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.
April 2 (Read: Prov. 6)
“For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light; and reproofs for discipline are the way of life.” (Prov. 6:23 NAS)
If accepting correction is such an important aspect of our walk with the Lord, what happens if we resist it? It is quite normal for natural people to resist correction, but we cannot be spiritual if we do this. The simplest way to recognize how we respond to correction from the Lord is to examine how we react to correction from people. Even though the enemy works through people to defeat us, the Lord also works through people to edify us. We must be able to discern between the two, holding fast to what is good, and rejecting what is evil. If we can do this effectively, our reaction is healthy. If, on the other hand, we react negatively to most correction, then there is something in our soul that must be transformed. The root of this type of problem is pride, but what makes it a stronghold in us? One common reason is a tendency to punish ourselves for wrong behaviour. Noone likes punishment, so if we punish ourselves before accepting forgiveness, we will resist correction. This is something that needed to change in my own thinking. The Lord taught me to accept His forgiveness and His discipline rather than my own punishment. When we punish ourselves, we act as our own judge instead of letting God be our judge. Paul said, “I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.” (1Cor. 4:4). Whatever the reason might be for resisting correction, it is imperative that we tear down this stronghold in our lives.
Father, in view of Your great mercy, I present my body to You as a living sacrifice. I choose to reject the world’s way of thinking and commit to being transformed by the renewing of my mind according to Your truth. Help me, Lord, to accept Your correction as a way of life.
April 3 (Read: Prov. 7)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
April 4 (Read: Prov. 8)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
April 5 (Read: Prov. 9)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
April 6 (Read: Prov. 10)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
April 7 (Read: 1Thess. 1,2,3)
“We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Thess. 1:2,3 NIV)
Those who bear fruit for the Kingdom are those who receive the word with a good and honest heart and hold fast to it with perseverance (Lu. 8:15). When the seed of the word is mixed with faith, it becomes fruitful (Heb. 4:2). The Apostle Paul was emphatic that salvation is by faith but he also was taught that salvation should produce good works (Eph. 2:8-10). James, the brother of the Lord, summarized it as “faith without works is dead”. When God created man, He placed him in the garden of Eden to “cultivate it and keep it” (Gen. 2:15). From the very beginning, we were given responsibility to watch over God’s creation. Christ came to restore us to our original state of function and fellowship with God. It is a work produced by faith because we accomplish it by grace, which is only obtained by faith (Rom. 5:2). It is a labor of love because God is love and we have become partakers of His divine nature (2Pe. 1:4). We must be careful, in these last days, to not be “tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming.” (Eph. 4:14). The schemes the enemy uses to hinder our walk are always made to look like the truth, but they possess slight variations that, if believed, will lead us into more serious errors. We must not be fooled into believing that good works do not matter because we are in grace. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap…So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” (Gal. 6:7,10).
Thank You, Father, that I have been appointed to bear fruit. Your sacrifice, Lord Jesus, has made a way for me to have fellowship with the Father. I have been justified by faith and I now have access by faith to this grace which enables me to live in Christ. (Jn. 15;16; Rom. 5:1,2)
April 8 (Read: 1Thess. 4,5)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
Highway in the Wilderness 