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Visit this section every day to get your scripture readings for each day. Given below is a good Bible reading schedule that is presented both in audio and text formats. God-centered, grace-saturated, Christ-exalting, and gospel-driven insights for each day’s scripture readings have been added. Included also are tabs that contain prayers of confession of sin and “A daily dose of Inspirational Thoughts.”

Diligently following this daily Bible reading schedule will enable you to read the whole Bible in one year. You will read through the Old Testament once, and through the Psalms and the New Testament twice. I promise, the rewards you will receive from this endeavor will far outweigh the effort you will put in.

If we are to be godly in this crooked world, we will need to diligently read the Scriptures and meditate on their doctrines, making applications to daily life in the way of pointed exhortations. Without it, our lives and worship will suffer detrimentally.
— Thoughts for personal / family worship on 1 Timothy 4
(Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible Notes)

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GENESIS 23 Sarah dies and Abraham grieves and negotiates to purchase a burial plot for her from the people dwelling in the land.

📌 By their union with Christ, God’s people are kings and heirs of a great inheritance. Yet in this world they may have little; they must live by faith, not by sight. Pray for the God of hope to fill you with all joy and peace in believing the promises about Christ, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope.

📌 God calls believers to live as strangers and aliens—not entangled among the wicked Sodomites and Hittites in their pursuit of this world, but pilgrims waiting for the city of God. This separation from sin does not excuse isolation or rudeness, but instead demands that we do business in this world with honor and courtesy to all. What ways can you practice this in the spheres where God has called you to live and work?

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MATTHEW 22 Jesus again teaches with parables. He is challenged by the religious elite. Finally, He presents a challenge concerning His person, which they are unable to answer.

📌 God’s call to the marriage supper of His Son is remarkably open and indiscriminate. However, all who inherit salvation have come through the narrow gate, namely, through Jesus (John 14:6). Those who do not come by way of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ are not found dressed in His righteousness alone. At the last, they will be cast out as those who would not submit to the righteousness of God. How do you know if you are clothed with wedding garment?

📌 Many people use religion as a cloak to keep away from Christ. They love arguments. They love to identify with this party or that sect. In the end their basic attitude is “tempting” Christ (Matt. 22:35). It is one thing to know Scripture or even debate aspects of Scripture. It is another thing to listen to Scripture and submit to the Son (Ps. 2:12). How can you tell which you are doing?

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NEHEMIAH 12 The priests and Levites are listed along with their functions in the temple.

📌 The priests descended from Levi foreshadowed the greater Priest. Christ did not come from the line of Levi, but the line of Judah. Thus He could be a king. However, He is also a priest, but after a different order, the order of Melchizedek (Ps. 110:4; Heb. 7:14-16). The work of this greater Priest would be to forever rebuild and reestablish the spiritual house of God. Read Heb. 7:23-25 and then spend time worshiping our great Priest!

📌 Chapter 12 includes one of the climactic moments in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. After such a long time the walls and city of Jerusalem were dedicated (Neh. 12:27). When God does a work of revival like this, the refrain is: “God had made them rejoice with great joy” (Neh. 12:43). Revival brings life to bear on what was otherwise dull and dead. Joy is the only fitting response, so do not be ashamed to rejoice and celebrate over God’s works. What inhibits joy in worship?

📌 The Bible everywhere is concerned about purity of worship. This same concern appears here: they worshiped “according to the commandment of David” (Neh. 12:24,45). Revival is not a time of innovation in doctrine or worship, but a time of returning to the old paths of God’s Word. It is a pressing need today to see the worship of God regulated by the commandment of God. In what ways do you think your worship could follow more closely the purity found in God’s Word?

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ACTS 22 Paul defends his gospel ministry to his fellow Jews, telling of his conversion and commission; still, they shut him down.

📌 When God converts us, even if we are in a crowd, it is as though He leads us apart and speaks to us personally. His words enter our mind and hearts in a way that may leave others untouched and cold. Conversion is God’s sovereign work in the individual soul. It glorifies Him for us to reflect upon our conversions, whether dramatic or quiet, and to tell others of the work of our Savior. Has God saved you? If so, how does your conversion manifest the glory of His sovereign grace?

📌 Paul loved those who were his people according to the flesh. He would have died for his fellow Jews if this would have saved them (Rom. 9:1-3). Even after they unjustly seized him and beat him he did not curse them but lovingly told them about the Savior of both Jew and Gentile. Do you have a burden for those who do not know Christ? What can you do with that burden?

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Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible Notes (Beeke, Joel R. 2015). Reformation Heritage Books.

The Bible & the Smartphone By Simeon P. Rosete

We live in an age of technological advancement and innovation. And one of the greatest blessings in the field of communication technology is the mobile phone. Because of its availability and practical usefulness, we can reach people anytime, anywhere and, in the same way, people can reach us whenever and wherever we are. In the urban centers of the great cities of the world, in a busy amusement park, or even in the remotest jungles of the Third World, we are able to connect with those we want to get in touch with, either in emergency situations or simply for conversational pleasure.

No doubt, the mobile phone is a boon. But have you wondered what things would be like if we treated our Bible in the same way we do our mobile phones? The following material gives us something to think about if we used our Bible the same way we use our cell phones.

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if it were so important to us that we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it, not to receive text messages, but to receive messages from the sacred text?
What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it? (Matthew 4:4)
What if we gave it to young people as valued gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
What if we consulted it often to find special guidance for each day?

Have we forgotten that prayer is the greatest wireless connection? And there are no dropped calls because "the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and His ears are open unto their prayers" (1 Pet. 3:12). Also the Bible never loses its charge, because it’s power does not depend upon anything on earth. It is living and powerful, just like its Author (Heb. 4:12).

Don’t let the electronic age rob you of these wonderful spiritual realities!

Thought Provokers & Reflections

That Personal Touch By Simeon Rosete

“A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.

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I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
— Martin Luther

PATIENCE Call to confession of sin:

Psalm
130:3–8

If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.

Prayer of confession

Mighty God,

You are the great Creator who made all things from nothing. You are holy perfection, and we owe you perfect lives of adoration and praise. O God, if you kept a record of our sins and held us accountable for them, we could never stand before you for a moment, let alone know you, love you, and approach you in our time of need. Father, help us to be amazed today that with you there is steadfast love and plentiful redemption. Fill our lukewarm hearts with deep and lasting gratitude for our perfect redemption in Christ.

We confess that we find it difficult to wait for you, Lord. As we look back on the cross, we know that you are a promise-keeping God who is wiser, kinder, and more loving than we are. You are powerful beyond our imagination, and you always accomplish your will. You have saved us from sin, you are saving us from ourselves, and you have promised us future salvation, but we want our desires satisfied now. We want excellent health and financial security; peaceful relationships and satisfying careers; perfect spouses, children, parents, and friends; perfect churches; and freedom from weakness and besetting sins. We want heaven now, and we struggle with anger and bitterness when you keep your promise that our lives here on earth will be characterized by suffering and tribulation. We rush frantically from one painful moment to the next, desperately trying to fix our problems and escape discomfort, instead of quieting our hearts before you. Father, forgive us.

Jesus, you waited patiently for your Father’s timing. No one hurried you and nothing panicked you, for you trusted your very life to the will of God. From your first breath to your last, you kept the law for us so that we could be freed from its curse. You have been patient for us; now be patient with us and help us to grow into people who put their hope in you and wait for you more than watchmen for the morning. When the time is right you will come again and make all things new. Help us to wait submissively for the fullness of our salvation, and to celebrate joyfully the salvation that you give us every day. Amen.

Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration (Duguid, Barbara; Houk, Wayne. P&R Publishing).

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Assurance of pardon:

MICAH
7:18–19

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
He will again have compassion on us;
he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
You will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea.

Hymns

RECORD YOUR PROGRESS

What does Prayer Mean to You? Is it a Spare Wheel or your Steering Wheel?

After being king for several years, Saul finally built his first altar to God in 1 Samuel 14:35-36. But he did this only as a last resort. Throughout his reign, Saul consistently approached God only after he had tried everything else. How much better if Saul had gone to God first, building an altar as his first official act as king. God is too great to be an afterthought or someone we turn to as a last resort. When we turn to God first, we will never have to turn to him with fears and regrets as a last resort.

Do you have a prayer altar in your home? Do you take turning to God and seeking his face through the reading of his word and prayer first the first priority every morning before you begin your daily duties?

No Time to Pray?

I got up early one morning
and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish that
I didn't have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me,
and heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.
He answered, "You didn't ask."

I wanted to see joy and beauty,
but the day toiled on, grey and bleak;
I wondered why God didn't show me.
He said, "But you didn't seek."

I tried to come into God's presence;
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,"
My child, you didn't knock."

I woke up early this morning,
and paused before entering the day;
I had so much to accomplish
that I had to take time to pray.

St. Francis de Sales once said, “Everyone of us needs half an hour of prayer each day, except when we are busy, then we need an hour.”

Did you take time to pray today?

Our Lord Jesus often spent time in prayer before beginning his daily duties. Speaking of Jesus, the Bible tells us in Mark 1:35 that "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed." May God help us to emulate this example of our Lord Jesus.

Prayer:

Lord, we do not know how to pray. We do not even know what to pray for as we ought. But let your Spirit help our infirmities, and make intercession for us. Pour on us an abundance of the Spirit of grace and supplication that teaches us to cry, Abba, Father. Inspire our hearts to pray by the Spirit of our adoption and to be devoted to prayer in our lives.

Direct your light and truth of your word to come to us. Let them lead us to your throne of that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in the time of need. Let your light and your truth guide us to you. O Lord, our greatest joy enable us to trust in you with all our heart. We pray that you will not allow us to lean on our own understanding but will enable us to acknowledge you in all our ways. Help us not to be just hearers but doers of your word. Teach us how to pray and enable us to always give thanks to you in everything.

You have declared that you will be sanctified and glorified before all the world’s people by those who draw near to you. We, therefore, worship you, so that we may glorify your name. We call on you, that you may deliver us. Help us to give you the glory that is due you name because from you, and through you, and for your are all things. Amen.

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