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Yearly Devotional

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Yearly Bible Reading Plans

The most important thing for a Christian to do is to keep his or her relationship with God fervent. The best way to do that is with a consistent devotional life, a life of prayer and Bible study. We suggest that a Christian pray everyday, read the Bible and study it. Here we have listed for you several different programs to help you read through the entire Bible in a year. You can read straight through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, read it through in order of events (chronologically), or a few other ways, but whatever way you choose - READ THE BIBLE! Click on the title to download that program in PDF Format. Most "Through the Bible" methods were taken from backtothebible.org

Chronological

Read the events of the Bible as they occured chronologically. For example, the Book of Job is integrated with Genesis since Job lived around the same time as Abraham.

Historical

Read the books of the Bible as they occured in the Hebrew and Greek traditions (the order in which they were written). For example, the Old Testament books in the Hebrew Bible do not occur in the same order as they do in our English Bible. The New Testament books are arranged according to their date of writing as well.

Old and New Testament Together

Read the Old Testament and New Testament together. Your knowledge of the Old Testament will be enhanced by what you read simultaneously in the New Testament.

Beginning to End

With this guide there are no surprises. You simply read through the Bible from start to finish, from Genesis to Revelation.

Robert Murray McCheyne

This Through The Bible Plan was written by the Scottish preacher Robert Murray McCheyne for his congregation. The readings in the left hand column are to be read by the entire family as a family. The readings on the left are individual (or "secret" as McCheyne called them) readings. They are meant to be read during personal devotion time.

Devotion For January 1, 2026

Never Fear

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT THE BIBLE : "The Bible has 66 Books, 1,189 chapters, 31,102 verses, 773,693 words, and 3,566,480 letters."[1]

DAILY READING : GENESIS 1 - 3

TEXT : Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

THEME : FEAR

Here in the first three chapters of Genesis, we learn a lot. We read of God creating the heavens and the earth, all living creatures, as well as flora and fauna. We also see the creation of Man - God's supreme creation - a creature made in His own image. We further learn that God has a triune nature when we read "let us" make man in our image and after our likeness.

Sadly, we also see the reason for all the suffering and sickness in this fallen world when Adam and Eve decide to ignore God's command, and sin against Him. From this, we learn that all the evil in the world comes from this one decision to violate God's law. Still, God who knows all, knew that man would disobey Him. Thus, He first clothes Man with skins of animals until the day would come when He would clothe Man in the blood of the Lamb of God - Jesus Christ.

Genesis, which means "beginnings," shows us many beginnings, including the beginning of fear. Of all the plagues that man has seen, none is more overwhelming than the terror that fear brings. Humanity has suffered from this malady of the mind and spirit from the Garden down to this day, and more people have suffered from this horrible affliction than any other illness ever known.

The Bible tells us that fear has torment, and he that fears is not fully aware of the love of God. God is love, and he that lives in love, remains in God. Therefore we want to know the love of God and walk in it, never allowing ourselves to doubt His love - no matter how desperate we may be at the moment.

TRUTH FOR TODAY : "NEVER FEAR"

We must not allow ourselves to give in to fear. "Never take counsel of your fears," a wise man once said. This is true. We must take our counsel from the Word of God that says -

Psa 34:4 "I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."

[1] http://www.av1611.org/jmelton/kjvstuff.html#two