Reading Assignment for January 2nd - 8th

Proverbs 1-7
Matthew 1-5
I Samuel 1-5

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2011 and welcome to Read and Heed The Word, the weekly Bible reading forum for Calvary Chapel Southwest Metro in Burleson, Texas. We are glad to have you with us!

It is my hope that as we read God's word together this year that you will be blessed by sharing the experience together. As we begin this second year of reading I would like to encourage you to divide the weekly assignments into manageable daily assignments. The reading assignments will continue to be broken down into three separate sections each week.

Section 1 includes Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. We will be starting in Proverbs this month and working our way back around through Psalms. There will be seven chapters a week in this section and I recommend reading one per day as part of your morning devotions and prayer time.

Section 2 is the New Testament and Section 3 the Old Testament. We will have five chapters of each starting with Matthew in the New Testament and I Samuel in the Old. These can be done all at once on one day of the week, or spread out throughout the week as best fits your schedule.

Another valuable part of this reading plan is the interaction that is available on the blog site. Each week I will try to include a devotional thought or two and invite your comments and questions. Last year we did not take full advantage of this function of the blog but I hope that this year it will prove to be a more meaningful part of the over all experience. Don't worry about trying to be profound, just be willing to share about what the Lord is revealing to you as you read His word this year, it is sure to be a blessing to us all! I'm looking forward to seeing how the Lord uses this in each of our lives as we seek to read and heed His word together!