New / Young Believer
New Life.
Luke and Acts, one story in two volumes.
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Why this plan
Luke and Acts are one continuous, two-volume work by the same author. Jesus' life flows straight into the birth of the church, so they're read as a single stream rather than two.
A good second or third plan once you've read one Gospel already.
What you'll read
One stream, read in order.
Luke & Acts
Luke → Acts
Week by week
The plan for the next 13 weeks.
Every reading, in the order the app gives them.
Week 1Luke 1:1–38 – Luke 3
- Day 1Luke 1:1–38
- Day 2Luke 1:39–80
- Day 3Luke 2:1–21
- Day 4Luke 2:22–52
- Day 5Luke 3
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 2Luke 4 – Luke 8:1–25
- Day 6Luke 4
- Day 7Luke 5
- Day 8Luke 6
- Day 9Luke 7
- Day 10Luke 8:1–25
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 3Luke 8:26–56 – Luke 11
- Day 11Luke 8:26–56
- Day 12Luke 9:1–27
- Day 13Luke 9:28–62
- Day 14Luke 10
- Day 15Luke 11
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 4Luke 12:1–34 – Luke 15
- Day 16Luke 12:1–34
- Day 17Luke 12:35–59
- Day 18Luke 13
- Day 19Luke 14
- Day 20Luke 15
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 5Luke 16 – Luke 20
- Day 21Luke 16
- Day 22Luke 17
- Day 23Luke 18
- Day 24Luke 19
- Day 25Luke 20
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 6Luke 21 – Luke 23:26–56
- Day 26Luke 21
- Day 27Luke 22:1–34
- Day 28Luke 22:35–71
- Day 29Luke 23:1–25
- Day 30Luke 23:26–56
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 7Luke 24:1–35 – Acts 3
- Day 31Luke 24:1–35
- Day 32Luke 24:36–53
- Day 33Acts 1
- Day 34Acts 2
- Day 35Acts 3
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 8Acts 4 – Acts 7:43–60
- Day 36Acts 4
- Day 37Acts 5
- Day 38Acts 6
- Day 39Acts 7:1–42
- Day 40Acts 7:43–60
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 9Acts 8 – Acts 12
- Day 41Acts 8
- Day 42Acts 9
- Day 43Acts 10
- Day 44Acts 11
- Day 45Acts 12
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 10Acts 13 – Acts 17
- Day 46Acts 13
- Day 47Acts 14
- Day 48Acts 15
- Day 49Acts 16
- Day 50Acts 17
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 11Acts 18 – Acts 22
- Day 51Acts 18
- Day 52Acts 19
- Day 53Acts 20
- Day 54Acts 21
- Day 55Acts 22
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 12Acts 23 – Acts 27
- Day 56Acts 23
- Day 57Acts 24
- Day 58Acts 25
- Day 59Acts 26
- Day 60Acts 27
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 13Acts 28 – Acts 28
- Day 61Acts 28
- Rest dayReflect on the plan you've just finished
Weekly rhythm
Five days to read. One to reflect.
Each reading day has one reading per stream. On your rest day, look back over the week. You choose your rest day in the app: Saturday, Sunday or the whole weekend. Your place only moves on when you mark a reading done, so a missed day never leaves you behind.
How to read
Read, Reflect, Respond.
The same three steps every day, in any plan. Fifteen to thirty minutes is plenty.
- 1
Read
Read slowly and on purpose, with a pen in hand. Mark the words and verses that stand out, the big words to look up, the repeated ideas, and the connecting words like therefore and because.
- 2
Reflect
Ask why you marked what you did. What did it mean to the people it was first written to? What does it mean for you today? What does it show you about God?
- 3
Respond
Turn it into prayer: thanksgiving, praise, repentance, or asking for help, using the words you marked. Optionally, write down one thing to carry into the day.
Optional, in the app
Add a companion reading.
Alongside this plan, you can add a short daily reading. Turn on any of them, or alternate the Psalm and Proverb from day to day.
Psalm of the Day
One psalm a day, working through the whole Psalter.
Proverb of the Day
One chapter of Proverbs a day, cycling every 31 days.
Gospel of the Day
This plan already reads Luke, so Gospel of the Day waits until you've finished that part of the plan, then picks up where you left off.
Companion readings need a free account in the Standfirm app.
When you finish
Read another, then go deeper.
Each New / Young Believer plan covers different books, so reading another before you move on gives you more ground to stand on. When you're ready, step up to Growing Believer. It's your choice, not a test.