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Read Through the Bible October Old Testament / Psalms Wed 1 Isa. 49-51 / Ps. 52-53 Thu 2 Isa. 52-53 / Ps. 54 Fri 3 Isa. 54-55 / Ps. 55 Sat 4 Isa. 56-57 / Ps. 56 Sun 5 Isa. 58-59 / Ps. 57 Mon 6 Isa. 60-61 / Ps. 58 Tue 7 Isa. 62-63 / Ps. 59 Wed 8 Isa. 64-66 / Ps. 60-61 Thu 9 Jer. 1-2 / Ps. 62 Fri 10 Jer. 3-4 / Ps. 63 Sat 11 Jer. 5-6 / Ps. 64 Sun 12 Jer. 7-8 / Ps. 65 Mon 13 Jer. 9-10 / Ps. 66 Tue 14 Jer. 11-12 / Ps. 67 Wed 15 Jer. 13-15 / Ps. 68-69 Thu 16 /Jer. 16-17 / Ps. 70 Fri 17 Jer. 18-19 / Ps. 71 Sat 18 Jer. 20-21 / Ps. 72 Sun 19 Jer. 22-23 / Ps. 73 Mon 20 Jer. 24-25 / Ps. 74 Tue 21 Jer. 26-27 / Ps. 75 Wed 22 Jer. 28-30 / Ps. 76-77 Thu 23 Jer. 31-32 / Ps. 78 Fri 24 Jer. 33-34 / Ps. 79 Sat 25 Jer. 35-36 / Ps. 80 Sun 26 Jer. 37-38 / Ps. 81 Mon 27 Jer. 39-40 / Ps. 82 Tue 28 Jer. 41-42 / Ps. 83 Wed 29 Jer. 43-45 / Ps. 84-85 Thu 30 Jer. 46-47 / Ps. 86 Fri 31 Jer. 48-49 / Ps. 87 “Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan” written by Marilyn Hickey, and used by permission. ***article continues from page 5 *************** The answer is simple: Jesus asked him to do it. He showed Paul, before he ever went into ministry, the things he would suffer for Jesus, and Paul agreed. (See Acts 9:16.) He willingly took on the assignment of proving the New Covenant would work, not just in church services and places that are full of the light and presence of God, but out there in the places of deepest darkness, places absolutely steeped in sin. It’s interesting, really, that Paul was chosen for this assignment. He hadn’t experienced what the other apostles had in his day. He hadn’t known Jesus in the flesh and watched Him minister for three and a half years. His intimacy with The LORD had to come through The WORD and by revelation. Yet, he was the one called to write most of the New Testament—and he had to do it on the spiritual battlefield, in the heat of battle. It’s no wonder Paul had such a clear revelation of the armor of God and the rank and file of satan’s forces. He had to put on that armor and face those demonic forces every day. That’s why he was able to write in Ephesians 6:12-13: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Paul also had to contend with more condemnation than anyone else in his day. He had to live with the knowledge that before he was saved he had killed Christians. He had persecuted Jesus personally. There was nothing easy about getting over the guilt he felt about those things. But he did it anyway. He put his faith in the blood of Jesus, and believed God meant it when He said, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins” (Isaiah 43:25). Years ago when I was just a baby Christian, I was reading the Bible one day and I came across 2 Corinthians 7:2 where Paul said, “Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.” Initially that statement shocked me. Now wait a minute! I thought. How could Paul say he hadn’t defrauded any man? When he was a Pharisee imprisoning Christians, he took lying letters into their midst, pretending he was one of them, and then turned on them. Doesn’t that qualify as fraud? Without thinking it through any further, I pointed to the verse and cried out, “Oh God! I’ve caught this man in a lie!” I knew right away I’d said the wrong thing. I wanted to take it back the minute it came out of my mouth. But now I’m glad I said it because what happened next marked my thinking forever. The Spirit of God spoke to me with such force that it jerked me up out of my seat and sent my Bible flying. 'You watch who you call a liar!' He said. 'The man you’re talking about died on the road to Damascus!' 6 : BVOV

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