The Story Bible Reading Plan is a collection of stories illustrating God’s character and His desire to be reconciled with the souls He created. The Story Plan summarizes the Bible’s key accounts, highlighting the events and people that played a part in God’s story of redemption.    (Previous weeks can be found at the bottom.) 

Jun 21 - Jun 27

1 2 Kings 2 // Elijah Taken to Heaven and Elisha Takes Over

2 2 Kings 3 // Elisha Helps Against Moab

3 2 Kings 4 // The Widow’s Oil and Shunammite’s Son

4 2 Kings 5 // Naaman

5 2 Kings 6 // Elisha Blinds the Arameans

Jun 28 - Jul 4

1 Jonah 1 // Jonah Flees

2 Jonah 2 // Jonah's Prayer

3 Jonah 3 // Jonah Goes to Nineveh

4 Jonah 4 // Jonah's Anger

5 2 Chr. 26 // Uzziah

Jul 5 - Jul 11

1 Isa. 6 // Isaiah’s Vision

2 2 Kings 17 // Israel Exiled

3 2 Chr. 29 // Hezekiah

4 Hosea 1 // Hosea Takes Prostitute as Wife

5 Hosea 2 - 3 // Hosea and Wife Reconciled

Jul 12 - Jul 18

1 2 Kings 18:13 - 37 // Hezekiah and Sennacherib

2 2 Kings 19 // Sennacherib is Defeated

3 2 Kings 20 // Hezekiah’s Illness

4 2 Kings 22 // Book of the Law Found

5 2 Kings 23 // Josiah Renews the Covenant

Jul 19 - Jul 25

1 Jer. 1 // Jeremiah's Call

2 2 Kings 24 // Jehoiachin, Zedekiah

3 2 Kings 25 // Jerusalem’s Fall and Exile

4 2 Chr. 36:17 - 23 // Jerusalem Captured

5 Dan. 1 // Daniel’s Training

Week 30

Jul 26 - Aug 1

1 Dan. 2 // Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

2 Dan. 3 // Image of Gold and Blazing Furnace

3 Dan. 4 // Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of Tree

4 Dan. 5 // Writing on the Wall

5 Dan. 6 // Daniel and the Lion's Den

Aug 2 - Aug 8

1 Dan. 9:1-19, 2 Chr. 36:22-23 // Daniel’s Prayer is Answered

2 Ezra 1 // Cyrus Helps Exiles Return

3 Ezra 3 // Rebuilding Altar and Temple

4 Ezra 4 // Opposition to Rebuilding

5 Ezra 5 // Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Aug 9 - Aug 15

1 Ezra 6 // Decree of Darius, Completion of Temple

2 Ezra 7 // Ezra Comes to Jerusalem

3 Ezra 9 // Prayer about Intermarriage

4 Ezra 10 // People’s Confession of Sin

5 Esther 1 // Queen Vashti Deposed

Aug 16 - Aug 22

1 Esther 2 // Esther Made Queen

2 Esther 3 // Haman’s Plot

3 Esther 4 // Mordecai Persuades Esther

4 Esther 5 // Esther’s Request

5 Esther 6 // Mordecai Honored

Aug 23 - Aug 29

1 Esther 7 // Haman is Defeated

2 Esther 8 // King’s Edict on Behalf of Jews

3 Neh. 1 // Nehemiah’s Prayer

4 Neh. 2 // Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem

5 Neh. 3 // Builders of the Wall

Aug 30 - Sep 5

1 Neh. 4 // Opposition to Rebuilding

2 Neh. 5 // Nehemiah Helps the Poor

3 Neh. 6 // Further Opposition

4 Neh. 8 // Law is Read

5 Neh. 9 // Israelites Confess Sin

Sep 6 - Sep 12

1 Neh. 10 // People Agree to Law

2  Neh. 12:27 - 47 // Wall Dedicated

3 Job 1 // Job and Satan Introduced

4 Job 2 // Job Physically Afflicted

5 Job 3 // Job Speaks

Sep 13 - Sep 19

1 Job 42 // Job Restored

2 Mal 4:1-6; Luke 1:5-25, 57-66 // John Foretold

3 Luke 1:26-38; Matt. 1:18-25 // Angel Visits

4 Luke 2:1-21 // Birth of Jesus

5 Matt. 2:1-18; Luke 2:41-52 // Wise Men Visit Jesus

Week 38

Sep 20 - Sep 26

1 Matt. 3 // Jesus Baptized

2 Matt. 4:1 - 22 // Jesus’ Temptation

3 John 2:1 - 12 // Water into Wine

4 John 3:1 - 21 // Jesus Talks to Nicodemus

5 John 3:22-36 // John the Baptist Points to Jesus

Week 39

Sep 27 - Oct 3

1 John 4:4 - 42 // Samaritan Woman

2 Luke 4:16 - 44 // Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

3 Luke 5:17 - 32 // Jesus Heals Paralytic

4 Luke 7:1 - 17 // Jesus Heals Centurion’s servant

5 Luke 7:36 - 50 // Woman Anoints Jesus’ feet

Week 40

Oct 4 - Oct 10

1 Matt. 8:23 - 34 // Jesus Calms the Storm

2 Mark 5:21 - 43 // Healing of Girl and Woman

3 Matt. 10:5 - 33 // Jesus Sends Out Disciples

4 Mark 6:7 - 29 // John the Baptist Beheaded

5 Mark 6:30 - 52 // Jesus Feeds Multitudes

Week 41

Oct 11 - Oct 17

1 Matt. 13:1 - 23 // Parable of Sower

2 Matt. 13:24 - 52 // Other Parables

3 John 6:25 - 51 // Bread of Life

4 John 6:52 - 70 // Bread of Life

5 Mark 7:1 - 23 // What Defiles a Man

Week 42

Oct 18 - Oct 24

1 Mark 8:27 - 38 // Peter’s Confession

2 Luke 9:28 - 50 // Transfiguration

3 Luke 10:1 - 24 // Jesus Sends out 72

4 Luke 10:25 - 37 // Parable of Good Samaritan

5 Luke 11:1 - 13 // Jesus Teaches on Prayer

Week 43

Oct 25 - Oct 31

1 Luke 12:13 - 34 // Parable of Rich Fool

2 Luke 13:1-30 // Tower of Siloam, Crippled Woman and Parables

3 Matt. 10:24 - 42 // Cost of Discipleship

4 Luke 15:1 - 32 // Parables of Lost Sheep

5 Luke 16 // Teachings on Money and Marriage

Week 44

Nov 1 - Nov 7

1 Matt. 18:1 - 14 // Greatest in the Kingdom

2 Matt. 18:15 - 35 // Sin and Forgiveness

3 John 9 // Jesus Heals Blind Man

4 John 10:1 - 21 // Jesus is Good Shepherd

5 Luke 18:1 - 14 // Parables on Prayer

Nov 8 - Nov 14

1 Mark 10:17 - 31 // Rich Young Ruler

2 Mark 10:32 - 52 // Request of James and John

3 Luke 19:1 - 26 // Zacchaeus; Ten Minas

4 Matt. 21:1 - 22 // Triumphal Entry and Temple

5 Mark 12:13 - 44 // Jesus is Questioned

Nov 15 - Nov 21

1 John 11:1 - 44 // Lazarus

2 John 11:45 - 12:11 // Plot to Kill Jesus

3 Mark 14:12 - 42 // Last Supper

4 Mark 14:43 - 72 // Arrest, Trial and Denial

5 Matt. 27:1 - 31 // Jesus Before Pilate

Week 47

Nov 22 - Nov 28

1 Matt. 27:32-66 // Crucifixion and Death

2 Matt. 28:1-15 // Resurrection

3 John 21 // Jesus Appears to Disciples

4 Matt. 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-11 // Great Commission

5 Acts 2 // Pentecost

Week 48

Nov 29 - Dec 5

1 Acts 3 // Peter Heals Beggar and Addresses Onlookers

2 Acts 4 // Peter and John Before Sanhedrin

3 Acts 5 // Ananias and Sapphira; Persecution

4  Acts 6; 7:51 - 8:8 // Stephen Seized and Murdered

5  Acts 8:9 - 40 // Simon the Sorcerer and Philip

Dec 6 - Dec 12

1 Acts 9:1 - 31 // Conversion of Saul

2 Acts 10 // Cornelius

3 Acts 12:1 - 24 // Peter Escapes from Prison

4 Acts 15:1 - 35 // Council at Jerusalem

5 Acts 16:16 - 40 // Paul and Silas in Prison

Week 50

Dec 13 - Dec 19

1 Acts 17 // Thessalonica, Berea and Athens

2 Acts 19 // Paul in Ephesus

3 Acts 20:13 - 38 // Farewell to Ephesians

4 Acts 21:17 - 40 // Paul in Jerusalem

5 Acts 22:1 - 29 // Paul’s Defense

Dec 20 - Dec 26

1 Acts 25 // Paul Appeals to Caesar

2 Acts 26 // Paul Speaks to Agrippa

3 Acts 27 // Paul’s Voyage

4 Acts 28 // Paul Arrives at Rome

5 Revelation 1 // Jesus Appears to John

Dec 27 - Dec 31

1 Revelation 4 // Vision of Heaven

2 Revelation 5 // Vision of Heaven

3 Revelation 20 // Satan is Defeated

4 Revelation 21 // The New Heaven and Earth

5 Revelation 22 // Jesus is Coming

Week 1

Jan 5 - Jan 11

1 Gen. 1:1 - 2:3 // God Creates the World

2 Gen. 2:4 - 2:25 // God Creates Adam and Eve

3 Gen. 3 // Sin Enters the World

4 Gen. 4:1 - 16 // Cain and Abel

5 Gen. 6 // Noah and the Flood

Jan 12 - Jan 18

1 Gen. 7 // Noah and the Flood

2 Gen. 8:1 - 19 // Flood Subsides

3 Gen. 8:20 - 9:17 // Covenant with Noah

4 Gen. 10:32 - 11:9 // Tower of Babel

5 Gen. 12 // God Calls Abram; Abram in Egypt

Jan 19 - Jan 25

1 Gen. 17:1 - 21 // God’s Covenant with Abraham

2 Gen. 18:1 - 15 // Abraham’s Visitors from Heaven

3 Gen. 19:1 - 29 // Sodom and Gomorrah

4 Gen. 21:1 - 21 // Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Ishmael

5 Gen. 24 // Isaac and Rebekah

Jan 26 - Feb 1

1 Gen. 25:19 - 34 // Jacob and Esau’s Blessing

2 Gen. 27:1 - 45 // Jacob and Esau’s Blessing

3 Gen. 28 // Jacob’s Dream

4 Gen. 29:1 - 30 // Jacob, Rachel and Leah

5 Gen. 31:1 - 3; 32 // Jacob Wrestles with God

Week 5 

Feb 2 - Feb 8

1 Gen. 33 // Jacob Meets Esau

2 Gen. 37 // Joseph's Dreams

3 Gen. 39 // Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

4 Gen. 40 // Cupbearer and the Baker

5 Gen. 41 // Joseph, the Cupbearer, and the Baker

Feb 9 - Feb 15

1 Gen. 42 // Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

2 Gen. 43 // Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt

3 Gen. 44 // Joseph Tests His Brothers

4 Gen. 45-46:7 // Joseph is Restored to Family

5 Ex. 1 // Pharaoh Oppresses Israel

Feb 16 - Feb 22

1 Ex. 2 // Moses is Born and Flees 

2 Ex. 3 // Moses and the Burning Bush 

3 Ex. 4:1-23 // Signs from God and Return of Moses 

4 Ex. 7 // Promise of Deliverance and Plague 1 

5 Ex. 8 // Plagues 2 - 4

Feb 23 - Feb 28

1 Ex. 9 // Plagues 5 - 7

2 Ex. 10 // Plagues 8 - 9

3 Ex. 11; 12:21 - 42 // Plague 10: The Passover

4 Ex. 13:17 - 14:31 // Red Sea

5 Ex. 16 - 17:7 // Manna, Quail and Water

Week 9 

Mar 1 - Mar 7

1 Ex. 18 // Jethro's Advice

2 Ex. 19:16 - 20:21 // Sinai and Ten Commandments

3 Ex. 32 // The Golden Calf

4 Ex. 33-34:9 // Forgiveness for Golden Calf

5 Num. 11 // The People Complain

Mar 8 - Mar 14

1 Num. 13 // The Spies

2 Num. 14 // The Rebel

3 Num. 20:2-13; Num. 21:4-9 // Moses Disobeys

4 Num. 22:1-38 // Balak and Balaam

5 Deut. 4:1-31 // Moses Commands Obedience

Week 11 

Mar 15 - Mar 21

1 Deut. 31:1 - 29 // Joshua

2 Deut. 34 // Moses’ Death

3 Josh. 1 // Joshua Commissioned

4 Josh. 2 // Rahab and the Spies

5 Josh. 3 // Israel Crosses the Jordan

Mar 22 - Mar 28

1 Josh. 4 // 12 Stones

2 Josh. 5:13 - 6:27 // Battle of Jericho

3 Josh. 7 - 8:2 // Sin at Ai

4 Josh. 10:1-15 // Sun Stands Still

5 Josh. 23 // Joshua’s Charge

Mar 29 - Apr 4

1 Josh. 24 // Choose Whom You Will Serve

2 Jud. 2 // Israel’s Unfaithfulness

3 Jud. 6 // Midian and Gideon

4 Jud. 7 // Gideon’s 300

5 Jud. 13 // Birth of Samson

Week 14 

Apr 5 - Apr 11

1 Jud. 14 // Samson’s Marriage

2 Jud. 15 // Samson Defeats the Philistines

3 Jud. 16 // Samson and Delilah

4 Ruth 1 // Ruth and Naomi

5 Ruth 2 // Ruth Meets Boaz

Apr 12 - Apr 18

1 Ruth 3 // Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor

2 Ruth 4 // Boaz Redeems Ruth

3 1 Sam. 1 // Birth of Samuel

4: 1 Sam. 2:12-36 // Eli and His Sons

5 1 Sam. 3 // Lord Calls Samuel

Week 16 

Apr 19 - Apr 25

1 1 Sam. 4 // Death of Eli and Sons

2 1 Sam. 5-6 // Philistines and the Ark

3 1 Sam. 8 // Israel Demands a King

4 1 Sam. 9 // Saul Chosen to Be King

5 1 Sam. 10 // Saul Anointed King

Apr 26 - May 2

1 1 Sam. 13:1-14 // Saul is Rejected as King

2 1 Sam. 15 // God Rejects Saul

3 1 Sam. 16 // David Anointed King

4 1 Sam. 17 // David and Goliath

5 1 Sam. 18 // David and Jonathan

May 3 - May 9

1 1 Sam. 19 // Saul Tries to Kill David

2 1 Sam. 20 // Jonathan Warns David

3 1 Sam. 23:15 - 24:22 // Saul Pursues David

4 1 Sam. 26 // David Spares Saul

5 1 Sam. 28 // Saul and Medium of Endor

May 10 - May 16

1 1 Sam. 31 - 2 Sam. 1:17 // The Death of Saul

2 2 Sam. 5 // David Anointed King of Israel

3 2 Sam. 6 // The Ark, and David Dances

4 1 Chr. 17 // Lord’s Covenant with David

5 2 Sam. 9 - 10 // David’s Kindness

May 17 - May 23

1 2 Sam. 11 // David and Bathsheba

2 2 Sam. 12:1 - 25 // Nathan Rebukes David

3 2 Sam. 13 // Amnon, Tamar and Absalom

4 2 Sam. 14 // Absalom Returns to Jerusalem

5 2 Sam. 15 // Absalom’s Conspiracy

May 24 - May 30

1 2 Sam. 16 // Ziba, Absalom Enters Jerusalem

2 2 Sam. 17 // Hushai Saves David

3 2 Sam. 18 // Absalom’s Death

4 2 Sam. 24 // David’s Census

5 1 Chr. 22 // David’s Plans for a Temple

Week 22

May 31 - Jun 6

1 1 Chr. 28 // David’s Charge to Israel

2 1 Kings 2 // David’s Death

3 1 Kings 3; 2 Chr. 1:14 - 17 // Solomon’s Wisdom

4 1 Kings 8:12 - 61 // Dedication of the Temple

5 1 Kings 9:1 - 9; 10 // Lord Appears to Solomon

Jun 7 - Jun 13

1 1 Kings 11:1 - 13, 26 - 43 // Solomon’s Wives

2 2 Chr. 10 // Revolt Against Rehoboam

3 2 Chr. 14 - 15 // Asa

4 2 Chr. 16 - 17:6 // Asa’s Last Years

5 1 Kings 17 // Elijah and the Drought

Jun 14 - Jun 20

1 1 Kings 18 // Elijah at Mt. Carmel

2 1 Kings 19 // Elijah Flees and Call of Elisha

3 2 Chr. 18 // Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab

4 2 Chr. 19 // Jehoshaphat’s Reforms

5 2 Chr. 20 // Jehoshaphat’s Prayer