This plan provides a good balance between Old Testament readings and New Testament Readings because it guides you through the New Testament twice as you read through the Old Testament once. To allow time for reflection, it follows a two-year plan.
Every week I will post the readings for that week and add the daily devotionals as time permits. If you wish to print a copy of the plan without the devotions, you can find copies of it in pdf format at the link below. I like to print and use them as bookmarks in my Bible.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TQs0_oejNJO8HInVlN1JmSClMhWcEbiG?usp=sharing
The daily readings for this week are included below.
February 26 (Read: Acts 3 & 4)
“Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19 NAS)
On the day of Pentecost, the disciples received a refreshing from the Lord as the Spirit fell upon them. After the healing of the lame beggar, Peter preached to those marvelling at the miracle, that times of refreshing had not ended on the day of Pentecost. If they would repent and return to the Lord, they would also experience a refreshing from the presence of the Lord. As Peter had earlier preached, “the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” (Acts 2:39). The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was not meant to be a one-time experience. The promise was for “times”, not “a time”, of refreshing.
After Peter and John returned from having been threatened by the rulers, they gathered in prayer, and “the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness.” (Acts 4:31). The manifestation of the Spirit takes many forms. The first time they experienced it, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:4). This time they were filled with boldness for preaching with great power and abundance of grace (Acts 4:33). When Paul came to Ephesus and met with a small band of believers, they received the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands, and “began speaking with tongues and prophesying.” (Acts 19:6). Later, in his epistle to the same church, he counselled them to continue to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Today, if we repent and believe, we can experience “times of refreshing” as the early church did. We can be filled with boldness for preaching, speak in other tongues, prophesy, perform miracles, and experience abundance of grace. If we draw near to God, we can be continually filled with the Holy Spirit.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for sending us Your Holy Spirit. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for Your manifested presence. I yield my spirit, soul, and body for Your use.
February 27 (Read: Acts 5 & 6)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s portion.
February 28 (Read: Acts 7)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s portion.
March 1 (Read: Acts 8 & 9)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s portion.
March 2 (Read: Acts 10)
“A devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people, and prayed to God continually.” (Acts 10:2 NAS)
Cornellius is an example of a man who believed God and demonstrated his faith with corresponding works. Even an angel of God said of him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God” (vs. 4). What does the experience of Cornellius tell us about salvation? Peter’s account later to the church in Jerusalem sheds a bit more light on what the angel told Cornellius. “He shall speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and your household” (Acts 11:14). Even Cornellius, with the testimony that he was a devout man who feared God, still had to believe in Jesus Christ. I think of Paul’s sermon to the Athenians, “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world.” (Acts 17:30,31). There are a lot of things about the final judgment which I accept as mysteries, but what is not a mystery to me is that everyone, regardless of faith and devotion, should believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. “There is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12). Jesus died for the sins of all mankind, but people must still believe in Him to receive eternal life. (Jn. 3:16). Today is the day of salvation (2Cor. 6:2).
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for saving me. I am convinced that everyone everywhere should repent and believe in You for salvation. You are so merciful and kind. There is so much that You are preparing in heaven for those who believe in You. I love You and desire to serve You. Please remove from me any lies from the enemy that would make me complacent about being a witness for You. Thank You, Father, that You work in me both the will and to do what pleases You. (Phil. 2:13).
March 3 (Read: Acts 11 & 12)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s portion.
March 4 (Read: Acts 13 & 14)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s portion.
Highway in the Wilderness 