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The MacArthur Daily Bible

The MacArthur Daily Bible

Copyright 2003 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Notes and commentary copyright 2003 by John F. MacArthur, Jr.

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No matter how much teaching and preaching you listen to, there can be no substitute for reading the Word of God daily yourself. The Bible is Gods precious revelation of Himself to you. Its your point of contact with Him, where you learn the precious truth He has given to the Body of Christ. Its where you discover that history is His story, as you see the chain of events unfolding, always known to God, that led up to the birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. And its where you learn what the future has in store in that wonderful day when the Lord returns.

This MacArthur Daily Bible provides a good way to develop a daily Bible reading habit. For each day of the year, it gives you a portion of the Old Testament, a bit from Psalms and Proverbs, and a portion of the New Testament, from the trusted New King James Version of the Bible.

Its all in Bible order: In each days readings, you pick up where you left off the day before. If you stay in this Daily Bible every day for a year, you will have read through the entire Bible!

Along with each days Scripture passages there are helpful comments and notes gleaned from the writings of John MacArthur.

Ways to work the plan

There are several ways you might like to use the daily readings:

Bible in one year, once a day: Follow the plan. Read each days readings during your daily Bible reading time, to finish the whole Bible in a year.

Bible in one year, twice a day: Like 1) above, but in two sittings. Read the Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament readings in the morning and the Old Testament reading in the evening.

Bible in two years: Read the Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament readings the first year, then the Old Testament readings the second year.

Key memory passages

If you like to focus on specific Bible passages, we have also included a section that spotlights 52 key scriptures, with additional comments from Dr. MacArthur. These passages are also good ones to memorize. Learn them by heart, and at years end, youll have 52 of the Bibles most important passages committed to memory.

Our prayer for you

May the Lord use your reading of His Word to strengthen and guide you in your faith as you live for Him each day. As you read the Bible daily, may you be blessed with the peace and reassurance that only God can give.

Over the next year, you may wish to supplement your daily reading of Scripture with the following 52 weeks worth of key passages of the Bible that have been selected and developed for you by Dr. John MacArthur. These passages provide a solid foundation upon which to build the Christian life, and gaining an understanding of these core biblical truths is the key to spiritual growth and development.

The intent is to provide you with the opportunity to focus on, and perhaps memorize, one important passage a week for a year. It is all a part of saturating and renewing your mind and thoughts with the Word of God. The page numbers where the passages are located among the daily readings are given so that you can study the context for the passages to ensure that you get the full meaning.

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies

King David learned the powerful habit of telling himself the truth. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Thats a good thing to tell yourself, isnt it? And all that is within me, bless His holy name. Thats a habit worth practicing. Train your soul to bless God. And how do you do that? By not forgetting His benefits. Whatever might be going wrong in your life, whatever might be a disappointment, even a serious illness or death, does not affect Gods eternal blessing on you as His child. He has redeemed your life from destruction, and He crowns you with