Daily Bible Readings
1999
The Spokesman extends hearty thanks to Pastor Roland H. Gurgel for these devotional readings for the coming year. The overall theme chosen for these readings is: "O sing unto the Lord." The Apostle Paul encourages: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord" (Col. 3:16). Pastor Gurgel explains: "The Scripture readings for the days of the week are an attempt to match with the hymn verses of each hymn chosen. One hymn verse per day can either be read or sung either before or after the reading." It will be noted that readings are not included for Sundays. Pastor Gurgel notes: "I felt (Sunday readings) might 'intrude' upon the thoughts your pastor presents on Sunday. If you wish, you could sing the entire hymn on Sundays as your devotion. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you all."
January
Hymn # 77 1 Isaiah 42:10-13 2 Habakkuk 3:1-7 3 4 Isaiah44:1-8 5 Hosea 1:6-2:1 6 Ezekiel 33:10-11 7 Hebrews 9:11-15 8 Isaiah 65:24-66:2 9 Isaiah 40:1-5 10 11 Isaiah 4:2-6 12 Isaiah 55:1-6 13 Isaiah 59:9-21 14 Isaiah 62:1-5 15 Isaiah 63:7-14 16 Isaiah 62:10-12 17 18 Isaiah 61:10-11 Hymn # 127 19 Numbers 24:15-19 20 Isaiah 60:1-7 21 Matthew 1:18-25 22 Matthew 2:1-6 23 Matthew 2:7-12 24 Hymn # 98 25 John 1:1-5 26 John 1:6-13 27 John 1:14-18 28 John 1:19-28 29 John 1:29-34 Hymn # 129 30 Mark 7:24-30 31February
1 Mark 8:1-10 2 Mark 10:13-16 Hymn # 134 3 Luke4:16-21 4 John 2:1-11 5 Mark 2:1-13 6 Mark 4:35-41 7 8 Mark 5:36-41 Hymn # 135 9 Mark 9:2-8 10 Mark 9:9-13 11 Matthew 3:13-17 12 Acts 7:54-60 13 Matthew 28:16-20 14 Hymn # 305 15 Matthew 26:26-30 16 Matthew 25:1-13 17 Acts 4:8-22 18 Romans 7:18-24 19 Romans 5:12-21 20 Romans 6:1-9 21 22 Hebrews 9:23-28 23 Romans 5:6-11 24 Romans 12:1-8 Hymn # 315 25 John 6:65-69 26 Hebrews 4:11-13 27 Hebrews 4:14-16 28March
1 Hebrews 3:7-15 2 Genesis 3:9-15 3 Genesis 3:16-19 4 Daniel 9:3-9 5 Galatians 3:11-12 6 Hebrews 11:1-7 7 8 John 6:32-40 9 John 6:48-58 10 John 15:1-11 11 Romans 5:1-5 12 Romans 8:31-39 13 Revelation 21:1-8 14 Hymn # 171 15 Psalm 22:1-2 16 Psalm 22:3-5 17 Psalm 22:6-8 18 Psalm 22:9-11 19 Psalm 22:12-15 20 Psalm22:16-18 21 22 Psalm 22:19-21 23 Psalm 22:22-24 24 Psalm 22:25-26 25 Psalm 22:27-28 26 Psalm 22:29 27 Psalm 22:30 Hymn # 151 28 Luke 19:28-40 29 Luke 22:47-53, 63-65 30 Luke 23:13-25 31 Luke 23:26-37April
1 Luke 22:39-46 2 Luke 23:38-43 3 Luke 23:26-37 4 Hymn # 206 5 I Corinthians 15:1-11 6 I Corinthians 15:12-19 7 ICorinthians 15:20-22 8 I Corinthians 15:23-28 9 I Corinthians 15:35-45 10 Job 19:23-27 11 12 I Corinthians 15:50-53 13 I Thessalonians 4:13-18 14 I Corinthians 15:54-58 15 I Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hymn # 200 16 John 8:50-58 17 Philippians 2:9-11 18 19 John 10:11-18 20 John 14:12-18 21 Matthew 5:25-32 22 Matthew 5:1-12 23 John 12:23-26 24 John 11:17-27 25 Hymn # 196 26 Hebrews 1:3-14 27 Hebrews 2:1-9 28 Hebrews 2:10-15 29 Hebrews 3:1-6 30 Hebrews 3:14-16May
Hymn # 192 1 Mark 16:1-6 2 3 John 20:3-9 4 John 20:19-23 5 John 20:24-29 6 Luke 24:13-17 7 Jeremiah 17:7-8 8 Revelation 3:7-13 9 Hymn # 212 10 Isaiah 63:1-6 11 Acts 1:4-8 12 Acts 1:9-11 13 Matthew 25:31-34 14 Proverbs 4:4-9 15 Joshua 1:1-9 16 17 Isaiah 44:2-6,21-23 Hymn # 222 18 Revelation 1:10-18 19 Revelation4:l-ll 20 Revelation 19:1-10 21 Revelation 5:8-14 Hymn # 234 22 Joel 2:28-32 23 24 I Corinthians 2:7-14 25 I Thessalonians 5:19-24 26 Romans 8:12-17 27 I Corinthians 6:15-20 28 Galatians 5:22-26 Hymn # 253 29 Hebrews 11:1-3 30 31 Psalm 2:7-9June
1 Colossians 2:11-15 2 Hebrews 2:5-10 3 Colossians 3:1-4 4 Luke 24:44-53 5 Revelation 22:12-27 6 7 I Corinthians 12:3-11 8 II Timothy 3:13-17 9 Philippians 3:20-21 Hymn # 243 10 Psalm 148 11 Psalm 147:1-9 12 Psalm 146 13 14 Psalm 147:10-20 15 Psalm 150 Hymn # 26 16 Psalm 103:1-5 17 Psalm 103:6-10 18 Psalm 103:11-14 19 Psalm 103:15-19 20 21 Psalm 105:1-10 22 Psalm 103:20-22 Hymn # 341 23 Psalm 95:1-7 24 Genesis 3:15 25 Psalm 92:1-4 26 Psalm 90:13-17 27 28 Revelation 19:11-16 Hymn # 324 29 John 4:6-26 30 John 3:14-21July
1 John 21:15-17 2 Matthew 11:25-30 3 Mathew 8:1-4 4 5 Luke 18:9-14 6 Matthew 9:1-8 7 Matthew 8:5-13 Hymn # 366 8 Luke 10:38-42 9 Matthew 13:44-46 10 Matthew 13:3-9 11 12 Matthew 13:18-23 13 I Corinthians 1:26-31 14 Luke 7:40-50 15 Matthew 13:47-52 Hymn # 233 16 Isaiah 44:1-5 17 Isaiah 51:12-16 18 19 Isaiah 11:2 20 Ezekiel 36:22-24 21 Ezekiel 36:25-30 22 John 1:1-17 23 Psalm 148 Hymn # 281 24 Revelation 3:20-22 25 26 John 4:6-15 27 John 7:37-39 28 Luke 6:17-19 29 Luke 4:16-22 Hymn # 287 30 Exodus 20:1-2 31 Exodus20:3-5aAugust
1 2 Exodus 20:7 3 Exodus 20:8-11 4 Exodus 20:12 5 Exodus 20:13 6 Exodus 20:14 7 Exodus 20:15 8 9 Exodus 20:16 10 Exodus 20:17 11 Exodus 20:18-21 12 Exodus 20:5-6 Hymn # 387 13 Philippians 4:1-7 14 Romans 7:7-11 15 16 Philippians 3:3-8 17 Philipplans 3:9-11 18 Philippians 2:5-6 19 Philippians 2:7 20 Philippians 3:12-14 21 Philippians 2:8 22 23 Philipplans 2:9-11 24 Philipplans 3:17-21 Hymn # 421 25 Matthew 5:1-8 26 Matthew 5:5-9 27 Matthew 5:10-12 28 Matthew 5:13-16 29 30 Matthew 5:17-20 Hymn # 393 31 Exodus 15:1-5September
1 Exodus 15:6-10 2 Exodus 15:11-13 3 Exodus 15:14-17 4 Exodus 15:19-21 5 6 Exodus 15:22-27 Hymn # 441 7 Matthew 25:14-18 8 Matthew 25:19-30 9 Matthew 18:10-14 10 Hebrews 13:1-6 11 Matthew 25:34-40 12 13 Romans 14:7-9 Hymn # 463 14 Hebrews 11:1-7 15 Hebrews 11:8-16 16 Hebrews 11:17-29 17 Hebrews 11:30-40 18 Hebrews 12:3-11 19 20 Hebrews 12:1-2 21 Hebrews 12:12-14 22 Hebrews 12:18-24 Hymn # 625 23 Joshua 24:14-18 24 Ephesians 5:22-31 25 Ephesians 6:1-4 26 27 Colossians 3:18-21 28 Philippians 4:8-9 Hymn # 507 29 Isaiah 6:1-8 30 Jeremiah 1:4-10October
1 Isaiah 52:7-10 2 II Kings 5:1-15 3 4 Luke 10:1-9 5 Romans 10:14-18 Hymn # 446 6 John 22:31-34 7 I Peter 5:8-11 8 Ephesians 5:1-14 9 Romans 11:13-25 10 11 Romans 13:11-14 12 Galatians 6:10-18 Hymn # 373 13 Romans 1:16-17 14 Romans 3:9-20 15 Romans 3:21-26 16 Romans 3:27-31 17 18 Romans 4:1-4 19 Romans 4:5-8 20 Romans 4:9-12 Hymn # 23 21 Genesis 1 22 John 17 23 Ephesians 4:1-16 24 25 Revelation 7:9-12 Hymn # 660 26 Genesis 50:22-26 27 II Corinthians 4:7-18 28 Revelation 7:13-17 29 II Corinthians 5:1-8 Hymn # 264 30 Revelation 1:4-8 31November
1 Revelation 10:1-11 2 Revelation 11:1-6 3 Revelation 11:7-10 4 Revelation 11: 11-14 5 Revelation 11: 15-19 Hymn 659 6 Matthew 18:1-5 7 Hymn # 609 8 Isaiah 52:1-2 9 Revelation 21:9-21 10 Revelation 21:22-26 Hymn # 606 11 Mark 14:62 12 Philippians 1:19-23 13 Matthew 24:36-41 14 15 Matthew 24:42-44 Hymn # 615 16 Isaiah 54:1-8 17 Isaiah 54:9-10 18 Isaiah 54:11-15 19 Isaiah 54:16-17 Hymn # 54 20 Joshua 1:1-9 21 22 Numbers 10:34-36 23 Joshua 1:10-11 Hymn # 56 24 Psalm 98:1-3 25 Psalm 98:4-6 26 Psalm 98:7-9 Hymn # 64 27 Lamentations 1:1-7 28 29 Habakkuk 1:1-4 30 Malachi 3:1-6December
1 Joel 3:18-21 2 Habakkuk 2:1-4 Hymn # 58 3 Psalm 100 4 Psalm 97 5 6 Psalm 86 7 Romans 5:6-11 8 Isaiah 61:1-7 9 Isaiah 65:17-23 10 Isaiah 40:1-11 11 Isaiah 9:1-7 12 13 Numbers 24:1-9 Hymn # 645 14 Isaiah 11:1-5 15 Isaiah 7:10-14 16 Luke2:8-20 17 Haggai 2:1-9 18 Romans 6:1-11 19 Hymn # 99 20 Galatians 4:1-7 21 Luke 1:46-55 22 Luke 1:39:45 Hymn # 90 23 Luke 1:68-79 24 Luke 2:1-7 25 Luke 2:25-35 26 27 Matthew 4:1-4 28 Matthew 4:507 29 Matthew 4:8-11 30 Matthew 3:13-17 31 John 10:11-18The Bible has been the object of many vicious attacks. Infidel philosophers, atheistic scientists, skeptic astronomers, doubting archeologists, and agnostic explorers, inspired by satanic ingenuity and skill, have marshalled their forces against the written Word of God. Despotism has thundered forth its edicts against it. The enemies of truth and righteousness have cursed it. But despite all persecution, suppression, and destruction, “the Word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:25). –Selected
A GRACIOUS OFFER…
The compiler of these 1999 daily Bible readings writes:
“Should anyone so desire, I would be willing to send copies of devotional booklets based upon the hymns. This would not be any extra work for me, since I will be doing so fi)r the congregations I serve. The cost is nothing. Should you wish to make a donation, please make checks payable to Faith Lutheran Church.” Send requests to:
Pastor Roland H. Gurgel 22 North State Street New Ulm, Minnesota 56073 Phone: (507) 354-4534
(In order that he might know how many copies to print, Pastor Gurgel requests that you let him know by Christmas how many copies you would like. The copies will then be sent to you by January 1st. Ed.)