I don't always have a plan in place when I approach a new Bible project. But. This time I do. I am going to take the structure of the MESSAGE 100 and use the NIV Rainbow Study Bible. I have no interest in reading the Message translation cover to cover, but I did enjoy the structure of the 100 sequenced readings. I won't share the exact readings for each of the days. That would be a LOT of typing. But I will share the ordering of the books.
It is an interesting arrangement. Some days there are a lot of chapters to read. But then you have odd days where you read just three chapters! (See Habakkuk!)
- Genesis, 4 readings
- Job, 4 readings
- Exodus, 3 readings
- Leviticus, 2 readings
- Numbers, 4 readings
- Deuteronomy, 3 readings
- Joshua, 2 readings
- Ruth combines with 1 Samuel 1-10, 1 reading
- 1 Samuel, 3 readings total
- 2 Samuel, 3 readings
- 1 Kings, 3 readings
- 2 Kings, 2 readings
- Jonah and Amos, 1 reading
- Hosea, 1 reading
- Micah, 1 reading
- Isaiah, 7 readings
- Nahum and Zephaniah, 1 reading
- Habakkuk, 1 reading
- Jeremiah, 6 readings
- Lamentations and Obadiah, 1 reading
- Ezekiel, 4 readings
- Daniel, 1 reading
- 1 Chronicles, 2 readings
- 2 Chronicles, 2 readings
- Ezra, 1 reading
- Haggai, Zechariah, 1 reading
- Esther, 1 reading
- Nehemiah, 1 reading
- Joel and Malachi, 1 reading
- Proverbs, 3 readings
- Ecclesiastes, 1 reading
- Song of Songs, 1 reading
- Psalms, 8 readings
- Matthew, 3 readings
- Mark, 2 readings
- Luke, 3 readings (Luke 22-24 is combined with Acts 1-8)
- Acts, 3 readings
- James, Galatians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 reading
- 1 Corinthians, 1 reading
- 2 Corinthians, 1 reading
- Romans, 1 reading
- Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians, Philippians, 1 reading
- 1 Timothy, Titus, 2 Timothy, 1 Peter, 1 reading
- 2 Peter, Jude, Hebrews, 1 reading
- John, 2 readings
- 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Revelation 1-8, 1 reading
- Revelation 8-22, 1 reading
I did write out the specific readings for each day in a composition book. The questions I've printed up to motivate study come from Matthew S. Harmon's Asking the Right Questions. I can already tell you that I won't be answering ALL the questions for each day. I don't think Harmon envisioned his questions having to cover 10+ chapters of the Bible at a time. And I've only allotted one page per day! (The exception being that I gave myself two-to-three pages for some of the New Testament!) So I'll pick and choose what I answer.
I would not be surprised if some days I do two readings. I'm like that.
© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible
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