Daily Lectionary

Daily Lectionary

This outline is a devotional reading plan that covers the entire Sacred Scriptures each year. The selections are based on ancient models and are generally in harmony with the liturgical church year. The average reading is three chapters daily. A seasonal can-ticle is assigned for each month and is scheduled to replace the psalm on the first and last days of the month. All of the psalms are read twice a year. The lectionary is in accordance with Martin Luther’s suggestions: “But let the entire Psalter, divided in parts, remain in use and the entire Scriptures, divided into lections, let this be preserved in the ears of the church.” Also: “After that another book should be se-lected, and so on, until the entire Bible has been read through, and where one does not understand it, pass that by and glorify God.”

Page 295, Lutheran Worship Concordia Publishing House

Those participating in the Daily Lectionary are encouraged to be part of Bethany’s Small Group ministry. An emphasis of these small groups will not only be to discuss the Scripture that we have read, but also to devote ourselves to good works together. Chris-tians sometimes forget that our “devotional lives,” according to Paul, should not only include studying God’s Word (an absolute necessity), but also good works that are just as important. These good works in small groups could be anything that is profitable for others such as: making quilts for Lutheran World Relief, host-ing a meal for Family Promise, volunteering at a charity 5K race, giving rides to health care appointments, or picking up trash in God’s creation. The possibilities are limitless and I’ll be excited to see what good works God’s people find themselves being moti-vated to do by God’s Word!

T Pastor Erickson

December 1 Luke 1:46-55 & Revelation 1-2 2 Psalm 1 & Revelation 3-5 3 Psalm 2 & Revelation 6-8 4 Psalm 3 & Revelation 9-11 5 Psalm 4 & Revelation 12-14 6 Psalm 5 & Revelation 15-17 7 Psalm 6 & Revelation 18-20 8 Psalm 7 & Revelation 21-22 9 Psalm 8 & Isaiah 1-3 10 Psalm 9 & Isaiah 4-6 11 Psalm 10 & Isaiah 7-9 12 Psalm 11 & Isaiah 10-12 13 Psalm 12 & Isaiah 13-15 14 Psalm 13 & Isaiah 16-18 15 Psalm 14 & Isaiah 19-21 16 Psalm 15 & Isaiah 22-24 17 Psalm 16 & Isaiah 25-27 18 Psalm 17 & Isaiah 28-30 19 Psalm 18 & Isaiah 31-33 20 Psalm 19 & Isaiah 34-36 21 Psalm 20 & Isaiah 37-39 22 Psalm 21 & Isaiah 40-42 23 Psalm 22 & Isaiah 43-45 24 Psalm 23 & Isaiah 46-48 25 Psalm 24 & Isaiah 49-51 26 Psalm 25 & Isaiah 52-54 27 Psalm 26 & Isaiah 55-57 28 Psalm 27 & Isaiah 58-60 29 Psalm 28 & Isaiah 61-63 30 Psalm 29 & Isaiah 64-66 31 Luke 1:46-55 & Mark 1

Good works God’s Word motivates me to do:

January 1 Luke 1:68-79 & Mark 2 2 Psalm 30 & Mark 3 3 Psalm 31 & Mark 4 4 Psalm 32 & Mark 5 5 Psalm 33 & Mark 6 6 Psalm 34 & Mark 7 7 Psalm 35 & Mark 8 8 Psalm 36 & Mark 9 9 Psalm 37 & Mark 10 10 Psalm 38 & Mark 11 11 Psalm 39 & Mark 12 12 Psalm 40 & Mark 13 13 Psalm 41 & Mark 14 14 Psalm 42 & Mark 15-16 15 Psalm 43 & Genesis 1-3 16 Psalm 44 & Genesis 4-6 17 Psalm 45 & Genesis 7-9 18 Psalm 46 & Genesis 10-12 19 Psalm 47 & Genesis 13-15 20 Psalm 48 & Genesis 16-18 21 Psalm 49 & Genesis 19-21 22 Psalm 50 & Genesis 22-24 23 Psalm 51 & Genesis 25-27 24 Psalm 52 & Genesis 28-30 25 Psalm 53 & Genesis 31-33 26 Psalm 54 & Genesis 34-36 27 Psalm 55 & Genesis 37-39 28 Psalm 56 & Genesis 40-42 29 Psalm 57 & Genesis 43-45 30 Psalm 58 & Genesis 46-48 31 Luke 1:68-79 & Genesis 49-50


February 1 Luke 2:29-32 & Exodus 1-3 2 Psalm 59 & Exodus 4-6 3 Psalm 60 & Exodus 7-9 4 Psalm 61 & Exodus 10-12 5 Psalm 62 & Exodus 13-15 6 Psalm 63 & Exodus 16-18 7 Psalm 64 & Exodus 19-21 8 Psalm 65 & Exodus 22-24 9 Psalm 66 & Exodus 25-27 10 Psalm 67 & Exodus 28-30 11 Psalm 68 & Exodus 31-33 12 Psalm 69 & Exodus 34-36 13 Psalm 70 & Exodus 37-38 14 Psalm 71 & Exodus 39-40 15 Psalm 72 & Leviticus 1-3 16 Psalm 73 & Leviticus 4-6 17 Psalm 74 & Leviticus 7-9 18 Psalm 75 & Leviticus 10-12 19 Psalm 76 & Leviticus 13-15 20 Psalm 77 & Leviticus 16-18 21 Psalm 78 & Leviticus 19-21 22 Psalm 79 & Leviticus 22-24 23 Psalm 80 & Leviticus 25-27 24 Psalm 81 & Numbers 1-3 25 Psalm 82 & Numbers 4-6 26 Psalm 83 & Numbers 7-9 27 Psalm 84 & Numbers 10-12 28 Luke 2:29-32 & Numbers 13-15


March 1 Isaiah 64:1-9 & Numbers 16-18 2 Psalm 85 & Numbers 19-21 3 Psalm 86 & Numbers 22-24 4 Psalm 87 & Numbers 25-27 5 Psalm 88 & Numbers 28-30 6 Psalm 89 & Numbers 31-33 7 Psalm 90 & Numbers 34-36 8 Psalm 91 & Deuteronomy 1-3 9 Psalm 92 & Deuteronomy 4-6 10 Psalm 93 & Deuteronomy 7-9 11 Psalm 94 & Deuteronomy 10-12 12 Psalm 95 & Deuteronomy 13-15 13 Psalm 96 & Deuteronomy 16-18 14 Psalm 97 & Deuteronomy 19-21 15 Psalm 98 & Deuteronomy 22-24 16 Psalm 99 & Deuteronomy 25-27 17 Psalm 100 & Deuteronomy 28-30 18 Psalm 101 & Deuteronomy 31-34 19 Psalm 102 & Luke 1 20 Psalm 103 & Luke 2-3 21 Psalm 104 & Luke 4-5 22 Psalm 105 & Luke 6-7 23 Psalm 106 & Luke 8-9 24 Psalm 107 & Luke 10-11 25 Psalm 108 & Luke 12-13 26 Psalm 109 & Luke 14-15 27 Psalm 110 & Luke 16-17 28 Psalm 111 & Luke 18-19 29 Psalm 112 & Luke 20-21 30 Psalm 113 & Luke 22 31 Isaiah 64:1-9 & Luke 23-24


April 1 Isaiah 25:1-9 & Romans 1-3 2 Psalm 114 & Romans 4-6 3 Psalm 115 & Romans 7-9 4 Psalm 116 & Romans 10-13 5 Psalm 117 & Romans 14-16 6 Psalm 118 & 1 Corinthians 1-3 7 Psalm 119:1-8 & 1 Cor. 4-6 8 Psalm 119:9-16 & 1 Cor. 7-9 9 Psalm 119:17-24 & 1 Cor. 10-11 10 Psalm 119:25-32 & 1 Cor. 12-14 11 Psalm 119:33-40 & 1 Cor. 15-16 12 Psalm 119:41-48 & 2 Cor. 1-4 13 Psalm 119:49-56 & 2 Cor. 5-7 14 Psalm 119:57-64 & 2 Cor. 8-10 15 Psalm 119:65-72 & 2 Cor. 11-13 16 Psalm 119:73-80 & Galatians 1-3 17 Psalm 119:81-88 & Galatians 4-6 18 Psalm 119:89-96 & Ephesians 1-3 19 Psalm 119:97-104 & Eph. 4-6 20 Psalm 119:105-112 & Phil. 1-2 21 Psalm 119:113-120 & Phil. 3-4 22 Psalm 119:121-128 & Col. 1-2 23 Psalm 119:129-136 & Col. 3-4 24 Psalm 119:137-144 & 1 Thess. 1-3 25 Psalm 119:145-152 & 1 Thess. 4-5 26 Psalm 119:153-160 & 2 Thess. 1-3 27 Psalm 119:161-168 & 1 Tim. 1-3 28 Psalm 119:169-176 & 1 Tim. 4-6 29 Psalm 120 & 2 Timothy 1-2 30 Isaiah 25:1-9 & 2 Timothy 3-4


May 1 1 Sam. 2:1-10 & Titus & Philemon 2 Psalm 121 & Hebrews 1-4 3 Psalm 122 & Hebrews 5-7 4 Psalm 123 & Hebrews 8-10 5 Psalm 124 & Hebrews 11-13 6 Psalm 125 & James 1-3 7 Psalm 126 & James 4-5 8 Psalm 127 & 1 Peter 1-2 9 Psalm 128 & 1 Peter 3-5 10 Psalm 129 & 2 Peter 11 Psalm 130 & 1 John 1-3 12 Psalm 131 & 1 John 4-5 13 Psalm 132 & 2 John & 3 John & Jude 14 Psalm 133 & John 1-2 15 Psalm 134 & John 3-4 16 Psalm 135 & John 5-6 17 Psalm 136 & John 7-8 18 Psalm 137 & John 9-10 19 Psalm 138 & John 11-12 20 Psalm 139 & John 13-14 21 Psalm 140 & John 15-16 22 Psalm 141 & John 17-18 23 Psalm 142 & John 19 24 Psalm 143 & John 20-21 25 Psalm 144 & Acts 1-2 26 Psalm 145 & Acts 3-4 27 Psalm 146 & Acts 5-6 28 Psalm 147 & Acts 7-8 29 Psalm 148 & Acts 9-10 30 Psalm 149 & Acts 11-12 31 1 Samuel 2:1-10 & Acts 13-14


June 1 Isaiah 12:1-6 & Acts 15-16 2 Psalm 150 & Acts 17-18 3 Psalm 1 & Acts 19-20 4 Psalm 2 & Acts 21-22 5 Psalm 3 & Acts 23-24 6 Psalm 4 & Acts 25-26 7 Psalm 5 & Acts 27-28 8 Psalm 6 & Joshua 1-5 9 Psalm 7 & Joshua 6-8 10 Psalm 8 & Joshua 9-11 11 Psalm 9 & Joshua 12-16 12 Psalm 10 & Joshua 17-21 13 Psalm 11 & Joshua 22-24 14 Psalm 12 & Judges 1-3 15 Psalm 13 & Judges 4-6 16 Psalm 14 & Judges 7-9 17 Psalm 15 & Judges 10-12 18 Psalm 16 & Judges 13-15 19 Psalm 17 & Judges 16-18 20 Psalm 18 & Judges 19-21 21 Psalm 19 & Ruth 22 Psalm 20 & 1 Samuel 1-3 23 Psalm 21 & 1 Samuel 4-6 24 Psalm 22 & 1 Samuel 7-9 25 Psalm 23 & 1 Samuel 10-12 26 Psalm 24 & 1 Samuel 13-15 27 Psalm 25 & 1 Samuel 16-18 28 Psalm 26 & 1 Samuel 19-21 29 Psalm 27 & 1 Samuel 22-24 30 Isaiah 12:1-6 & 1 Samuel 25-27


July 1 Deut. 32:1-4 & 1 Samuel 28-31 2 Psalm 28 & 2 Samuel 1-3 3 Psalm 29 & 2 Samuel 4-6 4 Psalm 30 & 2 Samuel 7-9 5 Psalm 31 & 2 Samuel 10-12 6 Psalm 32 & 2 Samuel 13-15 7 Psalm 33 & 2 Samuel 16-18 8 Psalm 34 & 2 Samuel 19-21 9 Psalm 35 & 2 Samuel 22-24 10 Psalm 36 & 1 Kings 1-2 11 Psalm 37 & 1 Kings 3-6 12 Psalm 38 & 1 Kings 7-8 13 Psalm 39 & 1 Kings 9-11 14 Psalm 40 & 1 Kings 12-14 15 Psalm 41 & 1 Kings 15-17 16 Psalm 42 & 1 Kings 18-20 17 Psalm 43 & 1 Kings 21-22 18 Psalm 44 & 2 Kings 1-3 19 Psalm 45 & 2 Kings 4-6 20 Psalm 46 & 2 Kings 7-9 21 Psalm 47 & 2 Kings 10-12 22 Psalm 48 & 2 Kings 13-15 23 Psalm 49 & 2 Kings 16-18 24 Psalm 50 & 2 Kings 19-22 25 Psalm 51 & 2 Kings 23-25 26 Psalm 52 & 1 Chron. 1-5 27 Psalm 53 & 1 Chron. 6-10 28 Psalm 54 & 1 Chron. 11-15 29 Psalm 55 & 1 Chron. 16-20 30 Psalm 56 & 1 Chron. 21-25 31 Deut. 32:1-4 & 1 Chron. 26-29


August 1 Habakkuk 3:2-19 & 2 Chron. 1-3 2 Psalm 57 & 2 Chron. 4-6 3 Psalm 58 & 2 Chron. 7-9 4 Psalm 59 & 2 Chron. 10-12 5 Psalm 60 & 2 Chron. 13-15 6 Psalm 61 & 2 Chron. 16-18 7 Psalm 62 & 2 Chron. 19-21 8 Psalm 63 & 2 Chron. 22-24 9 Psalm 64 & 2 Chron. 25-27 10 Psalm 65 & 2 Chron. 28-30 11 Psalm 66 & 2 Chron. 31-33 12 Psalm 67 & 2 Chron. 34-36 13 Psalm 68 & Ezra 1-5 14 Psalm 69 & Ezra 6-10 15 Psalm 70 & Nehemiah 1-3 16 Psalm 71 & Nehemiah 4-6 17 Psalm 72 & Nehemiah 7-9 18 Psalm 73 & Nehemiah 10-13 19 Psalm 74 & Esther 1-3 20 Psalm 75 & Esther 4-6 21 Psalm 76 & Esther 7-10 22 Psalm 77 & Job 1-3 23 Psalm 78 & Job 4-6 24 Psalm 79 & Job 7-9 25 Psalm 80 & Job 10-12 26 Psalm 81 & Job 13-15 27 Psalm 82 & Job 16-18 28 Psalm 83 & Job 19-21 29 Psalm 84 & Job 22-24 30 Psalm 85 & Job 25-27 31 Habakkuk 3:2-19 & Job 28-30


September 1 1 Chron. 29:10-13 & Job 31-33 2 Psalm 86 & Job 34-36 3 Psalm 87 & Job 37-39 4 Psalm 88 & Job 40-42 5 Psalm 89 & Proverbs 1-3 6 Psalm 90 & Proverbs 4-7 7 Psalm 91 & Proverbs 8-10 8 Psalm 92 & Proverbs 11-13 9 Psalm 93 & Proverbs 14-16 10 Psalm 94 & Proverbs 17-19 11 Psalm 95 & Proverbs 20-22 12 Psalm 96 & Proverbs 23-25 13 Psalm 97 & Proverbs 26-28 14 Psalm 98 & Proverbs 29-31 15 Psalm 99 & Ecclesiastes 1-3 16 Psalm 100 & Ecclesiastes 4-6 17 Psalm 101 & Ecclesiastes 7-9 18 Psalm 102 & Ecclesiastes 10-12 19 Psalm 103 & Song of Solomon 1-4 20 Psalm 104 & Song of Solomon 5-8 21 Psalm 105 & Jeremiah 1-3 22 Psalm 106 & Jeremiah 4-6 23 Psalm 107 & Jeremiah 7-9 24 Psalm 108 & Jeremiah 10-12 25 Psalm 109 & Jeremiah 13-15 26 Psalm 110 & Jeremiah 16-18 27 Psalm 111 & Jeremiah 19-22 28 Psalm 112 & Jeremiah 23-25 29 Psalm 113 & Jeremiah 26-28 30 1 Chron. 29:10-13 & Jer. 29-31


October 1 Jonah 2:2-9 & Jeremiah 32-34 2 Psalm 114 & Jeremiah 35-37 3 Psalm 115 & Jeremiah 38-40 4 Psalm 116 & Jeremiah 41-43 5 Psalm 117 & Jeremiah 44-47 6 Psalm 118 & Jeremiah 48-50 7 Psalm 119:1-8 & Jeremiah 51-52 8 Psalm 119:9-16 & Lam. 1-2 9 Psalm 119:17-24 & Lam.3-5 10 Psalm 119:25-32 & Ezekiel 1-3 11 Psalm 119:33-40 & Ezekiel 4-6 12 Psalm 119:41-48 & Ezekiel 7-9 13 Psalm 119:49-56 & Ezekiel 10-12 14 Psalm 119:57-64 & Ezekiel 13-15 15 Psalm 119:65-72 & Ezekiel 16-18 16 Psalm 119:73-80 & Ezekiel 19-21 17 Psalm 119:81-88 & Ezekiel 22-24 18 Psalm 119:89-96 & Ezekiel 25-27 19 Psalm 119:97-104 & Ezekiel 28-30 20 Psalm 119:105-112 & Ezek. 31-33 21 Psalm 119:113-120 & Ezek. 34-36 22 Psalm 119:121-128 & Ezek. 37-39 23 Psalm 119:129-136 & Ezek. 40-42 24 Psalm 119:137-144 & Ezek. 43-45 25 Psalm 119:145-152 & Ezek. 46-48 26 Psalm 119:153-160 & Daniel 1-3 27 Psalm 119:161-168 & Daniel 4-6 28 Psalm 119:169-176 & Daniel 7-9 29 Psalm 120 & Daniel 10-12 30 Psalm 121 & Hosea 1-4 31 Jonah 2:2-9 & Hosea 5-7


November 1 Exodus 15:1-18 & Hosea 8-10 2 Psalm 122 & Hosea 11-14 3 Psalm 123 & Joel 4 Psalm 124 & Amos 1-5 5 Psalm 125 & Amos 6-9 6 Psalm 126 & Obadiah & Jonah 7 Psalm 127 & Micah 1-3 8 Psalm 128 & Micah 4-7 9 Psalm 129 & Nahum 10 Psalm 130 & Habakkuk 11 Psalm 131 & Zephaniah 12 Psalm 132 & Haggai 13 Psalm 133 & Zechariah 1-5 14 Psalm 134 & Zechariah 6-10 15 Psalm 135 & Zechariah 11-14 16 Psalm 136 & Malachi 17 Psalm 137 & Matthew 1-2 18 Psalm 138 & Matthew 3-4 19 Psalm 139 & Matthew 5-6 20 Psalm 140 & Matthew 7-8 21 Psalm 141 & Matthew 9-10 22 Psalm 142 & Matthew 11-12 23 Psalm 143 & Matthew 13-14 24 Psalm 144 & Matthew 15-16 25 Psalm 145 & Matthew 17-18 26 Psalm 146 & Matthew 19-20 27 Psalm 147 & Matthew 21-22 28 Psalm 148 & Matthew 23-24 29 Psalm 149-150 & Matthew 25-26 30 Exodus 15:1-18 & Matthew 27-28


So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you

will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

– John 8:31-32

The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

–Titus 3:8

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