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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6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.1
10 Your kingdom come,
your will be done,2
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,3
12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.4
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust5 destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.6
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?7 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
[1] 6:9
[2] 6:10
[3] 6:11
[4] 6:13
[5] 6:19
[6] 6:24
[7] 6:27
(ESV)
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
These words from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount were played out in real life during last year's Tour de France. Arguably the greatest professional cycling team manager in the history of the Tour, Johann Bruyneel, (whose teams have won 13 Grand Tour titles) had the two greatest current winners of the Tour on the same team, both Lance Armstrong (7 time winner) and Alberto Contador (2 time winner). As the race unfolded Bruyneel had to decide who the team was going to support in their effort to win the yellow jersey.
After Contador rode away from the rest of the contenders on a huge mountain stage, Bruyneel's decision became clear. He had to support Contador. If he had continued to try to support both Armstrong and Contador for the win, neither would have won and another team would have taken the yellow jersey. No one can serve two masters. If Bruyneel had tried to serve both Armstrong and Contador he would have failed them both. That's why when it came time for preparations for this year's Tour, Bruyneel went with one of the two, Lance Armstrong, on Team Radio Shack.
Jesus told us the truth in Matthew 6:24. You cannot serve two masters. If you try to serve God halfheartedly while your real goal is to obtain wealth, you will be sorely disappointed. If you get wealthy, your relationship with God will diminish, and you'll discover the emptiness of riches. If you seek to use your talents to serve God and glorify Him you may get wealthy in the process, but you will see your wealth as a gift from God to be used for His honor according to His will.
I'm convinced that the reason God commanded the tithe in Malachi 3:10 was simply because no man can serve both God and money. God understood that if we trust Him enough to give Him the first 10% of all that we receive, and truly believe that He is able to supply all our needs with the remaining 90%, then He really will be our One Master.
That's why God said, "Test me in this!" Once we've tested him we will recognize the joy and blessing of serving God as our One Master. But we have to test Him first. We have to take that big step of faith to give Him our tithe. As we do so, we will see Him provide our every need and we will also begin to experience the joy of laying up treasures in heaven.
This creates a positive feedback loop. As more of our treasure is dedicated to heavenly things, our hearts are more and more centered on the things of God. Serving God as our One Master becomes more and more natural for us. We rejoice to devote ourselves to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ask yourself who can take better care of you and meet all your needs? God or Money? The answer is a no brainer. Choose your master wisely.
36:1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD that he had spoken to him. 5 And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am banned from going to the house of the LORD, 6 so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the LORD’s house you shall read the words of the LORD from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities. 7 It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the LORD, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.” 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the LORD in the LORD’s house.
9 In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the LORD. 10 Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD’s house.
11 When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll, 12 he went down to the king’s house, into the secretary’s chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials. 13 And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people. 14 Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Take in your hand the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them. 15 And they said to him, “Sit down and read it.” So Baruch read it to them. 16 When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” 17 Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?” 18 Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll.” 19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”
(ESV)
The events recorded in this chapter are actually a flashback to an earlier time during Jehoiakim's reign. God gave Jeremiah an explicit command to write down all of the words of judgment that He had spoken against Israel and Judah. This is similar to the command that God gave to Moses: "Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered" (Exodus 17:14). This was the first time that the prophet's words were compiled. Two later compilations are also mentioned in Jeremiah (36:32, 51:64). God wanted the people to remember their sins and repent, so that the LORD could forgive their sins. While it was too late for the judgment that was coming upon Israel to be averted, personal repentance in the hearts of individuals would bring forgiveness, restoring them to a right relationship with God by grace. God wanted the words of the prophets to pierce the hearts of His people and lead them to repentance. Jeremiah then dictated to his scribe, Baruch, all of the words that the LORD had spoken to him. It took several months for the scroll to be completed. Since Jeremiah was forbidden to appear at the temple, he sent Baruch to the temple to read the words on a day of fasting. Baruch stood in a window on the upper level of the temple courtyard and read to the people gathered below for the fast. A man named Micaiah (perhaps a temple official) heard the words of the prophet and reported them to the royal officials gathered in the office of the royal secretary. They, in turn, dispatched a man named Jehudi to bring Baruch to them that they might hear for themselves what he was reading. After hearing the scroll read, they were filled with fear. "We must report all these words to the king," was their conclusion. They asked Baruch if Jeremiah had dictated these words to him, and when he said that he had indeed done so, they took the scroll and told Baruch and Jeremiah to go and hide. They understood that King Jehoiakim's wrath would be great!
83:1 O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Asshur also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves
of the pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,1
like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O LORD.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
18 that they may know that you alone,
whose name is the LORD,
are the Most High over all the earth.
[1] 83:13
(ESV)