Readings for December
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Readings for Dec 01:
1Cor 15:1-58 The importance of Christ’s resurrection and the guarantee of ours
1Cor 16:1-24 Closing requests and greetings
Total verses for today = 82
Readings for Dec 02:
2Cor 1:1-24 Comfort from the Lord so we can minister it to others
2Cor 2:1-13 Paul’s sorrow over their sorrow, and their over-reaction to his first letter
2Cor 2:14-17 Ministers of the New Covenant
2Cor 3:1-18 The glory of the New Covenant
2Cor 4:1-18 Treasure in jars of clay!
2Cor 5:1-21 Our heavenly dwelling and our earthly ministry
Total verses for today = 98
Readings for Dec 03:
2Cor 6:1-18 Suffering and separation
2Cor 7:1-16 Godly sorrow
2Cor 8:1-24 Giving cheerfully
2Cor 9:1-15 Sowing generously
2Cor 10:1-18 Apostolic authority and spiritual warfare
Total verses for today = 91
Readings for Dec 04:
2Cor 11:1-33 True and false Apostles (again! See 1 Cor. 4)
2Cor 12:1-21 Paul’s concern for the Corinthians
2Cor 13:1-14 Closing warnings and greetings
Acts 20:2-2 and first phrase of v3. 3 months in Greece c.60 AD
Rom 1:1-17 The Gospel is the power of God!
Total verses for today = 86
Readings for Dec 05:
Rom 1:18-32 But also includes warnings for evil-doers
Rom 2:1-29 Don’t get proud that you aren’t an evil-doer! (Jew or Gentile)
Rom 3:1-20 No one is righteous!
Rom 3:21-31 But righteousness is available as a free gift through faith.
Rom 4:1-25 As seen in Abraham
Total verses for today = 100
Readings for Dec 06:
Rom 5:1-21 Bringing peace with God – through the obedience of One Man
Rom 6:1-23 And the old nature is dealt with too!
Rom 7:1-25 But the old nature fights back! However, there’s victory through Christ!
Total verses for today = 69
Readings for Dec 07:
Rom 8:1-39 The blessings of walking in that victory!
Rom 9:1-33 What about Israel?
Total verses for today = 72
Readings for Dec 08:
Rom 10:1-21 They might be in unbelief, but God is still reaching out to them
Rom 11:1-36 And all Israel will be saved! A mystery but gloriously decreed by God because of the Fathers.
Rom 12:1-21 How then should we live?
Rom 13:1-14 In submission and love
Total verses for today = 92
Readings for Dec 09:
Rom 14:1-23 Considering how our conduct might cause others to stumble – which is not walking in love!
Rom 15:1-13 Se let’s consider one another, just as Christ ‘pleased not Himself’
Rom 15:14-33 Paul’s ministry and plans
Rom 16:1-27 Closing greetings
Total verses for today = 83
Readings for Dec 10:
Acts 20:3-38 The third missionary journey; Paul wants to get back to Jerusalem for Passover
Acts 21:1-16 Paul is warned about what waits him at Jerusalem, but he goes anyway
Acts 21:17-40 Paul is seized by the mob in Jerusalem and rescued by the Roman soldiers
Total verses for today = 76
Readings for Dec 11:
Acts 22:1-30 Paul’s address to the mob
Acts 23:1-35 Paul’s address to the Sanhedrin
Acts 24:1-27 Paul before Felix
Total verses for today = 92
Readings for Dec 12:
Acts 25:1-27 Paul before Festus c.62 AD
Acts 26:1-32 Paul before Agrippa
Acts 27:1-44 The voyage to Rome and the shipwreck on Malta
Total verses for today = 103
Readings for Dec 13:
Acts 28:1-15 Winter on Malta and the journey continues to Rome c.63 AD
Acts 28:16-31 Paul under house arrest in Rome; writes many of his letters c.63-65 AD
Colossians 1:1-29 The Supremacy of Christ c.64 AD
Colossians 2:1-23 Don’t get tied up in shadows – the reality is Christ!
Total verses for today = 83
Readings for Dec 14:
Colossians 3:1-25 So set your mind on Him where He is, and live for Him here on earth – true spiritual giants might have their heads in the clouds but they have their feet firmly planted on earth!
Colossians 4:1-18 What does that look like?
Philemon 1:1-25 Showing grace because you have received grace c.64 AD
Eph 1:1-23 The mystery of God’s will – revealed! c.64 AD
Total verses for today = 91
Readings for Dec 15:
Eph 2:1-22 Saved by grace into the One New Man
Eph 3:1-21 Displaying God’s wisdom
Eph 4:1-16 How then should you walk? Worthy of our calling!
Eph 4:17-32 What does that look like? – inner renewal
Eph 5:1-20 What does that look like? – words and actions
Total verses for today = 95
Readings for Dec 16:
Eph 5:21-33 What does that look like? A marriage!
Eph 6:1-9 What does that look like? Family
Eph 6:10-24 What does that look like? Warfare!
Phlp 1:1-26 What God starts, He finishes! c.64 AD
Phlp 1:27-30 Unity in the Gospel
Phlp 2:1-30 Unity in our relationships
Total verses for today = 97
Readings for Dec 17:
Phlp 3:1-1 A reminder
Phlp 3:2-21 Pressing on towards the goal!
Phlp 4:1-1 Stand fast!
Phlp 4:2-23 Unity of mind and thought; and thanks for their generosity
1Tim 1:1-20 Warnings against false teachers c.65 AD
1Tim 2:1-15 How to pray
1Tim 3:1-13 Order in the Church
1Tim 3:14-16 The Church which is the pillar and ground of the truth
Total verses for today = 95
Readings for Dec 18:
1Tim 4:1-16 Personal instructions in godliness
1Tim 5:1-25 Care for widows, the elderly and slaves
1Tim 6:1-21 Warnings about money, and being ready for the Return of Christ
Titus 1:1-16 Order in the Church c.65 AD
Total verses for today = 78
Readings for Dec 19:
Titus 2:1-15 Living in the light of our Blessed Hope
Titus 3:1-15 What that means in practical outworking
2Tim 1:1-18 Encouraging Timothy to be faithful c.66 AD
2Tim 2:1-26 Encouraging Timothy to be strong
2Tim 3:1-17 Godlessness in the Last Days
Total verses for today = 91
Readings for Dec 20:
2Tim 4:1-22 Paul’s charge to Timothy and final greetings
Jude 1:1-25 Warnings to the Church about false doctrine and teachers c.66 AD
1Peter 1:1-25 Hope and Holiness
1Peter 2:1-25 Living stones and submission
Total verses for today = 97
Readings for Dec 21:
1Peter 3:1-22 Mutual honour and submission in marriage; suffering for doing good
1Peter 4:1-19 Living for God, even if it brings trials and suffering
1Peter 5:1-14 Mutual submission and final greetings
2Peter 1:1-21 Making our calling and election sure
2Peter 2:1-22 Warnings about false teachers
Total verses for today = 98
Readings for Dec 22:
2Peter 3:1-18 Living in the light of the Day of the Lord
Heb 1:1-14 The Supremacy of Christ
Heb 2:1-18 The Devil defeated through the sufferings of Christ
Heb 3:1-19 Warning against unbelief
Heb 4:1-13 Warning about not entering the rest that is prepared for us
Heb 4:14-16 Our great High Priest
Heb 5:1-14 After the order of Melchizedek
Total verses for today = 99
Readings for Dec 23:
Heb 6:1-20 Let us press on to maturity
Heb 7:1-28 Now consider how great this man was (Melchizedek) and how much greater Jesus is!
Heb 8:1-13 Our High Priest and the New Covenant
Heb 9:1-28 Tabernacle and New Covenant worship contrasted
Total verses for today = 89
Readings for Dec 24:
Heb 10:1-39 Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice! Access to the Holiest of all is open! So don’t fall back to the old ways of Judaism
Heb 11:1-40 Heroes of faith!
Total verses for today = 79
Readings for Dec 25:
Heb 12:1-29 Follow their example, and the example of Jesus
Heb 13:1-25 Concluding instructions
1John 1:1-10 God is Light; God is Love; the Word (Jesus) is real! c.90 AD
Total verses for today = 64
Readings for Dec 26:
1John 2:1-29 Tests of love and warnings of antichrists
1John 3:1-24 Children of God love one another!
1John 4:1-21 Testing the spirits, and testing our own love for God and others
1John 5:1-21 What we know, and how we know it
Total verses for today = 95
Readings for Dec 27:
2John 1:1-13 Show discretion but also love
3John 1:1-14 Guidelines for hospitality
Rev 1:1-20 The revelation of Christ in His glorious Priesthood, examining the Seven Churches
Rev 2:1-29 The Seven Churches tested, warned and rewarded
Total verses for today = 76
Readings for Dec 28:
Rev 3:1-22 The Seven Churches tested, warned and rewarded
Rev 4:1-11 The Throne of God
Rev 5:1-14 The Lamb upon the Throne with the seven-sealed scroll
Rev 6:1-17 The first 6 Seals broken
Rev 7:1-17 The 144,000 and the great multitude
Rev 8:1-5 The 7th Seal broken, leading into the Seven Trumpets
Rev 8:6-13 The first four trumpets are sounded
Total verses for today = 94
Readings for Dec 29:
Rev 9:1-21 The fifth and sixth are sounded introducing the Three Woes
Rev 10:1-11 The Angel and the Little Scroll
Rev 11:1-14 The Two Witnesses
Rev 11:15-19 The Seventh Trumpet – a preview of The End (but we’re not there yet!)
Rev 12:1-17 The Woman, the Man-Child and the Dragon
Rev 13:1-18 The Two Beasts representing the two aspects of AntiChrist – political rule and religious domination
Total verses for today = 86
Readings for Dec 30:
Rev 14:1-13 The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion, and a final call to mankind to repent and fear God
Rev 14:14-20 The Harvest of the Earth
Rev 15:1-8 The Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues announcing God’s final victory
Rev 16:1-21 The Seven plagues are poured out of the bowls resulting in Armageddon
Rev 17:1-6 The true character of the religious world controlling the political world
Rev 17:7-18 A look back to the demise of the religious world at the hands of the political world
Rev 18:1-24 The grief of the commercial world
Total verses for today = 91
Readings for Dec 31:
Rev 19:1-16 The Triumph of the Spiritual World
Rev 19:17-21 The demise of the Two Beasts
Rev 20:1-3 The binding of Satan (he’s got one last job to do after the 1000 years)
Rev 20:4-6 The resurrection and rule of the Saints
Rev 20:7-15 The Final Rebellion the ultimate demise of Satan
Rev 21:1-27 The New Heavens and the New Earth – job done!
Rev 22:1-21 Behold, I am coming soon. Amen! Even so, come Lord Jesus!
Total verses for today = 84