or a promise to claim in this passage?
3. What is God leading me to do in response to this passage?

January 29 - Read Matthew 22
Pray for a heart that truly loves God more than anything else.
January 30 - Read Matthew 23
Pray for a compassion for others like Jesus modeled.
January 31 - Read Matthew 24
Pray for an awareness to the signs of the time.
February 1 - Read Psalms 13-17
Pray for God's closeness and the reality of His presence.
February 2 - Read Proverbs 3
Pray for wisdom and faith to honor God in your finances.
February 3 - Read Matthew 25
Pray for a readiness for the return of Christ, 
February 4 - Read Matthew 26
Pray  for the kind of surrender Jesus demonstrated in the Garden. 

Questions to meditate on each day:

1. What does this passage teach me about my time with God?
2. Is there a command to obey, an example to follow, a sin to avoid, a principle to apply, or a promise to claim in this passage?
3. What is God leading me to do in response to this passage?