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THE READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A

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Many people would like to read through the Bible in a year—but we know, from personal experience, that can be a real challenge. That’s why we created The Read Through the Bible in a Year Planner—to give you the encouragement you need as you begin this life-changing journey. This planner offers both inspiration and practical space for organizing every day of your 2027.

In addition to daily scripture readings for every day of the year—an Old Testament, New Testament, and a Psalms or Proverbs passage—this planner also features 365 challenging and encouraging devotional thoughts, each highlighting a particular Bible verse from that day’s scripture selection.

Each day’s reading should take 15 to 30 minutes to complete. If you stay with it, you’ll soon be able to say, “I read through the Bible in a year!”—and you’ll undoubtedly find your life changed by the great promises of God’s Word.

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Friday, January 1

New Year’s Day

GENESIS 1–2; MATTHEW 1; PSALM 1

And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

G enesis 1:31

In this first reading of the year, we get a glimpse into the beautiful story that is woven throughout scripture. Genesis 1 speaks of the perfect world that God created. Psalm 1 is written in a fallen world that is marred by sin where we must actively avoid wickedness and seek purity. Matthew 1 is the beginning of God redeeming His people by sending His Son as one of us. Christ’s very lineage is strewn with the aroma of redemption. His ancestors include such redeemed sinners as the harlot Rahab, the incestuous Judah and Tamar, the pagan Ruth, and the adulterous David and Bathsheba. God makes it no secret that His business is to redeem sinners and to show His power through the unlikely and the weak.

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GENESIS 3–4; MATTHEW 2; PSALM 2

“Yet have I set My King on My holy hill of Zion.” I will declare the decree: “The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son; this day I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I shall give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the farthest parts of the earth as Your possession.’ ”

P salm 2:6–8

Genesis 3 presents a grim outlook on the future of humanity. But even in the midst of this chaos, God assures the serpent that one will come to wage war against him. Then in Psalm 2 an anointed King is proclaimed as ruler over all the earth. And finally in Matthew, we catch a glimpse of this King. Though He was still a young child, the magi recognized Him as the King who was anointed to reign over the nations. A beautiful story of redemption begins to unfold.

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GENESIS 5–7; MATTHEW 3; PSALM 3

And saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

m atthew 3:2

The holiness of God is vividly and frighteningly displayed in the account of the Flood. Tragically, God in His holiness could not look on the degradation and sin being practiced by those He had created. The God we serve today is just as holy and just as incensed by sin, but mercifully, we have been saved from His just wrath through the sacrifice of Christ. Repent of your sins, and rest in the knowledge of your forgiveness through Christ.

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Monday, January 4

GENESIS 8–10; MATTHEW 4; PSALM 4

I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for You alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. P salm 4:8

No amount of money, prestige, or security measures can make you truly safe. It is only in Christ that you can find genuine rest knowing that you are cared for and loved by the ruler of the universe. Your heavenly Father has secured your future—an eternity with Him. So sleep peacefully, knowing that nothing can touch you outside of His will. God is faithful to His Word and dearly loves His children.

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You shall hear my voice in the morning, O Lord. In the morning I will direct my prayer to You and will look up.

P salm 5:3

Just like David, pray with confidence that God will hear you, and then eagerly watch for His answer. Start your day off in conversation with your Father. To actively enter into His presence in the morning will make you more aware of Him the rest of the day. Pray for the small things and the big things, knowing that not only will God listen to you, but He will also act on your behalf.

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Wednesday, January 6

GENESIS 14–16; MATTHEW 5:21–48; PSALM 6

And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness.

G enesis 15:5–6

Do you have faith like Abraham, who believed God that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars of heaven when at the time he had no children? His wife was past the age of childbearing, and they certainly would have been past the point of hoping for such a miracle. He had no earthly evidence that would have made him think that he could have innumerable descendants. But his faith in God caused him to disregard earthly circumstances in favor of heavenly promises.

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The Lord said to Abraham. . . . “Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

G enesis 18:12–14

How often do you fail to take God’s promises seriously? Maybe you feel you’re not worthy. Maybe deep down you just don’t think that God cares enough to keep His promises to you. Or maybe your doubt lies in a lack of faith in His power—that perhaps He can’t actually do what He says. Fortunately, our lack of faith does not affect God’s faithfulness. God will always keep His promises, whether or not we initially believe it. He will prove Himself to you as He did to Sarah.

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Friday, January 8

GENESIS 19–20; MATTHEW 6:19–34; PSALM 8

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him? And the son of man that You care about him?

P salm 8:3–4

How would it affect your life if you truly understood how important you are to God? God perfectly cares for everything He has created, including sparrows and wildflowers (Matthew 6:26–30). As His child and image bearer, you are much more important to Him than flowers and birds. He, the Creator of every star in the sky, is mindful of you! You can trust that you have and will have all that you need under His protection.

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And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering.” So both of them went together.

G enesis 22:8

God spared Isaac, Abraham’s son, and blessed Abraham for having the faith to trust God even in the most confusing and heartbreaking of circumstances. God did not spare His own Son and yet blessed us based on no merit of our own. God did indeed provide the sacrificial Lamb. We have every reason to trust God as Abraham did. He’s more than proven Himself.

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GENESIS 24; MATTHEW 7:12–29; PSALM 9:9–20

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

P salm 9:10

Take time to think back over the faithfulness of God in your life. Remember those times when even in the midst of your doubt or fear He showed Himself to you in powerful and visible ways. If you truly know the character and person of God, you will unequivocally, without hesitation put your trust in Him because you know without a shadow of a doubt that He has never and will never forsake you.

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And behold, a leper came and worshipped Him, saying, “Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.”

m atthew 8:2

May we have the same attitude as the leper—coming to God with nothing left to give, bowing before Him in full reliance that He is powerful enough to give us strength and make us well. This leper understood that the healing of his infirmity relied completely on the grace of God. Knowing that God could heal him, he didn’t demand Him to, beg Him to, or even argue with Him about why He should. Instead, he worshipped Christ by humbly acknowledging His power both to heal and to decide whether to heal. Sometimes we doubt God’s power simply because He chooses not to display it in the way we wish He would. If only we would approach every prayer with the same humble and worshipful stance as the leper.

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Tuesday, January 12

GENESIS 27:1–28:9; MATTHEW 8:18–34; PSALM 10:12–18

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no longer oppress.

P salm 10:18

When the darkness and insidious evil of the world seem so powerful, it is imperative that you remember that the one who calmed the wind and the waves is still the ruler of this earth. He will one day vanquish evil for all eternity. He will judge the earth so that man may no longer oppress His image bearers. He will make all things right. You must hold fast to this truth so you won’t lose hope.

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GENESIS 28:10–29:35; MATTHEW 9; PSALM 11

But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her, He said, “Daughter, be of good comfort; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.

m atthew 9:22

Scripture is laden with stories of the compassion of God. Just in today’s reading we see that He loves the unloved (Leah), He sees those who feel invisible (the woman with the hemorrhage), He invites the outcasts in (the sinners and tax collectors), and He heals the sick and needy (the synagogue official’s daughter and the blind men). You serve a compassionate and loving God who does no overlook any of His children. He cares deeply for you.

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Thursday, January 14

GENESIS 30:1–31:21; MATTHEW 10:1–15; PSALM 12

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise,” says the Lord. “I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.”

P salm 12:5

The Lord sees your struggles and hears your groaning. Your prayers do not fall on deaf ears. God will act in His own perfect timing. God will arise to vindicate the injustices done on His people. If you are oppressed or treated unjustly, recognize that no matter what people may say about you, you are vindicated and justified by the ultimate judge. Doesn’t your standing before Him matter infinitely more than your status here on earth?

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But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me.

P salm 13:5–6

Although Jacob’s prayer in Genesis 32 was probably inspired more by fear than faith, we can emulate him in that he called to mind God’s promises. When you’re faced with a scary situation, remember the promises that God has made to you and pray them back to Him. Although He certainly doesn’t need to be reminded of the promises He has made, it will bless you to be reminded of them.

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Saturday, January 16

GENESIS 32:22–34:31; MATTHEW 10:37–11:6; PSALM 14

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

G enesis 32:30

It is essential that you remember the times in your life when God has shown Himself to you in special or significant ways. Unlike Jacob, you probably don’t have a permanent limp to constantly remind you of your encounter with God. But nevertheless, it is important to remember and celebrate God’s faithfulness so that in times of trial, when it can be easy to doubt God, you have something concrete to look back on to remind you of how He always cares for you.

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Lord, who shall abide in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill? . . . He who does these things shall never be moved.

P salm 15:1, 5

Psalm 15 gives a list of attributes of one who would be worthy to dwell with God. It concludes in asserting that the one who does these things will never be shaken. This is not to say that struggles and heartbreaks will not reach the righteous. But when you dwell with God, the struggles of this world will be insignificant compared to the beauty and glory of your God. Someone who is anchored to an immovable rock is hard to shake.

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Monday, January 18

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

GENESIS 37–38; MATTHEW 11:25–30; PSALM 16

You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

P salm 16:11

God will show you the path of life. Put Him before you in every decision of your life. If the decision seems too daunting, simply ask Him to reveal the next right step. Make your most urgent desire be to serve Him. You will find that He will guide, protect, and preserve you. The more closely you bind yourself to Him, the more clearly you will experience the fullness of joy available in His spresence. He desires to give you pleasures forevermore.

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Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.

P salm 17:8

You instinctively protect your eyes from harm. When startled, you blink. If something comes flying suddenly in your direction, you immediately shield your face. The apple of your eye is valuable; therefore you protect it. God’s children are like the apple of His eye—something precious that He has taken great pains to protect. He will never fail or cease to protect you. Rest securely in the shadow of His wings.

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Wednesday, January 20

GENESIS 41; MATTHEW 12:30–50; PSALM 18:1–15

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

G enesis 41:16

When you are honored and glorified on earth, use it as an opportunity to turn the eyes of those praising you to God. May everything that you do on earth be to His glory, for then you will be fulfilling your purpose in this life. True humility is recognizing that your achievements are owed to God and to what others have done to get you where you are. So direct the praise to God and to others—that’s where it belongs.

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