A few years ago I was turned on to an excellent little plan for reading through the New Testament in a year. You read one chapter a day, every Monday through Friday, and you’ll be done with Revelation with a couple of days to spare. I have created a chart to help you keep track through the year. Download it below.
If you want to add the Old Testament to your plan, as I intend to, read four chapters every weekday and you’ll finish with time to spare (three chapters a day if you don’t take weekends off).
Scripture has the unique quality of being that which is God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16). Jesus Himself appealed to the Scriptures in the wilderness: “Man doesn’t live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4). Set the tone for your 2009 by resolving to read God’s Word. Oh, and happy new year!
I’m just cheating and using a new “One Year Chronological Bible.” It’s already labeled with the dates and that way I can know how far behind I am… as in currently about 5 days! oops…
I use a reading plan very similar. I read one new testament chapter each weekday, Monday through Friday. Two old testament chapters every day, but three on Saturdays, and three Psalms each Sunday. There’s minor formatting fixes here and there (for instance, in years with 261 weekdays, you split Luke 1 at the 38th verse), to make it fit EXACTLY into the year, but it finishes the entire Bible in exactly one year. I often print it out and give it to friends, a few of whom use it for daily Bible reading.