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:   1 Samuel 19-20, Luke 19:1–27, Psalm 55:1–4, Proverbs 12:1-2      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   True Friends I sometimes wonder how David kept his sanity. He was a man after God's heart, but throughout his life, he had one person after another coming after him for no good reason. Saul, consumed with jealousy, sought to destroy David. He tried to kill ...

   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:   1 Samuel 17-18, Luke 18:31–43, Psalm 54, Proverbs 11:29-31      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Arm's Length Ministry Z accheus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he... It's one of the stories that we church kids heard in Sunday School, about the little guy who climbed the tree to see Jesus. As is often the case, our familiarity with stories like thi...

   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:   1 Samuel 15-16, Luke 18:1-30, Psalm 53, Proverbs 11:27-29      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Prayer-ables In Luke 18:1-14, Jesus tells two "prayer-ables." Sorry, is that too corny? Okay, parables about prayer? These stories remind us of some important lessons about prayer. The first parable, in verses 1-8, tells the story of a hardhearted judge who neither fea...

   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:   1 Samuel 13-14, Luke 17:20–37, Psalm 52, Proverbs 11:25-26      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   No Thought to God In Luke 17:20, the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was going to commence. Of course, they shared the common belief that the kingdom of God was the resurrection and expansion of the Old Testament Jewish theocracy. They were looking to fi...

   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:   1 Samuel 11-12, Luke 17:1–19, Psalm 51:15–19, Proverbs 11:23-24      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Nine? Or One? In one of the better-known stories of the life of Jesus, one that we tell our children often, Luke 17:11-19 records the story of Jesus healing ten lepers. Each of them returns to their lives rejoicing in the fact that they are no longer ex...

   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:   1 Samuel 9-10, Luke 16, Psalm 51:8–14, Proverbs 11:21-22        Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Anointed Failure I remember eavesdropping on a conversation between my dad and another pastor in which they were discussing how churches find pastors. Among Baptists, the church chooses its own leader, forms a search committee, fields resumes, examines recommenda...

   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:   1 Samuel 7-8, Luke 15:11–32, Psalm 51:1–7, Proverbs 11:19-20      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Against You Only "You are the man." That is what Nathan said to David when he confronted him over his adultery with Bathsheba and his arranging of her husband Uriah's death. And following all this serious sin, David even became self-righteous in his condemnation of ...

   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:   1 Samuel 5-6, Luke 15:1–10, Psalm 50:18–23, Proverbs 11:17-18      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Don't Mess with God It was a time of tragedy and sadness in Israel, but it is a glorious, even hilarious story - one of those grand moments in Scripture in which Yahweh's superiority is clearly demonstrated. Unless, of course, you are a Philistine - then you won't ...

   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:   1 Samuel 3-4, Luke 14:12–35, Psalm 50:11–17, Proverbs 11:15-1 6      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Faith, NOT Magic Israel couldn't figure it out. The Philistines had defeated them soundly in battle. Where was God? Why was he not delivering his people and defeating their enemies? Why had God failed them? So, they came up with a plan; one that would bring them ...

   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:   1 Samuel 1-2, Luke 13:22–14:11, Psalm 50:4–10, Proverbs 11:13-14      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   A Mother's Power It was one of the true low points in Israel's history, the end of the period of the Judges. Depravity, violence, immorality, and perversion abounded in the land, and there seemed to be no hope that things would get better. The moral spiral ...

   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:   Ruth 3-4, Luke 13:1–21, Psalm 50:1–3, Proverbs 11:11-12      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   The Kingdom Way  "If just one person is reached through our efforts, then it was all worth it!"  Ever heard that chestnut? When churches put on huge, expensive, man-hour intensive Christmas or Easter productions, when we pour massive amounts of work into projec...

   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:   Ruth 1-2, Luke 12:35–59, Psalm 49:11–20, Proverbs 11:9-10      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Jesus, the Divide If you listen to the popular wisdom of the day, Jesus came to earth to gather everyone into one big, giant group hug. He (to borrow a political term) a "uniter, not a divider." Anything that brings us together must be pleasing to Jesus and anything th...

   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:   Judges 19-21, Luke 12:22–34, Psalm 49:1–10, Proverbs 11:7-8      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Wasteful Worrying There are few commandments of Scripture that I violate more regularly than Luke 12:22. Therefore I tell you, don't worry about your life. Jesus is talking specifically here about the basic needs of life - food, clothing, shelter. But the principle g...

   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:   Judges 17-18, Luke 12:1–21, Psalm 48:11–14, Proverbs 11:5-6      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Rich and Foolish Jesus, in Luke 12:15, issued a warning that is perhaps more needed today than it was at the moment he gave it. “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.” Life is about a lot more than ...