There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one: Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me Chapters 1-3 in the book of Genesis.
Special verses:
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said , Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said , Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the
firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament
from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And God said , Let
the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place,
and let the dry land appear : and it was so.
And God called
the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called
he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And God said , Let
the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the
fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
And the earth
brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and
the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
And the evening and the morning were the third day. And God said , Let
there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for
days, and years:
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And God made two
great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And God said , Let
the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath
life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament
of heaven.
And God created
great whales, and every living creature that moveth , which the
waters brought forth abundantly , after their kind, and every winged
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God blessed
them, saying , Be fruitful , and multiply , and fill the waters in
the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And God said , Let
the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle,
and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it
was so.
And God made the
beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and
every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God
saw that it was good.
And God said , Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful , and multiply , and
replenish the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth.
And God said ,
Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon
the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
And to every beast
of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that
creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life , I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so.
And God saw every
thing that he had made , and, behold, it was very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth day." - Genesis chapter 1
"And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying , Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat :
But of the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die .
And the LORD God said , It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
And out of the
ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would
call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that
was the name thereof.
And Adam gave
names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast
of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for
him.
And the LORD God
caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took
one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said ,
This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." - Genesis 2:15-25
"Now the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made .
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said , Ye shall not eat
of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of
the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman
saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat , and gave also unto her husband
with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them
both were opened , and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the
voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the
day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the
LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said , I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid , because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said , Who
told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said , The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God
said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the
woman said , The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the LORD God
said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art
cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go , and dust shalt thou eat all the days of
thy life: And I will put
enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he
said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to
thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he
said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and
hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust
shalt thou return .
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the LORD God
said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and
evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
So he drove out
the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way , to keep
the way of the tree of life." - Genesis chapter 3
Note: If you
have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read
along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and
listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one
of which is an audio version of the Bible Daily.
Recommended reading:
Stephen Hawking: There is No God, and the Theory of Evolution Better Explains Origins of Life - endoftheamericandream.com
By the Way, Have You Had a Chance to Watch Ray Comfort's Video, "Evolution Vs. God?" (my post)
Evolution And Junk DNA, by Michael Boehm & Dr. Charles Jackson
The Cambrian Explosian by Douglas Erwin
Lies In The Textbooks
100 Reasons Why Evolution Is Stupid
Scientific Study Backs Intelligent Design - wnd.com
Recommended sermons & podcasts:
The Quest For The Historical Adam, by Pastor Kevin Boling
Six Days and the Eisegesis Problem, by Ken Ham
Total Depravity, by Rev. Paul den Butter
