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.
Oct 1 (Read: Jn. 20 & 21)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
Oct 2 (Read: Ps. 109, 110 & 111)
“The Lord says to my Lord: ’Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’” (Ps. 110:1 NASB)
Even if the Lord sits at God’s right hand “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion”, there is still evil in the universe (Eph. 1:21). Have you ever wondered why that is? When I consider mysteries like this one, I keep in mind the character of God. He is love, so whatever the reason for the delay, it must be in the spirit of love. Paul tells us that Christ must rule until He has put all His enemies under His feet, then He will hand the kingdom over to God the Father. There is an order to this process, and the last enemy to be abolished is death (1Cor. 15:24,25). Believers in Christ have already been given authority over all the power of the enemy, but it is our responsibility to exercise this authority in the world (Lu. 10:19). We are part of the process in putting all Christ’s enemies under His feet. The reason we must still deal with the devil in this life is because of God’s mercy. God delays Christ’s coming so more people can be saved. At the Second Coming, when we as believers receive resurrected bodies, death will be put under our feet, but that is not the case for the rest of humanity. This will not occur until after the Millennium, when the devil, death, and hell are all cast into the eternal lake of fire. I do not understand fully the purpose for the Millennium, but this also must have to do with redemption. Even God’s final judgment will not occur until the end of it. What is important for believers today, is that the enemy has been put under our feet. He may have power over the world system, but he has no authority over us. Christ has overcome the world (Jn. 16:33).
Thank You, Father, for planning my redemption, even before I was created. Thank You for saving me out of the dominion of darkness and placing me in the kingdom of Your Son. I believe, Lord Jesus, that You are coming soon. Help me to remain blameless until the day or Your return. (Eph. 1:4,5; Col. 1:13; 1Cor. 1:8)
Oct 3 (Read: Ps. 112, 113 & 114)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
Oct 4 (Read: Ps. 115 & 116)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
Oct 5 (Read: Ps. 117 & 118)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
Oct 6 (Read: Josh. 1, 2 & 3)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
Oct 7 (Read: Josh. 4, 5 & 6)
The daily devotion will be added later. Until then, please ask the Lord to give you a “wonderful thought” from today’s reading.
