In 2019, we’ll provide a monthly reading plan centered around our blog theme for 2019: This Is Discipleship. We wanted to go ahead and provide the October reading plan for those of you that like to print it out and have it ready for the first day of the month!
Prioritizing—we all do it. We decide on a daily, sometimes hourly basis, levels of priority for many things in our lives. Work tasks, children’s needs, our to-do lists, school work. We take our list and perform triage—which of these things is urgent, high priority? Which of them can wait a minute? Which of them can drop off the list completely?
Your prioritization often comes from your ultimate goal. If you want to get in shape, you may prioritize exercise. If your goal is to meet a deadline, you might prioritize that specific task. The point is that we naturally determine that some things are more important for right now than other things.
When it comes to the life of a disciple, it’s no different. We are to have priorities. Before you start thinking of Sunday School answers—going to church, praying, reading your Bible—let’s think about the goal of being a disciple. The goal of being a disciple is to grow in Christlikeness. We can certainly do that by going to church, praying, and reading the Bible. In fact, that is exactly how we learn to grow to be more like Christ.
In the Bible, we see example after example of God teaching His children how to prioritize Him. We are told to obey, to follow His commands, to put on the fruit of the Spirit we read about last month, and to share the gospel with others. Above all, though, we are told about God in the Bible. In order to look more like Him, we have to know who He is. Our top priority is to reflect His priorities.
This month, we’ll read passages of Scripture that teach us what to prioritize, as well as show us the character of God. As we grow in our Christlikeness, our priorities will begin to conform more and more to His.
Here is your reading plan for the month of October:
October 1 – Exodus 20:1-17
October 2 – Deuteronomy 4
October 3 – Deuteronomy 10
October 4 – Proverbs 8
October 7 – Ecclesiastes 1
October 8 – Ecclesiastes 11–12
October 9 – Isaiah 1
October 10 – Micah 6:1-8
October 11 – Haggai 1
October 14 – Matthew 4:1-17
October 15 – Matthew 6:25-34
October 16 – Matthew 22:34–23:39
October 17 – Matthew 24
October 18 – Matthew 25:1-30
October 21 – Luke 10:25-37
October 22 – Luke 15
October 23 – Luke 16:14–17:10
October 24 – John 1:1-18
October 25 – Romans 10:1-18
October 28 – Romans 13
October 29 – 1 Corinthians 13
October 30 – Colossians 3:1-17
October 31 – 2 Peter 1:1-15
Click below to download a PDF version of the October reading plan:
We’d also love to hear what you’re learning as we read through His Word together. Share on social media with the hashtag #KnowHisWord19, so we can learn together! We’ve also included an image below, featuring a verse we’ll read this month, perfect for Instagram.
