Bible Reading Plan

Watermark Bible Reading Plan 2026

 

Time with God in his Word is such a key way to grow as a Christian, so let’s read the Bible together as a church! We will go back to basics this year, and with the plan available on the Life Bible app, it should be easier to keep up than ever before. Read on for details on what we will read and how to get our 2026 plan.

Weekdays: mainly New Testament

We want to make our reading plan accessible to all. Following feedback, we want to read easier books and shorter passages that are manageable for the busiest Watermarkers. It is better to read less and meditate more on what God is saying, than to read much but without processing. So this year we will primarily read from the New Testament, and at a slower pace than before, taking two years to cover the NT.

Weekends: Psalms

Most people like to have a change in the weekend. The weekend readings are from the Psalms, so that we read all of them across two years. Sometimes the reading is two psalms, sometimes one longer psalm. It is up to you whether you want to read this on Saturday or Sunday or spread across two days, or read something else entirely on the weekends. 

 

 

Getting our plan

 

As usual, we have bookmarks, which you can pick up at church. There will be new ones every quarter. You can also print all of 2026 on one A4, using this PDF.

New: Life Bible App

Many people like to be able to read on the go and track progress on an app. The Life Bible app has kindly agreed to host our plan. Moreover, it allows for group reading which you can read together.

1. Downloading the app

Before adding the plan, please download the app and make an account

Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/life-bible-app/id325955298

Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tecarta.TecartaBible&hl=en

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2. Group reading

You can read the plan as a group, to see each other’s progress and use the chat to share questions and comments. If you want to do this

  • Whoever will host the plan should use the link below to add the Watermark 2026 plan to their app. Choose “group plan” when adding.
  • The host is then given a link to have others join that group. Please share it with e.g. your CG, ministry or others

Hosts can import the plan using https://tbibles.com/CQtNO.

* Please keep the days of the week as default (Mon-Sat).
* If you want to keep up with the church’s schedule, please put 1 January as the start date.

 

3. Personal reading

If you don’t want to read as a group, click the same link as above, but choose “personal” rather than “group plan” to add it.

(NB some of us have been faithfully following our reading plans for the past few years and so have read 32 out of 39 Old Testament books. If rather than mainly NT you instead want to finish those last OT books we haven’t read yet, please contact Niels@watermarkchurch.hk for a more demanding, advanced reading plan)