After reading each section, answer these 5 questions to get the most out of your reading time:

1. What phrase or verse in this chapter made the most sense to you?
2. What did you struggle with in this reading?
3. What did you find in God’s Story that relates to your story?
4. How does this chapter point to Jesus, or challenge you to be more like Him?
5. What prayer of appreciation or worship can you offer after reading this chapter?

Weekly Reading Guide:

Week 1 1/1-1/7: Creation: The Beginning of Life as We Know It: Genesis 1-4; 6-9

Week 2 1/8-1/14:  God Builds a Nation: Genesis 12-13; 15-17; 21-22; 32-33; 35; Romans 4; Hebrews 11

Week 3 1/15-1/21: Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh: Genesis 37; 39; 41-48; 50

Week 4 1/22-1/28: Deliverance: Exodus 1-7; 10-17

Week 5 1/29-2/4: New Commands and a New Covenant: Exodus 19-20; 24-25; 32-34; 40

Week 6 2/5-2/11:  Wandering: Numbers 10-14; 20-21; 25; 27 & Deuteronomy 1-2; 4; 6; 8-9; 29-32; 34 

Week 7 2/12-2/18: The Battle Begins: Joshua 1-2; 6; 8; 10-11; 23-24

Week 8 2/19-2/25: A Few Good Men...Women: Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16

Week 9 2/26-3/3: The Faith of a Foreigh Woman: Ruth 1-4

Week 10 3/4-3/10: Standing Tall, Falling Hard: 1 Samuel 1-4; 8-13; 13-16

Week 11 3/11-3/17: From Shepherd to King: 1 Samuel 16-18; 24; 31; 2 Samuel 6; 22; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalm 59

Week 12 3/18-3/24: The Trials of a King: 2 Samuel 11-12; 18-19; 1 Chronicles 22; 29; Psalms 23; 32; 51

Week 13 3/25-3/31: The King Who Had It All: 1 Kings 1-8; 10-11; 2 Chronicles 5-7; & Proverbs 1-3; 6; 20-21

Week 14 4/1-4/7: A Kingdom Torn in Two: 1 Kings 12-16

Week 15 4/8-4/14: God's Messengers: 1 Kings 17-19; 2 Kings 2; 4; 6; Hosea 4-5; 8-9; 14; Amos 1; 3-5; 9

Week 16 4/15-4/21: The Beginning of the End: 2 Kings 17-19; Isaiah 3; 6; 13-14; 49; 53

Week 17 4/22-4/28: The Kingdoms' Fall: 2 Kings 21; 23-25; 2 Chronicles 33; 36; Jeremiah 1-2; 4-5; 13; 21; Lamentations 1-3; 5; & Ezekiel 1-2; 6-7; 36-37

Week 18 4/29-5/5: Daniel in Exile: Daniel 1-3; 6; Jeremiah 29-31

Week 19 5/6-5/12: The Return Home: Ezra 1-6; Haggai 1-2; Zechariah 1; 8

Week 20 5/13-5/19: The Queen of Beauty and Courage: Esther 1-9

Week 21 5/20-5/26: Rebuilding the Walls: Ezra 7; Nehemiah 1-2; 4; 6-8; Malachi 1-4

Week 22 5/27-6/2: The Birth of the King: Matthew 1-2; Luke 1-2; John 1

Week 23 6/3-6/9: Jesus' Ministry Begins: Matthew 3-4; 11; Mark 1-3; Luke 8; John 1-4

Week 24 6/10-6/16: No Ordinary Man: Matthew 5-7; 9; 14; Mark 4-6; Luke 10; 15; John 6

Week 25 6/17-6/23: Jesus, the Son of God: Matthew 17; 21; Mark 8-12; 14; Luke 9; 22; & John 7-8; 11-12

Week 26 6/24-6/30: The Hour of Darkness: Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-14; 16-19

Week 27 7/1-7/7: The Resurrection: Matthew 27-28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 19-21

Week 28 7/8-7/14: New Beginnings: Acts 1-10; 12

Week 29 7/15-7/21: Paul's Mission: Acts 13-14; 16-20; Romans 1; 3-6; 8; 12; 15; & 1 Corinthians 1; 3; 5-6; 10; 12-13; 15-16; Galatians 1; 3; 5-6; 1 Thessalonians 1-5

Week 30 7/22-7/28: Paul's Final Days: Acts 20-23; 27-28; Ephesians 1-6; 2 Timothy 1-4

Week 31 7/29-8/4: The End of Time: Revelation 1-5; 19-22