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Read Through the Bible in Two Years – 2026 update!

Published on December 28, 2025December 28, 2025 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Today I’m starting the second year of the two-year Bible plan. If you’d like to begin with Day 1 of Year 1, you should begin with John 1.

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For several years, I did a “Read Through the Bible in One Year” plan. I think it’s important to read the entire Bible, every word of it, and I’m glad that I’ve done that, but, I’ve found that the whole Bible in one year is a lot to absorb. It doesn’t give me much time to reflect and meditate on what I’ve read, so I decided I wanted to do a “Read Through the Bible in Two Years” plan. Simple enough, right? Wrong.

So, I made my own and I’d love to have you join me.

The plan is set up to read through each book of the Bible from beginning to end, alternating between Old Testament and New Testament books. I tried to keep the Old Testament books in chronological order. For example, Job is read after Genesis and before Exodus. I also intentionally placed New Testament books with related Old Testament books to help us see the connections in the text. For example, Hebrews is read between Leviticus and Numbers. I love to read one chapter of Luke every day from December 1-24, so each year ends with reading the book of Luke.

You’ll also notice that the Bible reading plan is set up week by week rather than day by day. One week you will devote every day to the four chapters of Philippians. In this weekly format, you could read the whole book on the first day of the week, then reread little parts the other six days … or you could read half of each chapter every day. You decide. Another week you’re assigned to read fourteen chapters of Leviticus – you might read several chapters one day and just one chapter another. Having a week by week format allows you this flexibility, but still keeps you on target.

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As God Adds to Our Blessings, What Do We Do With Them? Hosea 9-10. 2026

Published on June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read Through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 125, Hosea 9-10

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.
Hosea 10:1 ESV

God has given us every good gift to enjoy. He has blessed us with heat and sunshine and air to breathe. He has given us homes to live in and children to fill them. He has blessed us with abundant food and wealth. He has given us eyes to see, ears to hear, and minds to comprehend. Yet, what do we do with all of these gifts?

Do we enjoy them or neglect them? Do we praise Him or take credit for them? Do we use them for good or for evil?

When was the last time you thanked God for the children sitting around your table or clinging to your legs?
When was the last time you thanked the Lord for dirty dishes and floors littered with clothes and toys?
When was the last time you took a leisurely walk outside and thanked God for the blue sky and warm sun?

It seems that the more full our homes and lives become, the less interested we become in the Lord. Why is that? Why would the Lord bless us with more if it will just turn our hearts away from Him?

His mercy keeps us begging for our daily bread. His mercy makes us hunger for the gift of a child. His mercy keeps us dependent on Him for a roof over our head and money in our bank account.

Sunday night I flew home after spending six long days and five short nights with my daughter and her three children under five. It was hard. It was messy. It was exhausting. But, oh, the memories it brought back.

Like all good farmers, this soil-preparing, seed-sowing, plant-tending work requires rising early and working late, but oh does it bear GREAT FRUIT.

“Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.” Proverbs 14:4 ESV

Last week, while I sat on the floor building trains with the 4.5 year old and 2.5 year old, we listened to “Sing the Bible” Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 by Slugs and Bugs on Pandora. “The Ox Song,” based on Proverbs 14:4, croons, “Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.” How true!

The Ox Song – Sing the Bible Vol 4 – Slugs and Bugs

No children = no legos to step on, no trains to pick up, no diapers to change.

But no children also means no little ones to put a smile on your face and joy in your heart and no older ones to help care for you in your old she.

Oh, dear younger moms, like Hannah Harper’s viral “String Cheese” lyrics say,

One day I’ll be alone with a hot fresh cup of Joe
Wishing that someone would just drop by
And I’ll sit and reminisce, the times that I sure miss
Scattered toys and a baby on my hip
I thought finding peace in the quiet’s what I wanted
But I’d give anything to go back to being needed

String Cheese – Hannah Harper

Heavenly Father, Help me to be faithful in the little things that You might entrust to me more things. Help me to be thankful for every single little gift, the birds that sing before the sun rises, the wind that blows gently through the trees, the sound of trickling water. Thank You for giving me eyes that see and ears that hear. Thank You for giving me a mind and heart that know You. And thank you especially for the children and grandchildren that you have blessed me with. May I be grateful for every day and every memory. The days are indeed long, but oh are the years so short. Amen.

Brian Sauve – Fruit is Heavy

Like a Cake Unturned. Hosea 7-8. 2026.

Published on June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 123-124, Hosea 7-8

Any of you like pancakes? 🥞 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏻🙋‍♀️

I can’t think of anything I’d rather have for breakfast on Saturday mornings than pancakes baked with a few mini chocolate chips, topped with vanilla yogurt and sliced fresh strawberries, and a few slices of crispy bacon on the side. 😋

But, what if instead of mixing chocolate chips into the batter, I stirred in a spoonful of sawdust? Not so appealing anymore?

What if instead of flipping the pancakes over halfway through the baking time I decided to serve them to you after they were only cooked on one side? Anyone like their pancakes a little raw? 🤢 😝

Well, that’s what was happening in Israel. They were mixing themselves with the surrounding nations. They were like an unturned cake, half burnt, half raw.

Ephraim mixes himself
with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hosea 7:8 ESV

Is that us? Is that our nation? Is that me?

Heavenly Father, show me where my heart is tainted. Show me where I have sprinkled the world’s sawdust into my heart and mind and life. Strain it out, Lord, that it will not pollute my life and my family. Father, I need the fire of Your Holy Spirit to burn up all that is unholy in me – on both sides. I need Your Sunlight to shine in every corner of my life that I might be made pure. Here I am, Lord. Have Your way with me. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord, I pray. Amen.

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery – Getty

Your Way’s Better – Forrest Frank

Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge While Drowning in a Sea of Information. Hosea 5-6. 2026

Published on June 2, 2026June 3, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 122, Hosea 5-6

For I desire steadfast love
and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God
rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6 ESV

We live in an age where anything you ever wanted to know is available at the click of a button. I hold in my hand a 12-square-inch device with free access to dozens of Bible translations as well as concordances of Greek and Hebrew words and even Matthew Henry’s complete commentary on the Old Testament and the New. All this information is available to you, too, FREE on BlueLetterBible, and yet Biblical illiteracy is at an unprecedented level. My fellow Americans don’t know God’s Word, but even scarier: they don’t know God. Most people in the USA have heard of the God of the Bible and His Son, Jesus. Most Americans know that Christmas and Easter are somehow related to Jesus. Most Americans have heard about some of the amazing things that God has done, but they don’t know Him.

There is no faithfulness
or steadfast love,
and no knowledge of God in the land….
My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge.
Hosea 4:1b,6a ESV

My nation is being destroyed not for lack of access but for lack of interest.

My nation is being destroyed not for lack of information but for lack of knowledge.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 ESV

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?” Proverbs 1:22 ESV

“For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;” Proverbs 2:6 ESV

“Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,” Proverbs 8:10 ESV

“The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.” Proverbs 15:14 ESV

Heavenly Father, It grieves my heart to think of all those people in my own nation who are being destroyed by their own ignorance, those who are choosing to run from You rather than toward You. Father, I’m asking You to please bring revival to our nation, to our cities and states, to our families and churches. Break us that You may heal us. We need to be broken so that we might be healed. We need to know You so that we can love You. We need to fear You so that we can love You. You are worthy! In the Name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, we pray. Amen.

To know Him is to love Him. Do you know Him?

That’s my King … Do you know Him?

Loving the Unlovely: Brussel Sprouts, Ice Cream, Jesus, and Me. Hosea 3-4. 2026

Published on June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 121, Hosea 3-4

If I asked a class of third grade students, “Raise your hand if you love ice cream.” I bet every hand would shoot up. 🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏻🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🙋🏾‍♂️

But if I then said, “Raise your hand if you love Brussel sprouts,” I’m quite sure I’d get a very different response. Even if I followed it up with words like, “They are really good for you! They’re high in fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants.” Still, it’s a no. 🙅🏽‍♂️🙅🏼‍♀️🙅🏻🙅🏿‍♂️🙅🏻‍♀️🙅

It is only logical to love ice cream. It’s sweet and creamy and delicious.🍦😋 But Brussel sprouts … They are more of an acquired taste, suited for a more refined palate. 🥬 😝

I’m afraid I think of myself as ice cream, naturally easy to love, rather than Brussel sprouts, good for you but a little bitter, stinky, and hard to digest.

When we read the book of Hosea, I’m afraid we tend to picture ourselves as the faithful prophet, when in reality we’re much more like the wandering prostitute. Please, sisters, don’t forget that we are Gomer, that woman who abandons her true love to pursue idols, and God is Hosea, the faithful One who again and again chases after His bride, pulling her out of the pig slop. 🥴🐖

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 ESV

Don’t forget 1 Corinthians 13.

Love covers a multitude of sins.

Love is not irritable or resentful or rude.

Love keeps no record of wrongs.

Love forgives.

Love never ends.

Love is steadfast and patient and faithful.

Praise God that He loved us while we were yet sinners, and now He calls us to go and do likewise.

Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your steadfast, patient, faithful love toward me. Thank You for pursuing me, though I didn’t deserve it, though I don’t deserve it still. I’m not worthy, but You are. You deserve better. You deserve chocolate, chocolate chip ice cream with whipped cream and sprinkles and a cherry on top. And yet You have demonstrated Your love by sending Your own Son to be the propitiation, the atoning sacrifice, the substitutionary offering, for my sin. Praise Your Name forevermore. Amen.

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Marriage is Exclusive, and So Is Our Relationship with God: Hosea 1-2

Published on May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 120, Hosea 1-2

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.”

Hosea 1:2 ESV

How had the Israelites forsaken the Lord? Had they stopped making sacrifices and offerings? Had they stopped observing the feasts and Sabbaths?

No, they had forsaken Him by making Him one god on a buffet of gods. They had forsaken Him by worshipping both Him and Baal. They had forsaken Him by offering themselves to other lovers in addition to the Lord God.

Friends, we can have a dozen coworkers, a dozen children, and a dozen friends, but we can only have ONE husband and he can only have ONE bride.

A good husband refuses to share
his bride with other men,
and our good God refuses to share
His bride with other gods.

It is not enough for us to make God the biggest god in our life, or the most valuable idol that we have. He can’t be our “favorite” husband. He wants to be our ONLY husband. He wants ALL of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. He wants to be our everything. He is either Lord of all or He’s not Lord at all.

God despises adultery of all forms, especially adultery toward Him. God wants our whole heart. He is a jealous God. He will not share His glory with another.

Exodus 34:14 ESV — (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
Deuteronomy 4:24 ESV — For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Isaiah 42:8 ESV — I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.

Heavenly Father, You are a good husband who loves His bride and refuses to share her with another. I pray that we would be a loving bride, rejecting all other things who vie for our attention. I pray that You would be the apple of our eye, the center of our attention, the singular focus of our lives. May we be found pure and faithful as You, O Lord, are pure and faithful to us. In the Name of Jesus Christ, our redeemer and bridegroom, Amen.

Find us Faithful – Steve Green

Love Justice. Do Kindness. Walk Humbly with God. Micah 6. 2026.

Published on May 29, 2026May 30, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 119:121-160, Micah 6

My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.

Psalm 119:136 ESV

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8 ESV

Love Justice. Do Kindness. Walk Humbly with God – FormerAtheist58

God I’m just Grateful – Stephen McWhirter

Micah 6:8 – Slugs and Bugs

God’s Word is a Good Light. Micah 5. 2026.

Published on May 28, 2026May 30, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 119:81-120, Micah 5

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105 ESV

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God’s Word is a Good Light – FormerAtheist58

Your Words are Wonderful – Sovereign Grace Music

Your Word – Slugs and Bugs

God is GOOD in my Affliction. Micah 4. 2026.

Published on May 27, 2026May 27, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 119:41-80, Micah 4

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. You are good and do good; teach me your statutes…. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.

Psalm 119:67-69, 71 ESV

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God is GOOD in my Affliction – FormerAtheist58

Jesus is Alive – Forrest Frank featuring Julia Poe

Treasuring God’s Word in Your Heart. Micah 3. 2026.

Published on May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 by kendraskeLeave a comment

Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 119:1-40, Micah 3

Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths…. Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.”

Micah 3:5,11 ESV

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:11 ESV

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#formeratheist58
#readthebiblein2years
#ihavehiddenyourwordinmyheart
#bewareoffalseprophets

Treasuring God’s Word in Your Heart – FormerAtheist58

I Have Hidden Your Word – Steve Green

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