Formation Journal Reading Plan

39:1 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

39:2 Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains.

39:4 Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don’t return again.

39:5 “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

39:6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.

39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

39:9 “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

39:10 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

39:11 Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

39:12 Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

39:13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,

39:15 and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

39:16 She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

39:17 because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

39:18 When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

39:19 “Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

39:20 Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

39:21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

39:22 He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

39:23 The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

39:24 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

39:25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

39:26 “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

39:27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

39:28 On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

39:29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

39:30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”

66:1 For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

66:2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!

66:3 Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

66:4 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.

66:5 Come, and see God’s deeds—awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

66:6 He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

66:7 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

66:8 Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

66:9 who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

66:10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

66:11 You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

66:12 You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

15:1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

15:2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

15:4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

15:6 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

15:7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

15:8 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

15:11 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

15:12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.

15:14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

15:15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

15:16 For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.

15:17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

15:18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

15:19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

15:21 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

15:24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

15:27 For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.

15:28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

15:29 Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?

15:30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

15:31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

15:32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

15:33 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

15:34 Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.