I’m excited to bring something new to Glendale Lutheran,
Daily Bible Readings. Sunday morning
worship is meant to be training that permeates the rest of your week. We read together the Gospel, the Epistle and
the Old Testament as part of the service.
Coming to our church guarantees that you will be in the word. But if
Sunday morning is the only time you are fed scripture then you are starving to
death. God calls us to read the Bible at
church and at home. It is the only way
your faith can grow.
I’ve created a daily reading plan that starts in church and
continues in your home. We will hear the
word from the lecturn, from the pulpit, from the Bible class. Then we can continue that same word with our
loved ones over coffee, around the dinner table or at bedtime. If you look at your worship bulletin, you
will see a Daily Bible reading plan.
Sunday lists the Bible chapter that is the subject of the sermon and
Bible class. Then Monday you go through
that Bible reading as a household or on your own. Tuesday is another reading that touches on
last Sunday and so on and so forth.
I’ve listed three reading possibilities for you each day,
one that takes 15 minutes, one that takes 10 minutes and one that takes only a
few minutes. For example, this Sunday I
am preaching on Phillipipians 1. On
Monday, read the whole chapter if you have 15 minutes. If you have only 10 minutes read, Phil.
1:1-2. If you are racing around on that
day, stop and read just Phil. 1:2.
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.” Let it sink into you. Allow Christ to speak to you and your
family. Another way of looking at it is
by household. If you are empty nesters,
read the whole chapter together. If you
have teens, read the middle option. If
you have little ones, read the one verse and talk about it.
When we proclaim Christ Sunday through Saturday, who knows
what amazing things God will do through it?
This is how we grow and how the church grows.
Daily Bible 15 minutes 10 minutes 5
minutes
9/24 Sun Philippians 1 Rejoice in Christ Proclaimed
9/25 Mon Philippians 1 Phil. 1:1-2 Phil.
1:2
9/26 Tue Isaiah 55 Phil. 1:3-10 Phil.
1:6
9/27 Wed Matt 20 Phil. 1:12-14 Phil.
1:14
9/28 Thu Psalm 57 Phil. 1:15-18 Phil.
1:18
9/29 Fri Acts 16 Phil. 1:19-26 Phil. 1:21
9/30 Sat Jude 3 Phil. 1:27-30 Phil. 1:27
10/1 Sun Philippians 2 Rejoice Together