Thursday, April 24, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 18 Key Verse Revelation 18:13 — “And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.” Devotional Thought In Revelation 18, John watches a single … Read more
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 17 Key Verse Revelation 17:10 — “And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.” Devotional Thought John is carried in the Spirit into a wilderness, and … Read more
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 16 Secondary Reading: Psalms 47 Key Verse Revelation 16:11 — “And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.” Devotional Thought The temple in heaven falls silent no longer. A great voice issues from between the … Read more
Monday, April 21, 2025 Scripture Readings Devotional Thought The reading plan rests today, and so do we — but the Bible does not. On this Monday after Easter, when the chocolate is half gone and the lilies are just beginning to droop, the lectionary gives us no assigned passage, no psalm portion, no chapter to … Read more
Sunday, April 20, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 15 Secondary Reading: Psalms 46 Key Verse Revelation 15:5 — “And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:” Devotional Thought John’s vision now brings us to a threshold. The seven angels emerge from the temple … Read more
Saturday, April 19, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 14 Key Verse Revelation 14:11 — “And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” Devotional Thought John’s vision in … Read more
Friday, April 18, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 13 Secondary Reading: Psalms 45 Key Verse Revelation 13:10 — “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” Devotional Thought John stands on … Read more
Thursday, April 17, 2025 Scripture Readings Devotional Thought The reading plan rests today in the hollow between Holy Week and Easter — a gap the lectionary itself keeps, because the Gospels keep it too. On Thursday evening Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, instituted the Supper, and prayed in Gethsemane until the sweat fell like blood. … Read more
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 12 Key Verse Revelation 12:9 — “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Devotional Thought Revelation 12 pulls … Read more
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 11 Secondary Reading: Psalms 44 Key Verse Revelation 11:10 — “And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.” Devotional Thought The measuring … Read more
Monday, April 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Devotional Thought The page is blank. There is no passage appointed for today, no psalm to sing, no narrative to trace, no epistle to weigh. And that very blankness is, perhaps, the most honest thing a reading plan can offer us—because it is an admission that Scripture reading is … Read more
Sunday, April 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 10 Secondary Reading: Psalms 43 Key Verse Revelation 10:6 — “And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are … Read more