For the
love
of God

volume two

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A Daily Companion for Discovering

the Treasures of God’s Word

D. A. CARSON

Today’s Reading

CROSSWAY BOOKS

A DIVISION OF

GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS

WHEATON, ILLINOIS

For the Love of God, Volume Two

Copyright © 1999 by D. A. Carson

Published by Crossway Books
a division of Good News Publishers
1300 Crescent Street
Wheaton, Illinois 60187

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Cover design: Cindy Kiple

First printing, 1999

ISBN 1–58134–118–0

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture is from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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Scripture references marked kjv are from the King James Version.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Carson, D. A.

For the Love of God, Volume Two: a daily companion for discovering the treasures of God’s Word / D. A. Carson.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1–58134–008–7 (v. 1 hardcover: alk. paper)

ISBN 1–58134–118–0 (v. 2 hardcover: alk. paper)

1. Bible—Devotional use. 2.Devotional calendars.
3. Bible—Reading. I. Title.

BS617.8.C37 1999

220’.071—dc21 99–26484

CIP

This book is gratefully dedicated

to my dear wife

Joy

who is to me as her name.

Contents

Preface

Introduction

M’Cheyne Chart of Daily Bible Readings

Daily Readings

Preface

This book is for Christians who want to read the Bible, who want to read all the Bible. It is the second of two volumes that share the same end.

At their best, Christians have saturated themselves in the Bible. They say with Job, “I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread” (Job 23:12). That comparison was something the children of Israel were meant to learn in the wilderness: we are told that God led them into hunger and then fed them with manna, to teach them “that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” (Deut. 8:3)—words quoted ...