Our Bible Reading Plan for January and Other Resources

My husband and I sat down this evening to figure out a plan for reading the Bible this year. 
In the past, we've used many different reading plans.
Justin Taylor's recent post suggests dozens of excellent options.
But we've decided to take it month by month.
And so below I've pasted our plan for January.

January 1,2,3	Gal. 1		January 1,2,3	Gal. 1
January 4	Gal. 2		January 4	Gal. 2
January 5,6	Gal. 3		January 5,6	Gal. 3
January 9	Gal. 4		January 9	Gal. 4
January 10	Gal. 5		January 10	Gal. 5
January 11	Gal. 6		January 11	Gal. 6
January 12	Eph. 1		January 12	Eph. 1
January 13	Eph. 2		January 13	Eph. 2
January 16	Eph. 3		January 16	Eph. 3
January 17	Eph. 4		January 17	Eph. 4
January 18	Eph. 5		January 18	Eph. 5
January 19	Eph. 6		January 19	Eph. 6
January 20	Phil. 1		January 20	Phil. 1
January 23	Phil. 2		January 23	Phil. 2
January 24	Phil. 3		January 24	Phil. 3
January 25	Phil. 4		January 25	Phil. 4
January 26	Col. 1		January 26	Col. 1
January 27	Col. 2		January 27	Col. 2
January 30	Col. 3		January 30	Col. 3
January 31	Col. 4		January 31	Col. 4

For Scripture memory, we're planning to follow along with the weekly verses that our kiddos' are working on for their school.  We love that all of our children have the same verse to focus on each week. But in the past we've used the Foundation Verses and Fighter Verses from Desiring God Ministries.

And just for fun...

I love to read a few different daily books throughout the year.

This year's new read is Chesterton Day by Day-- by G.K. Chesterton.

Find it here...

In past years I've really appreciated--
Valley of Vision by Aurthur Bennet
A Year with C.S. Lewis (I pretty much read this one yearly).
Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman
365 Days with Wilberforce (this whole series is excellent, but Wilberforce is my all-time favorite).

Find it here...

And just in case you're looking for some great reading material to go through with your little ones, several of our current favorites are:

Long Story Short-- by Marty Machowski
God's World News-- from World Magazine (current events from a biblical perspective).
Get Wisdom-- by Ruth Younts
God's Names-- by Sally Michael
Mighty Acts of God-- by Starr Meade
Hero Tales-- by Dave and Netta Jackson (this whole series is so good).

Find it here...

I just ordered a new devotional book to try this year with the kiddos

by Nancy Guthrie who has become one of my favorite authors.

Find it here...

I'm convinced that not much happens without a plan, but if you're not...
Please take a moment to read John Piper's plea from 1984 about planning for the New Year.

Careful planning is part of what makes a person wise and productive.

Not to plan is considered foolish and dangerous.

This is true even though the Proverbs teach that we do not know what the future may bring.

"A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps" (Proverbs 16:9).

The fact that the Lord is ultimately in control of the future does not mean we shouldn't plan.

 It means we should commit our work to the Lord

and trust him to establish our plans according to his loving purposes...

...He (God) planned for our joy; we ought to plan for his glory.

~ John Piper

Blessings on a New Year of hope and possibilities...

Possibilities

because with Him all things are possible.

*Sharing with thanks at Titus2sdays, Far Above Rubies,

 and Teach Me Tuesdays.