This Bible reading plan takes you through most of the Holy Scriptures each weekday of the year. Each day has three Bible readings:
You're welcome to read one, two, or all three of the readings every weekday. And if you fall behind, don't worry! You can either use the weekends to catch up or you can simply dive in to the reading for that day, even if you've missed a few days, weeks, or even months!
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1:1 Paul, a servant1 of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David2 according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,3 that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians,4 both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,5 as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”6
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,7 in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
[1] 1:1
[2] 1:3
[3] 1:13
[4] 1:14
[5] 1:17
[6] 1:17
[7] 1:20
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I once received as a gift one of the first "new generation" Trek Madone bicycles ever produced. Just as auto companies every few years will scrap the old paradigm and start from scratch to create a better car, Trek did the same thing with the Madone. Now my bike is older and the new Madones are better yet. The technology has improved and the bicycle has "evolved" into an even better racing bike than the one I ride.
I intentionally used the word "evolved" because of what Paul has to say about creation in Romans 1:18-19: "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them." The truth is that the scientific establishment today is doing exactly what Paul prophesied they would do almost 2000 years ago.
Scientists like Richard Dawkins deny the obvious and suppress the truth in order to promote Darwinian Evolution. Yet even while denying the truth, they unwittingly confess it. In his book The Blind Watchmaker Dawkins wrote: "Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose." They give that appearance because they were, in fact, designed for a purpose by God. But Dawkins wants to suppress that fact.
In his book, Evolution and the Myth of Creationism, biologist Tim Berra used different models of Corvettes to show how evolutionary biologists could use similarities among organisms to construct an evolutionary "family tree." What he unwittingly demonstrated, however, was that designed objects could also be forced into an "evolutionary tree." So much for evidence of evolution.
All the true evidence of creation points to our eternal God whose divine nature is clearly revealed in everything he has created, especially life. That's why philosopher of science Steven Meyer called the complex, specified, functional information encoded in the neucleus God's "Signature in the Cell." God wants those of us who know him and can see his signature in his handiwork to stand up for the truth that so many try to suppress.
Yes, the Trek Madone has "evolved" over the years, but only under the guiding hand of intelligent designers who have constantly sought to improve this sophisticated racing machine. So also life may have "evolved" over the years from the initial kinds of animals that God created, but only under His sovereign hand, and only within the limits He has placed upon it.
The best part of understanding the truth that Paul said so many try to suppress, is knowing that we are not purposeless accidents of nature, random clumps of molecules with no more meaning, purpose or value than a rock. We are created in the image of God, designed for his glory, and able to experience his love and blessing. That gives you and me tremendous value and meaning. So let's fulfill our purpose and boldly proclaim the truth many seek to suppress: God is our Creator and our Redeemer. All glory be to God alone!
20:1 Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. 4 For thus says the LORD: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall strike them down with the sword. 5 Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon. 6 And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. To Babylon you shall go, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.”
7 O LORD, you have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
you are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all the day;
everyone mocks me.
8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the LORD has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
10 For I hear many whispering.
Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
say all my close friends,
watching for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”
11 But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.
12 O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart and the mind,1
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
13 Sing to the LORD;
praise the LORD!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hand of evildoers.
14 Cursed be the day
on which I was born!
The day when my mother bore me,
let it not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
“A son is born to you,”
making him very glad.
16 Let that man be like the cities
that the LORD overthrew without pity;
let him hear a cry in the morning
and an alarm at noon,
17 because he did not kill me in the womb;
so my mother would have been my grave,
and her womb forever great.
18 Why did I come out from the womb
to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?
[1] 20:12
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Jeremiah had a difficult message to share with God's people. To speak of the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple of the LORD was considered blasphemy. As a result, Pashur, the priest in charge of the temple had Jeremiah arrested, flogged, and placed in stocks. When he was released, Jeremiah declared Pashur to be a "terror on every side," because his resistance to God's words of warning and his refusal to repent would bring terror to himself and all of his friends. Jeremiah's words went unheeded, and as a result, nothing would prevent Babylon from bringing about the destruction he prophesied. The city would be plundered and the people would die, including Pashur. But Jeremiah found his role as a prophet of doom oppressive. He felt as though God had deceived him, because when he spoke the word of God he became a laughingstock, yet when he tried not to speak, "there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot." He realized that even his friends were plotting against him because of his prophecies. Nevertheless, Jeremiah found strength in the LORD, and praised God. Unexpectedly, however, Jeremiah's spirit went from praise to depression in an instant, as he cried out, "Cursed be the day on which I was born." Jeremiah even wished that he had been aborted, rather than having to suffer shame because of announcing God's judgment on these rebellious people. We too can find our faith failing when we take our eyes off God and focus on our circumstances. Jeremiah was in a terribly difficult position, and only when he remained focused on the LORD could he endure the troubles that his prophetic office brought on him.
71:1 In you, O LORD, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!
3 Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5 For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
6 Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.
7 I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.
10 For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
11 and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”
12 O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
13 May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.
16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
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