January Reading Plan
Three years ago, we launched a three-year plan to read through the Scriptures. That was a lofty and noble goal. I’m glad we did it. One of the challenges to this was the length of the plan. It was hard to bring new people into the plan and to breathe new life into it. This year, our reading plans will be in shorter bursts with opportunities to keep inviting people into the journey with it. Feel free to join the plans or not. Feel free to participate as you choose. It is always the prayer that you will grow in your faith. God promises that that will happen as you hear, read, and meditate (think about) this Word. To that end, we’ll start our year off with a week of - what I will call – the core psalms. Psalm 1, Psalm 51, Psalm 90-91, Psalm 103, and Psalm 139. There are certainly other psalms that are worthy of knowing. Aren’t they all? Yet, if you take in these, you will have a powerful grasp of who God is, who you are, and who you are to him. Enjoy!
1/1/2024 – Psalm 1
1/2/2024 – Psalm 51
1/3/2024 – Psalm 90-91 (read them as a pair!)
1/4/2024 – Psalm 103
1/5/2024 – Psalm 130
1/6/2024 – Psalm 139
On Sundays, you will be invited to read and meditate on the sermon text for that Sunday.
For the rest of the month, we’ll spend time in Colossians and Ephesians. These two letters from Paul to do things: They help us know Christ and his supremacy. Notice in Colossians how often Paul speaks about the completeness and superiority of Christ and his gospel to anything and everything. There is nothing and no one greater. Notice in Ephesians how powerful Christ is for the church.
1/7/2024 – Nehemiah 1
1/8/2024 – Colossians 1:1-14
1/9/2024 – Colossians 1:13-23
1/10/2024 – Colossians 1:24-2:5
1/11/2024 – Colossians 2:6-15
1/12/2024 – Colossians 2:16-23
1/13/2024 – Colossians 3:1-17
1/14/2024 – Nehemiah 2
1/15/2024 – Colossians 3:18-4:1
1/16/2024 – Colossians 4:1-6
1/17/2024 – Colossians 4:7-18
1/18/2024 – Ephesians 1:1-4
1/19/2024 – Ephesians 1:4-6
1/20/2024 – Ephesians 1:7-10
1/21/2024 – Nehemiah 3-4
1/22/2024 – Ephesians 1:11-23
1/23/2024 – Ephesians 2:1-13
1/24/2024 – Ephesians 2:14-22
1/25/2024 – Ephesians 3:1-20
1/26/2024 - Ephesians 4:1-13
1/27/2024 – Ephesians 4:14-5:2
1/28/2024 – Nehemiah 5
1/29/2024 – Ephesians 4:30-5:2
1/30/2024 – Ephesians 5:1-20
1/31/2024 – Ephesians 5:20-33
2/1/2024 – Ephesians 6:1-9
2/2/2024 – Ephesians 6:10-24