Formation Journal Reading Plan

Exodus 27

27:1 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
27:2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
27:3 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
27:4 You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
27:5 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
27:6 You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
27:7 Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
27:8 You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
27:9 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
27:10 and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
27:11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
27:12 For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
27:13 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
27:14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
27:15 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
27:16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
27:17 All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
27:18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
27:19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
27:20 “You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Psalm 62

62:1 For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress—I will never be greatly shaken.
62:3 How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
62:4 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
62:5 My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
62:7 With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
62:9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
62:10 Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
62:11 God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
62:12 Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

Mark 1:1-13

1:1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
1:2 As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”
1:4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
1:5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
1:6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
1:7 He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
1:8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
1:9 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
1:10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
1:11 A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
1:12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
1:13 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.