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.
May 28 (Read: Mk. 15 & 16)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
May 29 (Read: Ps. 71 & 72)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
May 30 (Read: Prov. 11)
“When pride comes, then comes dishonor; but with the humble there is wisdom.” (Prov. 11:2 NAS)
Humility is normally associated with grace (1Pe. 5:5), but in this verse, we find it associated with wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom are closely related; wisdom is the correct application of knowledge. From a heavenly perspective, wisdom is the application of knowledge in a spirit of love. “Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.” (Jas. 3:13). Knowledge without love results in pride (1Cor. 8:1). If we want to be wise, we must guard against pride. The humble are teachable. When people are puffed up by knowledge, they become unbalanced in their understanding. “If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know.” (1Cor. 8:2). Pride will even prevents people from learning what they should; instead, they will “accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires” (2Tim. 4:3). Another problem with pride is that it causes us to resist correction. A humble person will accept correction and obtain wisdom. “One who neglects discipline rejects himself, but one who listens to a rebuke acquires understanding.” (Prov. 15:32). They way I resist pride in my life is through repentance and faith. I refuse to give it a foothold. If I find any trace of it, I confess and repent of it. I do not dwell on it because it has no power over me. Instead, I resist it through faith in the power of the cross, and I present myself to God as a servant of righteousness. (Rom. 6:11-14).
Father, Your word says that if I lack wisdom, I can ask for it and You will give it to me generously. Search my heart, Lord, and see if there is any pride there. You resist the proud but give grace to the humble. Thank You for setting me free from the power of pride and for leading me in the everlasting way. (Jas. 1:5; Jas. 4:6; Ps. 139:23,24).
May 31 (Read: Prov. 12)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
June 1 (Read: Prov. 13)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
June 2 (Read: Read: Prov. 14)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
June 3 (Read: Lev. 1, 2 & 3)
“Now the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting.” (Lev. 1:1 NAS)
Moses had a close relationship with God. What made his relationship so special was his humility. “Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.” (Num. 12:3). He was also very faithful. God said of him, “He is faithful in all my household.” (Num. 12:7). Because Moses found favor in God’s sight, he was shown His glory (Ex. 33:17). Whenever he entered the tent of meeting, the pillar of cloud would descend upon the tent and God would speak to Moses face to face (Ex. 33:9-11). Joshua, as the servant of Moses, would be there in the tent with Moses. He must have had some wonderful spiritual experiences because when Moses returned to the camp, Joshua “would not depart from the tent” (Num. 33:11).
We may not have a calling like Moses or Joshua, but we can all have a close relationship with God. We can also be like Joshua, who desired to remain in the presence of God. If we serve faithfully in God’s house, we can partake of some of the crumbs that fall from the table when those more spiritual than us minister to God. Eventually, our humility and faithfulness will be rewarded and we may, like Joshua, obtain our own calling to serve the Lord.
Lord Jesus, when You walked the earth, You taught the disciples how to pray and how to minister in Your name. You did not leave us alone on this earth to continue Your work, but You sent us Your Holy Spirit. Help us, Lord, to recognize the presence of Your Spirit in our lives, and to be attentive to His voice. The Early Church walked in His fellowship and power, and there is no reason why we cannot. Bring us, Lord, to the same degree of experience because You are the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Jn. 16:7; Heb. 13:8).
Highway in the Wilderness 