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The fourth year of favourite Bible readings. The Read Through the Bible in Three Years plan is still running on this web site and can be followed on the above 3 Year Bible link. In 2012 however, we continue with a year of the most favourite Bible passages grouped together under one or more themes each month. You will notice that the reading may be short, 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 a 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 another full year is portrayed. It will then always be available from our Archive of Study sections.

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Favourite Psalms
Psalms deal with the problems and aspirations of the people of Israel. We also are deeply touched by these same personal emotions. Some are sheer praise, some are moody, or a prayer, or confession, or instruction; but all turn our mind to the Lord. Psalms are songs. Hebrew poetry is unlike English poetry comprising alike and/or contrasting patterns of ideas. We simply read and meditate upon them.
Psalms contains five ‘books' distinguished in their moods, significant authorship or category: 1; 1-41, 2; 42-72, 3; 73-89, 4; 90-106, 5; 107-150. Each book ends with a doxology, except 150 which is all praise.

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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Prison letters of Paul
This month, the prison letters of Paul to the early churches. Paul often wrote to correct problems, but not always. Sometimes we need to be corrected too, or perhaps to be encouraged. Whatever, open the Bible and ask, "What's in this for me?" Is there a lesson to learn, an example to follow, an attitude to correct? Keep a note book on your daily progress or for review.

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 21:11-24
19   Acts 28:11-24	20   Acts 20:17-38	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	29   Philemon

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Approaching Easter
Until Easter we follow the Life of Christ, mostly from Mark’s Gospel. He wrote for Gentiles, especially the Romans, with few Jewish characteristics. He was Peter's companion. Like Peter himself his style is full of action; abrupt, almost terse. A key word is 'immediately'.

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 1:14-29	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

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Easter

“Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.”
Isaiah 49:13

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 14:53-15:37	10   Mark 15:38-47	11   Mark 16:1-13	12   Luke 24:13-35	13   Luke 24:36-49	14   John 21
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 46:5-13	30   Isaiah 49:19-26

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Stories Jesus Told

In May we take up some of the stories that Jesus told. People lived closer to the earth then. To enrich your reading try to find out about the customs and culture of that bygone day. It will open the text 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   Matthew 25:14-30
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

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Knowing our God

This month is about knowing our God. Each day's reading shows us a new aspect of God Himself. Keep a diary of your readings and note the things you learn about Him each day. Review it regularly.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1   Luke 11:1-13	5   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   Hosiah 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

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Potpourri

This month is a potpourri of favourite texts. There is no theme. It is a mix of ideas and topics which will encourage, instruct, urge and perhaps admonish you; but the intent is to give you joy in living the Christian life. Enjoy your devotions!

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1   Ecclesiastes 11:1-6	2   Psalms 28 & 29	3   1 Thessalonians 1	4   1 Thessalonians 2	5   1 Thessalonians 3	6   1 Thessalonians 4	7   1 Thessalonians 5
8   2 Thessalonians 1	9   2 Thessalonians 2:1-12	10   2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:18	11   Joshua 1	12   Joshua 2	13   Joshua 3 & 4	14   Joshua 5 & 6
15   Joshua 7	16   Joshua 8	17   Joshua 9	18   Joshua 10	19   Joshua 11 & 12	20   Joshua 13:1-15:12	21   Joshua 15:13-17:18
22   Joshua 18 & 19	23   Joshua 20 & 21	24   Joshua 22	25   Joshua 23	26   Joshua 24	27   Titus 1	28   Titus 2
29   Titus 3	30   2 John	31   3 John

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Morning and Evening

This months readings contain texts selected by C H Spurgeon for his 'Morning and Evening Daily Readings', for the month of August. They include not only encouragement and blessing, but sometimes warning and rebuke.

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

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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

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Favourite Psalms

Psalms deal with the problems and aspirations of the people of Israel. We also are deeply touched by these same personal emotions. Some are sheer praise, some are moody, or a prayer, or confession, or instruction; but all turn our mind to the Lord. Psalms are songs. Hebrew poetry is unlike English poetry comprising alike and/or contrasting patterns of ideas. We simply read and meditate upon them. Psalms divides into five ‘books' distinguished by their moods, authorship or category: 1; 1-41, 2; 42-72, 3; 73-89, 4; 90-106, 5; 107-150. Each book ends with a doxology, except 150 which is all praise.

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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Daily Word

Each reading points you to one or more resources that God has provided to enable you to survive and thrive as a Christian. Reduce each reading to one resource word meaningful to you and carry that idea with you through 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

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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 the record of their fulfilment. Meditate on the attribute shown.

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   Psalm 69:21, Matthew 27:34
9   Psalm 22:16, John 20:25	10   Psalm 22:18, John 19:23&24	11   Psalm 34:20, John 19:33-36	12   Isaiah 53:9, Matthew 27:57	13   Psalm 16:10, Acts 13:33-35	14   Psalm 68:18, Ephesians 4:8	15   Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:33
16   Psalm 102:25-27, Hebrews 1:10	17   Psalm 72:8, Revelation 19:16	18   Psalm 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   Psalm 8, Hebrews 2:6-8	29   Psalm 45:6&7, Hebrews 1:8&9
30   Psalm 110, Hebrews 5:5&6	31   Psalm 2:7, Hebrews 1:5

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