Bible Reading Plan for 2009

Next Year I have decided to read the bible, again. But I created my own reading chart. It is listed below in a table. The main points are besides Psalms I like to read an entire book of the bible before moving on to the next and I also decided to keep a general pattern of reading from the Old Testament, then New Testament, then Psalms. The reading is also a little bit Chronological but not completely. I also wanted to read one of the gospels every three or four months.

Day	Passage		Day	Passage
1	Gen. 1-3		50	Lev. 25-27
2	Gen. 4-7		51	Num. 1-3
3	Gen. 8-11		52	Num. 4-6
4	Gen. 12-15		53	Num. 5-9
5	Gen. 16-18		54	Num. 10-12
6	Gen. 19-21		55	Num. 13-15
7	Gen 22-24		56	Num. 16-18
8	Gen. 25-27		57	Num. 19-21
9	Gen. 28-31		58	Num. 22-24
10	Gen. 32-34		59	Num. 25-27
11	Gen. 35-36		60	Num. 28-30
12	Gen. 37-39		61	Num. 31-33
13	Gen. 40-43		62	Num. 34-36
14	Gen. 44-47		63	Gal. 1-3
15	Gen. 48-50		64	Gal. 5-6
16	Ex. 1-3		65	Philippians
17	Ex. 4-6		66	1 Pet. 1-2
18	Ex. 7-9		67	1 Pet. 3-5
19	Ex. 10-12		68	2 Pet. 1-3
20	Ex. 13-16		69	Ps. 22-24
21	Ex. 17-20		70	Ps. 25-27
22	Ex. 21-24		71	Ps. 28-30
23	Ex. 25-28		72	Ps. 31-33
24	Ex. 29-32		73	Ps. 34-36
25	Ex. 33-36		74	Ps. 37-41
26	Ex. 37-40		75	Deut. 1-3
27	John 1-3		76	Deut. 4-6
28	John 4-7		77	Deut. 7-9
29	John 8-9		78	Deut. 10-12
30	John 10-12		79	Deut. 13-15
31	John 13-15		80	Deut. 16-18
32	John 16-17		81	Deut. 19-21
33	John 18-19		82	Deut. 22-24
34	John 20-21		83	Deut. 25-27
35	Ps. 1-3		84	Deut. 28-30
36	Ps. 4-6		85	Deut. 31-32
37	Ps. 7-9		86	Deut. 33-34
38	Ps. 10-12		87	Josh 1-4
39	Ps. 13-15		88	Josh 5-8
40	Ps. 16-18		89	Josh 9-11
41	Ps. 19-21		90	Josh 12-15
42	Lev. 1-3		91	Josh 16-18
43	Lev. 4-6		92	Josh 19-21
44	Lev. 7-9		93	Josh 22-24
45	Lev. 10-12		94	1 Thes. 1-3
46	Lev. 13-15		95	1 Thes. 4-5
47	Lev. 16-18		96	2 Thes. 1-3
48	Lev. 19-21		97	Col., Philemon
49	Lev. 22-24		98	Ps. 42-45
Day	Passage		Day	Passage
99	Ps. 46-47		148	Acts 16-18
100	Ps. 48-51		149	Acts 19-21
101	Ps. 52-54		150	Acts 22-24
102	Ps. 55-58		151	Acts 25-28
103	Judg. 1-3		152	1 Chro. 1-3
104	Judg. 4-6		153	1 Chro. 4-6
105	Judg. 7-9		154	1 Chro. 7-9
106	Judg. 10-12		155	1 Chro. 10-12
107	Judg. 13-15		156	1 Chro. 13-15
108	Judg. 16-18		157	1 Chro. 16-18
109	Judg. 19-21		158	1 Chro. 19-21
110	Ruth		159	1 Chro. 22-24
111	Job 1-4		160	1 Chro. 25-27
112	Job 5-8		161	1 Chro. 28-29
113	Job 9-12		162	2 Sam 1-3
114	Job 13-15		163	2 Sam 4-6
115	Job 16-20		164	2 Sam 7-9
116	Job 21-26		165	2 Sam 10-12
117	Job 27-32		166	2 Sam 13-15
118	Job 33-38		167	2 Sam 16-18
119	Job 39-42		168	2 Sam 19-21
120	Luke 1-3		169	2 Sam 22-24
121	Luke 4-6		170	1 Cor. 1-3
122	Luke 7-9		171	1 Cor. 4-6
123	Luke 10-12		172	1 Cor. 7-9
124	Luke 13-15		173	1. Cor. 10-12
125	Luke 16-18		174	1 Cor. 13-14
126	Luke 19-21		175	1 Cor. 15-16
127	Luke 22-24		176	2 Cor. 1-3
128	1 Sam. 1-3		177	2 Cor. 4-6
129	1 Sam. 4-6		178	2 Cor. 7-9
130	1 Sam. 7-9		179	2 Cor. 10-11
131	1 Sam. 10-12		180	2 Cor. 12-13
132	1 Sam. 13-15		181	1 Kings 1-3
133	1 Sam. 16-17		182	1 Kings 4-6
134	1 Sam. 18-21		183	1 Kings 7-8
135	1 Sam. 22-24		184	1 Kings 9-12
136	1 Sam. 25-28		185	1 Kings 13-15
137	1 Sam. 29-31		186	1 Kings 16-18
138	Ps. 59-61		187	1 Kings 19-22
139	Ps. 62-64		188	Prov. 1-3
140	Ps. 65-67		189	Prov. 4-6
141	Ps. 68-70		190	Prov. 7-9
142	Ps. 71-72		191	Prov. 10-12
143	Acts 1-3		192	Prov. 13-15
144	Acts 4-6		193	Prov. 16-18
145	Acts 7-9		194	Prov. 19-21
146	Acts 10-12		195	Prov. 22-24
147	Acts 13-15		196	Prov. 25-28
Day	Passage		Day	Passage
197	Prov. 29-31		246	James 1-3
198	Ecc. 1-3		247	James 4-5, Jude
199	Ecc. 4-6		248	Ps. 90-92
200	Ecc. 7-8		249	Ps. 93-95
201	Ecc. 9-12		250	Ps. 96-98
202	Song. 1-4		251	Ps. 99-101
203	Song. 5-8		252	Ps. 102-104
204	Matt. 1-3		253	Ps. 105-106
205	Matt. 4-6		254	Isa. 1-3
206	Matt. 7-9		255	Isa. 4-6
207	Matt. 10-12		256	Isa. 7-9
208	Matt. 13-15		257	Isa. 10-12
209	Matt. 15-18		258	Isa. 13-15
210	Matt. 19-21		259	Isa. 16-18
211	Matt. 22-24		260	Isa. 19-21
212	Matt. 25-26		261	Isa. 22-24
213	Matt. 27-28		262	Isa. 25-28
214	Ps. 73-75		263	Isa. 29-32
215	Ps. 76-78		264	Isa. 33-36
216	Ps. 79-81		265	Isa. 37-40
217	Ps. 82-84		266	Isa. 41-44
218	Ps. 85-87		267	Isa. 45-48
219	Ps. 88-89		268	Isa. 49-52
220	2 Kings 1-3		269	Isa. 53-55
221	2 Kings 4-6		270	Isa. 56-59
222	2 Kings 7-9		271	Isa. 60-62
223	2 Kings 10-12		272	Isa. 63-66
224	2 Kings 13-15		273	Micah 1-4
225	2 Kings 16-18		274	Micah 5-7
226	2 Kings 19-21		275	Joel
227	2 Kings 22-24		276	Nahum, Haggai
228	2 Chr. 1-3		277	Hab.
229	2. Chr. 4-6		278	Zeph.
230	2. Chr. 7-9		279	Malachi
231	2. Chr. 10-12		280	Mark 1-3
232	2. Chr. 13-15		281	Mark 4-6
233	2. Chr. 16-18		282	Mark 7-9
234	2. Chr. 19-21		283	Mark 10-12
235	2. Chr. 22-24		284	Mark 13-16
236	2. Chr. 25-27		285	Eph. 1-3
237	2. Chr. 28-30		286	Eph. 4-6
238	2. Chr. 31-33		287	1 Tim 1-3
239	2. Chr. 33-36		288	1 Tim 4-6
240	Rom. 1-3		289	2 Tim 1-4
241	Rom. 4-6		290	Titus
242	Rom. 7-9		291	Ps. 107-111
243	Rom. 10-11		292	Ps. 112-115
244	Rom. 12-13		293	Ps. 116-118
245	Rom. 14-16		294	Ps. 119
Day	Passage		Day	Passage
295	Ps. 120-125		331	Ezek. 1-4
296	Ps. 126-134		332	Ezek. 5-8
297	Jer. 1-3		333	Ezek. 9-12
298	Jer. 4-6		334	Ezek. 13-16
299	Jer. 7-9		335	Ezek. 17-20
300	Jer. 10-12		336	Ezek. 21-24
301	Jer. 13-15		337	Ezek. 22-26
302	Jer. 16-18		338	Ezek. 27-30
303	Jer. 19-21		339	Ezek. 31-34
304	Jer. 22-24		340	Ezek. 35-38
305	Jer. 25-27		341	Ezek. 39-42
306	Jer. 28-30		342	Ezek. 43-45
307	Jer. 31-33		343	Ezek. 46-48
308	Jer. 34-36		344	Zach. 1-5
309	Jer. 37-39		345	Zach. 6-10
310	Jer. 40-42		346	Zach. 11-14
311	Jer. 43-45		347	Rev. 1-3
312	Jer. 46-48		348	Rev. 4-6
313	Jer. 49-50		349	Rev. 7-10
314	Jer. 51-52		350	Rev. 11-14
315	Lam. 1-5		351	Rev. 15-17
316	Oba., Jonah		352	Rev. 18-19
317	Amos 1-4		353	Rev. 20-22
318	Amos 5-9		354	Ezra 1-3
319	Hosea 1-4		355	Ezra 4-7
320	Hosea 5-9		356	Ezra 8-10
321	Hosea 10-14		357	Neh. 1-3
322	Hebrews 1-3		358	Neh. 4-6
323	Hebrews 4-6		359	Neh. 7-9
324	Hebrews 7-9		360	Neh. 10-13
325	Hebrews 10-12		361	Esther 1-5
326	1 John 1-3		362	Esther 6-10
327	1 John 4-5, 2&3 John		363	Dan.1-4
328	Ps. 135-140		364	Dan. 5-8
329	Ps. 141-145		365	Dan. 9-12
330	Ps. 146-150

What a view

Before moving onward from my first steps, I want to take a minute and say that the view of this scene I have been exploring and named ‘My Life’s Journey’ is magnificent; but that is not the view I want to discuss.  I want to discuss my view–my world view.  The way I channel and funnel all the “information” I receive. My world view is Biblical Christianity.  All the information I receive is processed through my senses from a point of view that passes through the Bible.

I must first admit that I am a bible nerd.  I am nearing the end of a great experiment I started on January 1, 2008.  That was to read at least 1 chapter from the bible everyday.  For the most part I have completed each day with that minimum.  Reading the bible everyday this year has changed my life.  I am transformed by it daily.  Before this year I would spend the week in bible study making preparation for teaching my weekly Sunday School lesson, and I still do that, but this year I added just reading the bible and having God speak to me through it.  Nothing that fancy, just began on January 1st with Genesis 1:1 and Matthew 1:1 and this morning I read Amos chapter 6,7, and 8 and a few verses from Revelation 11:1-6.  From those passages God spoke a fresh new word to me.

I mentioned how I had a list of books I would like to read that would help me in becoming a better Christian, a better man, a better husband, a better father, a better …  But rather than listing those books.  I really and truly believe that as great as all those books may or may not be.  They do not have the answers I am looking for.

Only one book has all the answers anyone could ever need.  Not only are all the answers to life’s questions in there, but also the right questions to ask.  The book I speak of is the Holy Bible. Approximately 775,000 words; 31,000 verses; 1,190 chapters; 66 books.  It is complete and without error.  So my first steps are revealed through God’s word.  “Your word is a lamp unto my feet.”  How else will I know where to place my feet unless the way is shown by the light coming from the lamp of God’s words.  So really before I take any step, rather than ask myself what would Jesus do; I always try to ask, What does God say.  The two are the same, because Jesus did nothing but what God said to do.  Should my actions or steps be any different?

First Steps

From the bottom corner of my life’s journey picture.  Comes this image of the space right in front of my feet.  The place where the journey of life begins.  It is the present.  The here and now.  I am this tiny, small bush who needs to grow surrounded by a dry and arid place.  Far ahead is water for my growth.  This water is locked up and frozen found in the form of ice and snow, but when it is melted and released can give life and sustain it.  That is my destination, the frozen mountain peaks with their promise of water even though it is locked up, waiting for some source of heat or power to release it for future use.

J R R Tolkien begins his epic story with a most interesting statement “It is a dangerous business”.  The author was referring to beginning a journey.  Every step especially the first one can be a danger.  The poet Robert Frost wrote a poem about “the road not taken”.  And that is an important point for any journey, also.  I begin from where I am.  Not where I would like to be.  There can be no regrets to paths that were not taken.  You are were you are.  Even the detours and unsafe paths you have walked and run on  have brought you to the place you are.

And from a recent popular movie which I enjoy the phrase “keep moving forward” really applies to life’s journey.  Again the only thing I would add would be direction and destination are important.I am not a big fan of the “Purpose Driven Life” written by Rick Warren, many people have been helped by this book, but for me the most important think I took from it was destination or purpose.  Where will this journey end?  If you don’t know where you are going, then why leave and begin?

I am not ungrateful for the place where I am, but from inside there is a drive that there is somewhere else that is better, where I am intended to be and it is not here.  But where?  In my picture it is a far off place high in distant mountain peaks capped with the pure white shimmer of snow.

For me it is a heavenly place, were the King can sit and gaze down at all His kingdom.  A heavenly place where God lives.  Obviously this is just symbolic.  A place that is seperated (holy) from everything else.

I would like to  explore the beginning of a journey more, but I have recently been told that some planning and preparation is good before stepping out into a journey, but no one really knows everything they are going to need before they start, and I can not just sit back and wait to pack all my bags and make sure I have everything before leaving, or the first steps would never be taken.  I would still be just an observer of life rather than living it.  That voice was a “revelation” to me from God through His Holy Spirit.  You see I planned to read all these wonderful Christian books about being a great husband, father, and person and I sure that all those books are wonderful and can help, but rather than waiting on reading about it; It is time for the being and doing.  I will still read them, but I am going to get started and do some major on the job training.

In some ways, this was an important lesson for me.  I was nominated to become an elder in my church.  I was not ready, but as I become more active in my own life.  I am learning some valuable things like the importance of on-the-job training for somethings.  This web log like me is a work in progress.  I am sure there are plenty of sentence fragments and unfishined thoughts in this entry, like me an unfinished work, but why keep myself hidden until I am perfected, so in that spirit I am not going to refine this entry but just publish it.  With practice who knows maybe the next one will be a little better.