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A whole year of favourite Bible readings. For the last nine years, in the Green Leaf, we have been following a Read Through the Bible in Three Years plan. That plan is still running on this web site and can be followed on the above 3 Year Bible link. In 2009 however, we are charting a different course, a year of the most favourite Bible passages grouped together under one or more themes each month. You will notice that the reading is shorter, sometimes only a few verses, seldom more than twenty. Also you will probably read some passages more than once, but in a different series.

If you are settled into regular pattern with your devotional time, please continue to enjoy it, but if you are not in the habit of regular Bible reading; here is your opportunity. Make a habit of selecting something from each reading to encourage and fuel your prayer time. A point of praise; encouragement to pray; a lesson to learn or an example to follow. Use the Bible passage to keep your prayer time active and interesting. Look for God to speak to you through His word and wait on Him. He is not in a hurry. Then share this blessing with someone else.

Each month we will update the tables below to include the current month's readings, until eventually the full year portrayed. It will then always be available from our Archive of Study sections.

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Psalms, one for each day of the month of January

Psalms are so popular because they meet us where we are. They were written by people who were also going through life’s problems and in them found that there was no easy answer. But there is a God who is there, One who understands, One who cares.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Psalm 1	2 Psalm 2	3 Psalm 6
4 Psalm 46	5 Psalm 47	6 Psalm 48	7 Psalm 51	8 Psalm 90	9 Psalm 143	10 Psalm 103
11 Psalm 53	12 Psalm 4	13 Psalm 100	14 Psalm 32	15 Psalm 84	16 Psalm 53	17 Psalm 148
18 Psalm 91	19 Psalm 139	20 Psalm 145	21 Psalm 126	22 Psalm 93	23 Psalm 86	24 Psalm 34
25 Psalm 127	26 Psalm 132	27 Psalm 147	28 Psalm 130	29 Psalm 22	30 Psalm 23	31 Psalm 24

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February’s readings look at the prison letters of Paul to the early churches.

Some of the best works were written by people who were in prison because of their faith. An example of this is the Pilgrim’s Progress of John Bunyan. These people probably have busied themselves with the affairs and concerns of the people in their pastoral care, but their imprisonment gave them an opportunity which has had a far greater impact for the Lord over centuries. Paul had to write, and his writing has been preserved for almost two thousand years.

February’s readings look at the prison letters of Paul to the early churches. Paul often wrote because there were problems needing to be corrected, but not always. Sometimes we need to be corrected too, and sometimes we simply need to be encouraged. Whatever our mood as we open the Bible this month let us ask, "What's in this for me? Is there a lesson to learn, an example to follow, an attitude to correct? Lord, speak to me in your word and show me more about my Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Ephesians 1:1-14	2 Ephesians 1:15-23	3 Ephesians 2:1-10	4 Ephesians 2:11-22	5 Ephesians 3:1-13	6 Ephesians 3:14-21	7 Ephesians 4:1-16
8 Ephesians 4:17-5:21	9 Ephesians 5:22-33	10 Ephesians 6:1-9	11 Ephesians 6:10-24	12 Colossians 1:1-14	13 Colossians 1:15-2:5	14 Colossians 2:6-23
15 Colossians 3:1-17	16 Colossians 3:18-4:1	17 Colossians 4:2-18	18 Acts 28:11-24	19 Acts 28:25-31	20 Philemon ALL	21 Philippians 1:1-11
22 Philippians 1:12-30	23 Philippians 2:1-18	24 Philippians 2:19-30	25 Philippians 3:1-11	26 Philippians 3:12-4:1	27 Philippians 4:2-9	28 Philippians 4:10-23

TOP || Previous || Next March

March daily Bible readings cover the life & ministry of Jesus, mostly from Mark. They lead up to the Easter time celebrations.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Mark 1:1-13	2 Matthew 5:1-12	3 Matthew 6:5-15	4 Mark 1:14-29	5 Mark 1:30-1:45	6 Mark 2:1-17	7 Mark 2:18-3:6
8 Mark 3:7-35	9 Mark 4:1-20	10 Mark 4:21-34	11 Mark 4:35-5:20	12 Mark 5:21-5:43	13 Mark 6:1-13	14 Mark 6:14-29
15 Mark 6:30-44	16 Mark 6:45-56	17 Mark 7:1-23	18 Mark 7:24-37	19 Mark 8:1-13	20 Mark 8:14-21	21 Mark 8:22-9:1
22 Mark 9:2-13	23 Mark 9:14-32	24 Mark 9:33-41	25 Mark 9:42-10:12	26 Mark 10:13-31	27 Mark 10:32-45	28 Mark 10:46-52
29 Mark 11:1-11	30 Mark 11:12-26	31 Mark 11:27-33

TOP || Previous || Next April

April daily Bible readings cover the journey of Jesus through the Cross and celebrated Easter time.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Mark 12:1-17	2 Mark 12:18-34	3 Mark 12:35-44	4 Mark 13:1-27
5 Mark 13:28-37	6 Mark 14:1-11	7 Mark 14:12-31	8 Mark 14:32-52	9 Mark 14:53-72	10 Mark 15:21-32	11 Mark 15:21-32
12 Mark 15:42-16:8	13 Mark 16:9-20	14 Isaiah 1:10-20	15 Isaiah 6:1-13	16 Isaiah 11	17 Isaiah 12:1-6	18 Isaiah 26:1-6
19 Isaiah 40:1-17	20 Isaiah 40:18-31	21 Isaiah 41:17-29	22 Isaiah 42:1-9	23 Isaiah 42:10-17	24 Isaiah 43:1-7	25 Isaiah 43:14-28
26 Isaiah 44:1-8	27 Isaiah 45:18-25	28 Isaiah 46:5-13	29 Isaiah 49:1-18	30 Isaiah 49:19-26

TOP || Previous || Next May

May is the end of Autumn, the days drawing in and quickly becoming cooler.

We will take up some of the stories that Jesus told. People lived closer to the earth then. These are down to earth stories about everyday affairs. To enrich your reading try to find out about the customs and culture of that bygone day. It will open the text to teach its lessons in depth and add to your enjoyment; then share it with someone else. Go to a Christian book shop and ask for something to help.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 John 10:1-10	2 Luke 10:30-37
3 Luke 12:13-48	4 Matthew 25:14-30	5 Luke 14:7-24	6 Mark 4:26-29 & 13:33-37	7 Luke 15:11-32	8 Luke 16:1-13	9 Luke 16:19-31
10 Luke 18:1-14	11 John 10:11-31	12 Luke 19:11-27	13 Luke 7:41-49 & 17:7-10	14 Luke 13:20-21 & 14:34 & 35	15 Luke 13:6-9 & 21:29-34	16 Luke 8:4-15
17 Luke 14:25-35	18 Luke 5:34-39	19 Luke 11:1-13	20 Luke 15:1-10	21 John 15:1-6	22 Luke 8:16-18 & 11:33-36	23 Luke 11:23-26 & Matthew 13:31-35
24 Luke 20:9-16	25 Matthew 13:24-32	26 Matthew 13:44-52	27 Matthew 18:21-35	28 Matthew 20:1-16	29 Matthew 21:28-32	30 Matthew 22:1-14
31 Matthew 25:1-13

TOP || Previous || Next June

June is the time to start getting financial documents in order. Here's some more information that may prove more interesting and useful.

Knowing Our God. Each day shows us a new aspect of the person and work of God. Keep a record of the things about Him you learn from your reading each day. Review it regularly to re-live the blessing.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 Luke 11:1-13	2 Ephesians 1:1-14	3 John 8:12-20	4 Matthew 6:1-6	5 John 15:1-11	6 Isaiah 6:8-13
7 Deuteronomy 32:1-14	8 Romans 8:10-17	9 Psalm 103:6-14	10 Matthew 7:7-12	11 Matthew 5:46-6:4	12 Matthew 6:25-34	13 Isaiah 49:14-21
14 Psalm 91:1-11	15 Psalm 127:1-5	16 Nahum 1:1-8	17 Isaiah 65:17-66:2	18 Romans 9:14-24	19 Hebrews 12:18-29	20 Deuteronomy 33:26-29
21 Zechariah 2:1-13	22 Psalm 145	23 Isaiah 54:1-8	24 Isaiah 43:1-7	25 Psalm 19	26 Hosea 11:8-11	27 Jeremiah 23:15 & 21-31
28 1 Peter 2:1-3	29 Hebrews 5:12-6:8	30 Jeremiah 23:1-8

TOP || Previous || Next July

July is in the depths of winter in Australia. At least the days are getting longer now. Here's something to help pass the days with cheer and warmth.

Our Daily Readings are based on the selections of C H Spurgeon for the month of July given in his devotional reading book.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Ruth 2: 1-17	2 Ephesians 1:1-14	3 Revelation 21:9-27	4 Psalm 65
5 Luke 8:40-56	6 Romans 8:26-39	7 Numbers 32:6-14	8 Isaiah 21:11 & 12	9 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20	10 Isaiah 58:1-12	11 Mark 9:14-29
12 Colossians 3:1b-11	13 Matthew 9:1-8	14 Job 29:1-11	15 Psalm 97:1-6	16 Genesis 9:8-17	17 Exodus 3:1-10	18 Genesis 24:62-67
19 Ezekiel 36:22-28	20 John 11:1-15	21 Mark 15:22-41	22 Micah 5:2-4	23 Psalm 31	24 2 Samuel 23:1-7	25 Proverbs 11:24-31
26 Songs 5:10-16	27 Romans 8:16-25	28 Numbers 14:11-25	29 Isaiah 54:1-8	30 Psalm 51	31 Jeremiah 17:14

TOP || Previous || Next August

August, and the days are still cold for some, but the days are edging longer and there is hope for the coming spring.

August readings are a mix of sweet things chosen to help bring fragrance and healing into your devotional life. As you read ask the Lord to give you a verse that just meets some need and the let it linger with you throughout the day.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Ruth 2:1-17
2 Ephesians 1:1-14	3 Revelation 21:9-27	4 Psalm 65	5 Luke 8:40-56	6 Romans 8:26-39	7 Numbers 32:6-14	8 Isaiah 21:11&12
9 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20	10 Isaiah 58:1-12	11 Mark 9:14-29	12 Colossians 3:1b-11	13 Matthew 9:1-8	14 Job 29:1-11	15 Psalm 97:1-6
16 Genesis 9:8-17	17 Exodus 3:1-10	18 Genesis 24:62-67	19 Ezekiel 36:22-28	20 John 11:1-15	21 Mark 15:22-41	22 Micah 5:2-4
23 Psalm 31	24 2 Samuel 23:1-7	25 Proverbs 11:24-31	26 Songs 5:10-16	27 Romans 8:16-25	28 Numbers 14:11-25	29 Isaiah 54:1-8
30 Psalm 51	31 Jeremiah 17:14

TOP || Previous || Next September

Promises!

September's readings each contain one or more promises, a passage where God says to some one. "I will . . . " Can you locate them? Claim them against needs of your own. Keep a record of your need, your prayer, the date and the answer.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Isaiah 41:8-21	2 Zechariah 3:1-7	3 John 14:7-15	4 John 14:16-31	5 Isaiah 42:1-10
6 2 Corinthians 6:12-18	7 Isaiah 57:14-21	8 Joshua 1:1-9	9 Isaiah 43:22-28	10 Jeremiah 31:27-34	11 Isaiah 66:1-3	12 Jeremiah 24:1-10
13 Jeremiah 29:1-20	14 Joel 2:21-27	15 Joel 2:28:32	16 Genesis 28:10-22	17 Acts 18:1-11	18 Jeremiah 1:1-10	19 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
20 John 10:22-30	21 Genesis 3:9-20	22 Psalm 12	23 Malachi 3:16-18	24 Revelation 21:1-8	25 Ezekiel 11:14-21	26 Matthew 11:25-30
27 Hosea 14:1-7	28 Psalm 132	29 Leviticus 26:1-13	30 Isaiah 45:1-4

TOP || Previous || Next October

October promises warming weather and longer days, even though the hope of all about Glen Park is for just a little extra rain. Where ever we look there is room for a little prayer.

It can be refreshing to model our prayers on those found in the Bible. It saves us from getting stuck in a prayer routine rut. In them you will find covenant, rejoicing, petition, praise, supplication, worship, and just plain conversation with God. What kind of prayer is today’s? What is significant about it and how does it relate to the circumstance of my own life?

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Revelation 5:6-14	2 1 Chronicles 4:9&10	3 Psalm 6
4 Exodus 33:11-19	5 Luke 17:5&6	6 Psalm 51	7 Jeremiah 14:18-22	8 Habakkuk 3:1&2	9 Jeremiah 10:23-25	10 Mark 4:36-5:1
11 Psalm 116:1-7	12 Ephesians 1:15-23	13 Nehemiah 1:5-11	14 Ephesians 3:14-21	15 Isaiah 64:1-9	16 Matthew 6:9-13	17 1 Kings 3:5-10
18 John 17:1-5	19 John 17:6-19	20 John 17:20-26	21 Mark 9:16-29	22 Exodus 34:5-10	23 1 Kings 8:33-40	24 Genesis 32:24-31
25 2 Kings 19:14-19	26 Matthew 15:22–28	27 Lamentations 3:36-66	28 2 Samuel 7:18-29	29 Isaiah 33:2&3	30 Jeremiah 14:7-9	31 Jude 24&25

TOP || Previous || Next November

November already; where ever has the year gone. Have you got everything done that was intended by year's end? Is there time for anything but those last minute jobs? By now we hope that setting a little time aside each day for reading God's word has rewarded you with the right frame of mind and the resources to fulfil the day's measure.

Resources for Living as a Christian: Each reading includes one or more resources God has provided to enable you to thrive and survive as a Christian. Reduce each reading to one meaningful word and carry it with you during the day. Example: Day 1 could be 'Courage.'

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Joshua 1:1-9	2 Matthew 10:27-33	3 1 Corinthians 4:13-18	4 Matthew 14:23-34	5 Philippians 4:5-9	6 Deuteronomy 31:1-9	7 Isaiah 41:1-11
8 Philippians 4:10-14	9 Lamentations 3:1-26	10 Psalm 62	11 Isaiah 41:14-20	12 Genesis 2:18-25	13 Ecclesiastes 7:8-19	14 Proverbs 2:1-11
15 1 Corinthians 13	16 Ephesians 4:17-32	17 John 14:1-14	18 John 14:15-27	19 Isaiah 40:27-31	20 Luke 12:22-34	21 Psalm 19:7-14
22 Romans 11:30-36	23 1 Corinthians 1:4-9	24 Jeremiah 33:2&3	25 John 10:1-18	26 Matthew 5	27 Micah 6:6-8	28 2 Corinthians 5:1-7
29 Colossians 2:1-5	30 2 Peter 1:2-8

TOP || Previous || Next December

It all seems such a long time ago. But for those who lived before the first Christmas, it was just as mysterious, or maybe more so.

The Old Testament amazingly predicted most significant factors of the life, office, and work of God's Messiah, Jesus Christ, including His birth. This Christmas we examine some of these Old Testament predictions and their fulfilment. Wonder at it all.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1   Isaiah 42:2, Philippians 2:7	2   Numbers 24:17, Revelation 22:16	3   Deuteronomy 18:15&18, Acts 3:22	4   Isaiah 59:20, Ephesians 1:7	5   Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:16-19
6   Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 26:31	7   Isaiah 1:6, Matthew 26:67	8   Psalms 69:21, Matthew 27:34	9   Psalms 22:16, John 20:25	10   Psalms 22:18, John 19:23&24	11   Psalms 34:20, John 19:33-36	12   Isaiah 53:9, Matthew 27:57
13   Psalms 16:10, Acts 13:33-35	14   Psalms 68:18, Ephesians 4:8	15   Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33	16   Psalms 102:25-27, Hebrews 1:10	17   Psalms 72:8, Revelation 19:16	18   Psalms 68:18, Ephesians 4:8	19   Genesis 12:7, Galatians 3:16
20   Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23	21   Isaiah 60:6, Matthew 2:11	22   Genesis 49:10, Hebrews 7:14	23   Genesis 3:15, Matthew 1:18	24   2 Samuel 7:12&13, Romans 1:3	25   Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:22&23	26   Micah 5:2-5, Luke 2:4-15
27   Isaiah 40:3, Matthew 3:1-3	28   Psalms 8, Hebrews 2:6-8	29   Psalms 45:6&7, Hebrews 1:8&9	30   Psalms 110, Hebrews 5:5&6	31   Psalms 2:7, Hebrews 1:5

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