One thing that I find helpful for my own discipline is to plan out my Bible reading for the upcoming year. Like many, I have worked through a variety of different kinds of plans.
For 2025-2026, I am planning to work through a plan that will take me through the New Testament twice (once per year) and the Old Testament once (half each year). This will allow me to complete the plan by reading 2 chapters of Scripture daily, or to take weekends off by reading 3 chapters most weekdays.
If you are interested in the plan, here it is in a downloadable format. This file shows each week’s reading for the next year.
To read daily, during weekdays, read a single chapter from the New Testament and one from the first Old Testament section. Then, on the weekend, read 2 chapters per day from the second Old Testament selection.
To have weekends off, Read a chapter from each section Monday through Thursday and a chapter from the New Testament and first Old Testament section on Friday.
If this is at all confusing, let me show you what my first two weeks would look like using each strategy.
Daily Plan:
1/6/25: Mark 1; Gen 1
1/7/25: Mark 2; Gen 2
1/8/25: Mark 3; Gen 3
1/9/25: Mark 4; Gen 4
1/10/25: Mark 5; Gen 5
1/11/25: Isa 1; Isa 2
1/12/25: Isa 3; Isa 4
1/13/25: Mark 6; Gen 6
1/14/25: Mark 7; Gen 7
1/15/25: Mark 8; Gen 8
1/16/25: Mark 9; Gen 9
1/17/25: Mark 10; Gen 10
1/18/25: Isa 5; Isa 6
1/19/25: Isa 7; Isa 8
Or, keeping weekends free, the readings look like this:
1/6/25: Mark 1; Gen 1; Isa 1
1/7/25: Mark 2; Gen 2; Isa 2
1/8/25: Mark 3; Gen 3; Isa 3
1/9/25: Mark 4; Gen 4; Isa 4
1/10/25: Mark 5; Gen 5
1/11/25:
1/12/25:
1/13/25: Mark 6; Gen 6; Isa 5
1/14/25: Mark 7; Gen 7; Isa 6
1/15/25: Mark 8; Gen 8; Isa 7
1/16/25: Mark 9; Gen 9; Isa 8
1/17/25: Mark 10; Gen 10
1/18/25:
1/19/25: