Well, Emily and I are eager to move through God's Word again together in 2012. Freshly resolved to lay up more of that sacred Word above all earthly powers and beyond all worldly wealth, our reading this year will again be our own tailor-made plan. Based in part on my schooling, our work schedules, and how we've sensed the Lord would have us read, we've come up with the following reading plan:
Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr. (individually): Paul's epistles, Acts (2xs), Job, and the Pentateuch.
Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr. (together): Psalms and Proverbs (2xs, continuing throughout the whole year until both have been read twice).
May, June, July, Aug. (individually): The Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings); and the rest of the Writings besides Psalms and Proverbs (Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles).
May, June, July, Aug. (together): John (3xs), Matthew, Mark, Luke-Acts, and Hebrews; Psalms and Proverbs continued.
Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. (individually): The Latter Prophets minus Isaiah (Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve); and Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter, and Jude.
Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. (together): Isaiah, John, Revelation, and 1-3 John; Psalms and Proverbs continued.
That's the reading plan. You'll notice there is some intentional repetition. We're doing Psalms, Proverbs, Acts, and Hebrews twice; the Gospel of John we're doing four times. We'll also probably go through Romans again and again. We've also roughly divided up our reading of the OT as the Jews divided the Hebrew Bible into the Law, the Writings, and the Former and Latter Prophets. The NT we've roughly divided up according to corpus or genre (e.g., the Pauline letters in the first third of the year; the Gospels in the second third; and John's writings in the third).
Now here's our memorization plan:
Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr. (together): Rom. 1:1-7, 16-17; 3:19-5:21; 11:33-12:21; 13:8-10; and one proverb per week (to be determined during our reading). I am taking a Romans exegesis class and will be doing a paper on justification, so we're focusing on 3:19-5:21.
May, June, July, Aug.(together): A psalm per month (to be determined during our reading); and one proverb per week (to be determined during our reading).
Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. (together): To be determined. We may start Hebrews or do John 14-17 or the Sermon on the Mount. Or perhaps we'll do more psalms. We'll also continue with one proverb per week (to be determined during our reading).
We began the new year this year as we always do—with Ps. 1. We confess without shame that we are seeking with full purpose of heart the blessing and fruitfulness described there. May the God of all grace help us according to his promise—and do so hearing this zealous cry and the sincere longing of our souls: "Not unto us, O YHWH, not unto us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love, and for the sake of your truth" (Ps. 115:1).
2 comments:
I love this. Mike and I are working on YouVersion reading plans, though separately. Mine will enable me to read the NT twice and the OT once. I love that you have a memorization component in your study. The girls and I are doing memorization together. Your whole plan is very exciting. I'll be praying for the two of you throughout the year.
That's great, Angela. We'll have to check out that plan. It sounds like one we've done before. And how wonderful that you're memorizing with the girls! May your whole family flourish in 2012 under the watering of God's Word. We'll certainly continue praying for all of you, and not least for Mike's schooling.
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