Dave Miller's 2025 Bible Reading Challenge

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Numbers 5-7, Mark 5:1–20, Psalm 29:1–7, Proverbs 7:1-5      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  Free Today's reading from Mark 5 is one of the most common stories I have told in my trips to Senegal, visiting with people in Bayot and Essing villages. It was the one I was able to learn the best and I have told it over and over again, because it asserts that our Lord is ...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Numbers 1-4, Mark 4:21–41, Psalm 28:4–9, Proverbs 6:34-35      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   My Strength and Shield Two things come to mind when you consider the life of David, the Psalmist. First, from the moment he was accosted by and anointed by Samuel to be the King of Israel, his life was difficult. Later he was the cause of some of his own probl...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 26-27, Mark 4:1–20, Psalm 28:1–3, Proverbs 6:32-33      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Blessings and Curses There is little doubt about what Leviticus 26 meant to the Israelites; it is about as plain as it gets. God called his people to put him first and to honor him with their lives (verses 1-2). He then set forth a series of blessings that would...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 24-25, Mark 3:13–35, Psalm 27:5–14, Proverbs 6:30-31        Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   My Pardonable Sin "Pastor, I think I may have committed an unpardonable sin."  Pastors have heard that fear expressed repeatedly since, I suppose, the Scriptures were first written. This passage (Mark 3:22-30) articulates something fearful, something aw...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 22-23, Mark 3:1–12, Psalm 27:1–4, Proverbs 6:25-29      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Take Time to Be Holy Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God's children, help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek . The old hymn makes a pretty good point, doesn't it? We...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 20-21, Mark 2, Psalm 26:4–12, Proverbs 6:23-24      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Friend of Sinners The Pharisees were inflated with (self) righteous indignation at the shocking behavior of Jesus of Nazareth. They could not deny that he taught with an authority and power that they seemed to lack and that made them angry. And there was no den...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 18-19, Mark 1:21–45, Psalm 26:1–3, Proverbs 6:20-2 2      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Because I AM “ Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy." Leviticus 19:2 This statement, repeated several times throughout the book, is the theme of Leviticus. It's not ...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 16-17, Mark 1:1–20, Psalm 25:13–22, Proverbs 6:16-19      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   What God Hates There are six things that the Lord hate s,      seven that are an abomination to him :  Proverbs 6:16 I'm sorry, I must have read that wrong. Surely the God of the Bible does not hate anything or anyone. How could a...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 14-15, Matthew 28, Psalm 25:6–12, Proverbs 6:12-15      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Who Cares about Mildew? Leviticus is the reason that we read the Bible the way we do! A lot of people start out to read through God's word and get stuck. If they survive the later chapters of Exodus with the myriad details of the Tabernacle they wilt reading the chap...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 12-13, Matthew 27:45–66, Psalm 25:1–5, Proverbs 6:9-11      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   The Darkest Day The land was dark, a darkness that settled in and did not go away for hours on end. This was no ordinary darkness. It wasn't nighttime; it was noon, one, two, three. There was no eclipse or severe cloud cover. This was a divine...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 10-11, Matthew 27:15–44, Psalm 24, Proverbs 6:6-8      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   I Am Barabbas The story of the crucifixion of Christ is disgusting, sorrowful, enrapturing, and transformational, all at once. But it is sometimes hard to find my place in the story. I've had my moments where I cowered as Peter did, afraid of the consequences of stand...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 8-9, Matthew 27:1–14, Psalm 23, Proverbs 6:1-5      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Acceptable Sacrifice The Law specified the intricate and complicated system of sacrifices. We've been reading through these over the last three days, and if you are honest, you might admit it's not the most riveting reading the Bible offers. But it is important...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Leviticus 4-7, Matthew 26:47–75, Psalm 22:28–31, Proverbs 5:22-23      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   A Tale of Four Men Matthew 26:47-75 records the story of the night before Jesus' death. This was the turning point of history and the moment that all of God's work in this world had pointed to since the foundation of the world. As always, God used men to accompl...