HERE'S HOW:

Grab a Bible. If it fits your style, also grab a journal to write in.
- Which Bible version is best? The one you read! If you don’t have one, let us know! Print, Online, and Apps are available.
- Invite family or friends to join you.
Pray! Ask the Holy Spirit to help you as you read. HE WILL.
Check to see if there is a video to watch today
Look up and read the assigned reading for the day.
Look up the assigned Psalm that day: pray it out loud.
Pray! Ask the Father to apply those readings to your life and to help you join Jesus where He is already working. HE WILL.
Participate in Worship on Sunday!

September 23

Watch our Read Scripture video on the Gospel of John, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In John, Jesus becomes human as the incarnation of the creator God of Israel, to share His love and the gift of eternal life with the world.

Read John 13-15, then Pray Psalm 104. Ponder the words of John 13:15 and then consider John 15:13. Now bring in 15:3. Indeed we are to follow Jesus’ example, but we do so because He has made us clean…not in order to become clean. He is the vine. He has already given us life. Now we remain in Him, trusting in His promises, seeking to follow him.

September 24

Read John 16-18, then Pray Psalm 105. John 16:33 is our reminder of why we have hope in this broken world. Take note of the word “world” as Jesus uses it in all three of these chapters, coming to a climax in 18:36.

September 25

Read John 19-21, then Pray Psalm 106. Spend your entire life memorizing the three words Jesus spoke in John 19:30. When Jesus said these words, He fulfilled the Old Testament! This means He took your sin upon Himself! Once and for all! (See Hebrews 10, especially verse 10…also look up 2 Corinthians 5:21). But all of this is now ultimate victory because of Jesus’ Resurrection in chapter 20! John tells why in verses 30-31.

September 26

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Luke, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In Luke, Jesus carries the covenant story of God and Israel to its culmination and he announces the good news of God's kingdom to the poor and the rich.

Read Luke 1, then Pray Psalm 107. Luke tells us exactly why he is writing in the first four verses. Take note that Acts was Luke’s second volume which has a similar introduction.

September 27

The first in a five-part series on the Gospel of Luke. We explore the amazing events surrounding the birth of Jesus. The humble conditions of his family and their low status in Israelite society foreshadow the upside-down nature of Jesus' kingdom.

Read Luke 2-3, then Pray Psalm 108. Luke was a physician and we see his attention to detail throughout his writings as he was carried along by the Holy Spirit to write. It also seems highly likely, given the detail he includes from Mary’s point of view that he had an opportunity to either talk with her, or those very close to her.

September 28

The second in a five-part series on the Gospel of Luke. We watch Jesus launch his ministry of good news for the poor and how he brought together people from very diverse backgrounds to live together in peace.

Read Luke 4-5, then Pray Psalm 109. Three times Jesus quotes Deuteronomy to the devil. Study the devil’s attacks and Jesus’ powerful rebuttals. Remember, Jesus didn’t use His “divine power” to fight the devil, He merely used God’s Word. Which is very much divine and full of power! This is exactly what we should do!

September 29

Read Luke 6-7, then Pray Psalm 110. Spend extra time with the words found in Luke 6:27-38. Look at how our hearts are to be oriented toward others. This is a radical teaching and goes against the way many of us were raised. What would happen if all humans lived this way? What would happen if *WE* lived this way? Pray to Jesus that He would help us do this! (HE WILL!!!!)

Week Thirty-Eight