2015 DAILY BIBLE READING GUIDE

Yes, grass withers and flowers fade, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40.8 (Good News Translation)

GOD’S ENDURING WORD

Getting the Most Out of Your Daily Bible Reading

As you read the Bible each day, allow the Scriptures to

speak to you. This daily “dialogue” between you and the

biblical text will reveal new understandings about God,

and about yourself.

Pray with focus and openness to see what God

has for you.

God connect with me here, as I seek you in your Word.

Read the selected passage of Scripture slowly. Take

note of intriguing words and phrases. Read them a

second time.

Reflect on what strikes you as you read. Reflect on what

this passage teaches you about God’s values.

Respond to the passage. Speak to God directly about

what’s on your mind and heart. Look for ways to live out

what you’ve uncovered.

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1 James 1.1-27

2 James 2.1-26

3 James 3.1-18

4 James 4.1-17

5 James 5.1-20

6 1 Kings 2.1-12

7 1 Kings 3.1-15

8 1 Kings 3.16-28

9 1 Kings 4.20-34

10 1 Kings 5.1-18

11 1 Kings 6.1-14

12 Job 28.1-28

13 1 Corinthians 1.1-17

14 1 Corinthians 1.18-31

15 Proverbs 8.1-36

16 Proverbs 9.1-18

17 Proverbs 10.1-32

18 Proverbs 13.1-25

19 Proverbs 14.1-35

20 Proverbs 15.1-33

21 Proverbs 16.1-33

22 Proverbs 18.1-24

23 Proverbs 22.1-29

24 Proverbs 23.1-35

25 Proverbs 24.1-34

26 Proverbs 28.1-28

27 Proverbs 29.1-27

28 Ecclesiastes 3.1-15

29 Ecclesiastes 7.1-25

30 Ecclesiastes 12.1-14

1 Psalm 5

2 Psalm 7

3 Psalm 17

World Communion Sunday

4 1 Corinthians 11.17-34

5 1 Samuel 3.1-21

6 1 Samuel 4.1-22

7 1 Samuel 5.1-12

8 1 Samuel 6.1-19

9 1 Samuel 6.20—7.17

10 1 Samuel 8.1-22

11 1 Samuel 9.1-27

12 1 Samuel 10.1-27

13 1 Samuel 11.1-15

14 1 Samuel 12.1-25

15 1 Samuel 15.1-35

16 1 Samuel 16.1-23

17 1 Samuel 17.1-40

18 1 Samuel 17.41-58

19 1 Kings 16.29—17.7

20 1 Kings 17.8-24

21 1 Kings 18.1-46

22 1 Kings 19.1-21

23 1 Kings 21.1-29

24 2 Kings 5.1-27

25 2 Kings 6.1-23

26 Daniel 1.1-21

27 Daniel 2.1-23

28 Daniel 2.24-49

29 Daniel 3.1-30

30 Daniel 5.1-31

31 Daniel 6.1-28

1 1 Chronicles 13.1-14

2 1 Chronicles 14.1-17

3 1 Chronicles 15.1-24

4 1 Chronicles 15.25—16.7

5 1 Chronicles 16.8-43

6 1 Chronicles 17.1-27

7 Psalm 8

8 Psalm 73

9 Psalm 75

10 Psalm 76

11 Psalm 80

12 Psalm 81

13 Psalm 82

14 Psalm 84

15 Psalm 87

16 Psalm 89

17 Psalm 90

18 Psalm 91

19 Psalm 92

20 Psalm 93

21 Psalm 95

22 Psalm 96

23 Psalm 97

24 Psalm 98

25 Psalm 99

Thanksgiving Day

26 Psalm 100

27 Luke 20.45—21.4

28 Luke 21.5-24

First Sunday of Advent

29 Luke 21.25-38

30 Psalm 24

1 Philippians 1.1-30

2 Philippians 2.1-30

3 Philippians 3.1-21

4 Philippians 4.1-23

5 Isaiah 40.1-31

Second Sunday of Advent

6 Isaiah 41.1-29

7 Isaiah 42.1-25

8 Isaiah 43.1-28

9 Isaiah 44.1-28

10 Isaiah 45.1-25

11 Isaiah 48.1-22

12 Isaiah 49.1-26

Third Sunday of Advent

13 Jeremiah 23.1-8

14 Jeremiah 31.1-22

15 Jeremiah 31.23-40

16 Jeremiah 33.1-26

17 Malachi 1.1-14

18 Malachi 2.1-17

19 Malachi 3.1-18

Fourth Sunday of Advent

20 Malachi 4.1-6

21 Luke 1.1-25

22 Luke 1.26-56

23 Luke 1.57-80

24 Luke 2.1-20

Christmas Day

25 John 1.1-18

26 John 1.19-34

27 Luke 2.21-52

28 Luke 3.1-22

29 Titus 1.1-16

30 Titus 2.1-15

31 Titus 3.1-15

1 Exodus 1.1-22

2 Exodus 2.1-25

3 Exodus 3.1-22

4 Exodus 4.1-31

5 Exodus 5.1—6.1

6 Exodus 6.2-27

7 Exodus 6.28—7.13

8 Exodus 11.1-10

9 Exodus 12.1-28

10 Exodus 12.29-51

11 Exodus 13.1-22

12 Exodus 14.1-31

13 Exodus 15.1-27

14 Exodus 16.1-36

15 Exodus 19.1-25

16 Exodus 20.1-21

17 Exodus 33.1-23

18 Exodus 34.1-35

19 Leviticus 19.1-18

20 Numbers 9.1-23

21 Deuteronomy 31.1-29

22 Deuteronomy 34.1-12

23 Joshua 1.1-18

24 Joshua 2.1-24

25 Joshua 3.1-17

26 Joshua 4.1-24

27 Judges 4.1-24

28 Judges 5.1-31

29 Deuteronomy 7.1-26

30 Deuteronomy 8.1-20

31 Deuteronomy 11.1-32

JANUARYGod’s Guiding Word

FEBRUARYGod’s Loving Word

MARCHGod’s Prayerful Word

APRILGod’s Hopeful Word

MAYGod’s Renewing Word

JUNEGod’s Comforting Word

JULYGod’s Faithful Word

AUGUSTGod’s Encouraging Word

Orthodox Christians will observe Holy Week from April 5-11, and celebrate Pascha (Easter) on April 12, and may substitute the readings from March 29-April 4 in place of the readings for April 5-11 and substitute the readings from April 5-11 in place of the readings for April 12-18. These substitutions will enable the Passion and Resurrection readings to coincide with the Orthodox dates.

1 1 Corinthians 12.1-31

2 1 Corinthians 14.1-40

3 1 Corinthians 15.1-11

4 1 Corinthians 15.12-34

5 1 Corinthians 15.35-58

6 Romans 8.1-17

National Day of Prayer

7 Romans 8.18-39

8 Romans 12.1-21

9 2 Corinthians 1.1-11

10 2 Corinthians 2.12—3.18

11 2 Corinthians 4.1-15

12 2 Corinthians 4.16—5.10

13 2 Corinthians 5.11-21

Ascension Day (Western Churches)

14 Acts 1.1-26

15 John 15.18—16.4a

16 John 16.4b-33

17 Ezekiel 1.1-28

18 Ezekiel 2.1-10

19 Ezekiel 3.1-27

20 Ezekiel 34.1-31

21 Ezekiel 36.1-38

22 Ezekiel 37.1-28

23 Joel 2.28—3.21

Pentecost (Western Churches)

24 Acts 2.1-13

25 Acts 2.14-47

26 Galatians 1.1-24

27 Galatians 2.1-21

28 Galatians 3.1-29

29 Galatians 4.1-31

30 Galatians 5.1-26

31 Galatians 6.1-18

Orthodox Christians will observe Ascension Day on May 21 and Pentecost on May 31.

1 Genesis 6.1-22

2 Genesis 7.1-24

3 Genesis 8.1-22

4 Genesis 9.1-29

5 Genesis 10.1-32

6 Genesis 11.1-32

7 Genesis 12.1-20

8 Genesis 13.1-18

9 Genesis 14.1-24

10 Genesis 15.1-21

11 Genesis 16.1-16

12 Genesis 17.1-27

13 Genesis 18.1-33

14 Genesis 21.1-21

15 Genesis 22.1-19

16 Genesis 37.1-36

17 Genesis 39.1-23

18 Genesis 40.1-23

19 Genesis 41.1-57

20 Genesis 42.1-38

21 Genesis 43.1-34

22 Genesis 44.1-34

23 Genesis 45.1-28

24 Genesis 46.1-34

25 Genesis 47.1-31

26 Genesis 48.1-22

27 Genesis 49.29—

50.26

28 Ruth 1.1-22

29 Ruth 2.1-23

30 Ruth 3.1-18

31 Ruth 4.1-22

1 Psalm 1

2 Psalm 19

3 Mark 1.1-20

4 Mark 1.21-45

5 Mark 2.1-28

Epiphany

6 Psalm 72

7 Mark 3.1-19

8 Mark 3.20-35

9 Mark 4.1-20

10 Mark 4.21-41

11 Mark 5.1-20

12 Mark 5.21-43

13 Mark 6.1-29

14 Mark 6.30-56

15 Mark 7.1-23

16 Mark 7.24-37

17 Mark 8.1-26

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins

18 Mark 8.27—9.1

19 Mark 9.2-32

20 Mark 9.33-50

21 Mark 10.1-31

22 Mark 10.32-52

23 Acts 8.4-25

24 Acts 8.26-40

25 Acts 9.1-25

26 Acts 9.26-43

27 Acts 10.1-33

28 Acts 10.34-48

29 Acts 11.1-30

30 Acts 12.1-25

31 Acts 15.1-35

* The Octave for Christian Unity is January 18-25, 2015.

1 John 3.1-21

2 John 3.22-36

3 John 4.1-42

4 John 4.43-54

5 John 5.1-18

6 John 5.19-47

7 John 6.1-24

8 John 6.25-71

9 1 John 1.1-10

10 1 John 2.1-29

11 1 John 3.1-24

12 1 John 4.1-21

13 1 John 5.1-21

14 1 Corinthians 13.1-13

15 John 10.1-21

16 John 10.22-42

17 Psalm 23

Ash Wednesday (Western Churches)

18 Psalm 51

19 Psalm 52

20 John 13.1-20

21 John 13.21-38

First Sunday in Lent

22 John 14.1-31

Great Lent (Orthodox)

23 John 15.1-17

24 Mark 12.13-27

25 Mark 12.28-34

26 Deuteronomy 6.1-25

27 Ephesians 3.1-21

28 Ephesians 4.1-32

Second Sunday in Lent

1 2 Chronicles 5.1-14

2 2 Chronicles 6.1-11

3 2 Chronicles 6.12-42

4 2 Chronicles 7.1-22

5 2 Chronicles 34.1-33

World Day of Prayer

6 2 Chronicles 35.1-19

7 Ezra 8.1-23

Third Sunday in Lent

8 Nehemiah 9.1-38

9 Daniel 9.1-19

10 1 Samuel 1.1-28

11 1 Samuel 2.1-11

12 Psalm 4

13 Psalm 5

14 Psalm 11

Fourth Sunday in Lent

15 Psalm 12

16 Psalm 13

17 Psalm 30

18 Psalm 31

19 Psalm 32

20 Psalm 33

21 Psalm 34

Fifth Sunday in Lent

22 Hebrews 1.1-14

23 Hebrews 2.1-18

24 Hebrews 3.1-19

25 John 11.1-16

26 John 11.17-44

27 John 11.45-57

28 John 12.1-11

Palm/Passion Sunday (Western Churches)

29 John 12.12-26

30 John 12.27-50

31 John 17.1-26

1 John 18.1-24

Maundy Thursday (Western Churches)

2 John 18.25-40

Good Friday (Western Churches)

3 John 19.1-30

4 John 19.31-42

Easter Sunday (Western Churches)

5 John 20.1-18

6 John 20.19-31

7 John 21.1-25

8 Colossians 1.1-23

9 Colossians 1.24—2.19

10 Colossians 2.20—3.17

11 Colossians 4.2-18

Pascha (Orthodox Easter)

12 1 Peter 1.1-25

13 1 Peter 2.1-25

14 1 Peter 3.1-22

15 1 Peter 4.1-19

16 1 Peter 5.1-14

17 2 Peter 1.1-21

18 2 Peter 2.1-22

19 2 Peter 3.1-18

20 Jude 1-25

21 Revelation 5.1-14

22 Revelation 21.1-27

23 Revelation 22.1-21

24 Romans 1.1-17

25 Romans 3.19-31

26 Romans 4.1-25

27 Romans 5.1-21

28 Romans 6.1-23

29 Romans 7.1-25

30 Romans 15.1-13

1 Hosea 1.1—2.1

2 Hosea 2.2-23

3 Hosea 11.1-11

4 Hosea 14.1-9

5 Joel 2.1-27

6 Amos 9.1-15

7 Zephaniah 3.1-20

8 Haggai 1.1-15

9 Haggai 2.1-23

10 Zechariah 1.1-21

11 Zechariah 2.1-13

12 Zechariah 3.1-10

13 Zechariah 4.1-10

14 Zechariah 8.1-23

15 Zechariah 9.1-17

16 Zechariah 10.1-12

17 Isaiah 51.1-23

18 Isaiah 52.1-12

19 Isaiah 54.1-17

20 Isaiah 55.1-13

21 Isaiah 56.1-12

22 Isaiah 57.1-21

23 Isaiah 58.1-14

24 Isaiah 59.1-21

25 Isaiah 60.1-22

26 Isaiah 61.1-11

27 Isaiah 62.1-12

28 Isaiah 65.17-25

29 Jeremiah 30.1-24

30 Lamentations 3.1-58