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)
“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit;” (Acts 7:51 NAS)
The Holy Spirit is a Person. Too often we think of what He does rather than Who He is. We receive power when He comes upon us, but He works through each person individually, according to His will (1Cor. 12:11). All three Persons of the Godhead are one God, but they each have different functions and they have different personalities. He is gentle like a dove (Jn. 1:32) but comes to us as a fire the burns away chaff (Acts 2:3). We must be careful as believers to not resist the Holy Spirit. It is through Him that we have fellowship with the Father and the Son. He is the One Who teaches us by giving us spiritual wisdom and understanding. As our Helper, He communicates to us the words of the Father and the Son. If we reject His presence in our lives, we reject the One Who sent Him.
As I was pondering on how to walk in the Spirit, the Lord reminded me of this verse: “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. (Prov. 3:6). When He moves upon us with a holy passion, we must not quench Him (1Thess. 5:19). We should, instead, allow ourselves to be “fervent” or “aglow” in the Spirit” (Rom. 12:11). If we listen to His still small voice, our ability to hear and discern spiritual things will increase (Isa. 50:4). If we welcome His presence through obedience, we will see an increase of grace in our lives because He is the Spirit of grace (Heb. 10:29).
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for sending the Holy Spirit to be with me. I welcome You, Holy Spirit. Help me to recognize Your presence. I know that You do not speak of Yourself, but You reveal to me the Father and the Son. I love You and thank You for all Your help. You are so patient, merciful, and kind. Help me to discern Your voice and give me the grace I need to obey God’s word. With Your help, I choose to give up my life and to let Christ be my life.
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 