O L D T E S T A M E N T

• In GENESIS we meet a Sovereign Creator with a plan from

beginning to end.

• In EXODUS we meet a Redeemer who knows the way through the

wilderness.

• In LEVITICUS we learn how to be holy.

• NUMBERS warns against getting lost in life through unbelief.

• DEUTERONOMY commands we teach our children to love the

Lord will all their hearts.

• JOSHUA commands we be strong and courageous, for God will

never leave or forsake us.

• In JUDGES we see the downward spiral of sin and upward cycle of

mercy.

• In RUTH we learn to build our homes for God in turbulent times.

• FIRST AND SECOND SAMUEL bring us to the throne room

of the king.

• FIRST AND SECOND KINGS show us kings may fall and

nations falter but God is still in control.

• According to FIRST AND SECOND CHRONICLES, we must

pray, seek God’s face, and turn from our wicked ways.

• EZRA teaches us to seek the Lord in prayer, submit to His Word,

and advance His cause.

• NEHEMIAH shows us how to be leaders and partners in the

Lord’s work.

• ESTHER shows how God’s unseen hand orchestrates human

affairs in “such a time as this.”

• The book of JOB opens with buffeting but ends with blessing, for

our Redeemer lives.

• The PSALMS inspire us to make a joyful noise to the Lord all the

earth!

• The PROVERBS inspire us to practice daily wisdom and godly

fear.

• ECCLESIASTES shows us that life is meaningless without God.

• SONG OF SOLOMON shows us marriage is meaningless

without love.

• ISAIAH trumpets the Suffering Savior, the Prince of Peace, and

the joy of mounting up with eagles’ wings.

• JEREMIAH shows us to persevere in ministry, even when our

efforts appear futile.

• In LAMENTATIONS, God’s compassions never fail; they are

new every morning.

• EZEKIEL shows us how to see God’s majesty even in a land of

exile.

• DANIEL’S theme is the Most High rules over the affairs of the

human race.

• HOSEA’S theme is God’s love is greater than the sins of the human

heart.

• JOEL demonstrates how God restores the years the locusts have

eaten.

• AMOS tells us to be honest, letting justice roll down like a river and

righteousness as a mighty stream.

• According to OBADIAH, God deals with those who harm His

people.

• According to JONAH, God deals with those who run from His will.

• MICAH challenges us to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly

with God.

• NAHUM reminds us the Lord has His way in the whirlwind.

• HABAKKUK reminds us to rejoice in the Lord even when there’s

no fruit on the vine.

• ZEPHANIAH reminds us of a God who judges and a Father who

rejoices over us with singing.

• HAGGAI exhorts us to finish the task assigned us.

• ZECHARIAH tells us to complete the work God gives us, for the

Day of the Lord is near.

• MALACHI shakes us from spiritual apathy to genuine worship

and worthy living.

N E W T E S T A M E N T

• MATTHEW introduces the Messiah, Son of David, the Son of

Abraham.

• MARK reveals the urgency of the mission of Him who said, “Follow

Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

• LUKE gives us an orderly account of the Gospel so we’ll know the

certainty of what we believe.

• JOHN says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only

begotten Son.”

• The book of ACTS is all about turning the world upside down.

• The book of ROMANS is about the message that turns the world

upside down—justification by grace through faith.

• FIRST AND SECOND CORINTHIANS tell us how to have

healthy congregations.

• GALATIANS insists we accept no other Gospel.

• EPHESIANS catalogues our riches in Christ.

• PHILIPPIANS recommends joy and contentment whatever state

we’re in.

• COLOSSIANS exalts Christ with preeminence over all things.

• FIRST AND SECOND THESSALONIANS anticipate Christ’s

coming.

• FIRST AND SECOND TIMOTHY show us how to build God’s

church till He comes.

• TITUS tells us God’s work must be well-ordered and His workers

self-controlled.

• PHILEMON teaches that Christian forgiveness knows no

boundaries.

• HEBREWS says we must run with perseverance, looking to Jesus,

our great High Priest.

• According to JAMES, we must care for widows and orphans and

remain unspotted from the world.

• FIRST AND SECOND PETER tell us to walk in Christ’s

footsteps, always ready to explain our hope to a hopeless world.

• FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD JOHN exhort us to walk in the

light as He is in the light.

• JUDE commands we contend earnestly for the faith once for all

delivered to the saints.

• And the book of REVELATION teaches us to pray: “Even so,

come, Lord Jesus!”

And that’s what the Bible means!