Nehemiah’s 52 Days Detox, Part 2; The Plan

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Here I will present the detox daily plan, why I set it up this way and where the idea came from.

The Bible refers to the Word of God as food. Jeremiah, Ezekiel and John metaphorically ate scrolls and book.  Jesus himself said we need the Word of God to live not bread alone. Paul referred to the believers need to be fed. Here is where the idea of Bible diet plan started. The Word of God was written in different forms and styles for a reason. God in his ultimate wisdom decided to have it this way. In the light of the food metaphor, we can see that this diversion was for a reason. Our food can be classified into seven groups: protein, vitamins, dietary fibers, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and water. They are all essential and play important roles in our health balance. The Word of God can be similarly classified into seven groups: The Gospels, wisdom, the law, history, prophecy, the epistles and poetry. All are also essential to our spiritual walk. When we look deeper, we can see further similarities between God’s word and the food types for example:  

The Gospels: Are the core content, they are spiritual protein which is essential to build your faith muscles. They are the Holy of Holies where we see Jesus; we see God’s glory radiance. The Gospels are the extreme revelation of God’s grace and redeeming love.

The wisdom books: Not only do they give us depth and set our ways, but they also help us tour God’s mind and prospective.

The Law: Exposes our sinful nature and demonstrates God’s holiness, and it is like the spiritual fiber that regulates our output of words and action.

The history: Sweet like sugar to read, gives us energy and keeps us hungry for more. It breaks down to a honeyed taste about God’s faithfulness and goodness. It helps us see the big picture and man’s response to God’s plan. You see God walking through ages searching for those who love Him.

Prophecies: They are like the fats which might be harder to digest and comprehend yet they have delightful taste full of richness and depth.     

The Epistles: Reveal and clarify God’s salvation plan and are like the minerals which are essential to coordinate our nervous system to guide and regulate our walk with Christ.

Poetry: Adds life and joy to our spiritual life and heals our emotions. It is so essential like reviving water. It teaches us how to praise and love God.

The Bible detox diet is planned to achieve two goals: The first is healthy diet; reading all seven “spiritual food” groups daily. This way you get exposed to all of God’s tones and writing styles. This adds richness and fullness to your daily spiritual meal.

The second goal is a detox; to have an intensive reading that will force you to eliminate or reduce your ability to get exposed to the World philosophy or the daily life worries. This will have a detox effect as your sole brain and spirit food will be the Bible and everything else will be excreted in the light of God’s word.

Day after day your spirit will be well fed and positively impacted by Gods word. The idea is not just to drink Gods word but to be immerged in it, to be washed by it, to allow God’s word to run through you. It is being washed with a running river not just drinking from a bottle.   

I pray that God bless this time in your life and use his Word to build you up and reveal himself to you more and more. Praying that you be faced by God’s holiness, love and grace. Here is the plan but before you start, please take a minute to check my next blog where I share some hints to make the journey more possible and rewarding.

Day

Poetry

Epistles

The Law

History

Wisdom

Prophecy

Gospels

1

PS 1-2

ROM 1-2

GEN 1-3

JOSH 1-5

Job 1-2

ISA 1-6

MAT 1-2

2

PS 3-5

ROM 3-4

GEN 4-7

JOSH 6-10

Job 3-4

ISA 7-11

MAT 3-4

3

PS 6-8

ROM 5-6

GEN 8-11

JOSH 11-15

Job 5-6

ISA 12-17

MAT 5-7

4

PS 9-11

ROM 7-8

GEN 12-15

JOSH 16-20

Job 7-8

ISA 18-22

MAT 8-10

5

PS 12-14

ROM 9-10

GEN 16-19

JOSH 21-24

Job 9-10

ISA 23-28

MAT 11-13

6

PS 15-17

ROM 11-12

GEN 20-23

JUDG 1-6

Job 11-12

ISA 29-33

MAT 14-16

7

PS 18-20

ROM 13-14

GEN 24-27

JUDG 7-11

Job 13-14

ISA 34-39

MAT 17-19

8

PS 21-23

ROM 15-16

GEN 28-31

JUDG 12-16

Job 15-16

ISA 40-44

MAT 20-22

9

PS 24-26

I COR 1-2

GEN 32-35

JUDG 17-21

Job 17-18

ISA 45-50

MAT 23-25

10

PS 27-29

I COR 3-4

GEN 36-39

Ruth

Job 19-20

ISA 51-55

MAT 26-28

11

PS 30-32

I COR 5-6

GEN 40-43

I SAM 1-5

Job 21-22

ISA 56-61

MRK 1-2

12

PS 33-35

I COR 7-8

GEN 44-47

I SAM 6-10

Job 23-24

ISA 62-66

MRK 3-4

13

PS 36-38

I COR 9-10

GEN 48-50

I SAM 11-15

Job 25-26

JER 1-6

MRK 5-6

14

PS 39-41

I COR 11-12

EXO 1-4

I SAM 16-20

Job 27-28

JER 7-11

MRK 7-8

15

PS 42-44

I COR 13-14

EXO 5-8

I SAM 21-25

Job 29-30

JER 12-16

MRK 9-10

16

PS 45-47

I COR 15-16

EXO 9-12

I SAM 26-31

Job 31-32

JER 17-21

MRK 11-12

17

PS 48-50

II COR 1-3

EXO 13-16

II SAM 1-4

Job 33-34

JER 22-26

MRK 13-14

18

PS 51-53

II COR 4-5

EXO 17-20

II SAM 5-9

Job 35-36

JER 27-31

MRK 15-16

19

PS 54-56

II COR 6-8

EXO 21-24

II SAM 10-14

Job 37-38

JER 32-36

Luke 1-2

20

PS 57-59

II COR 9-10

EXO 25-28

II SAM 15-19

Job 39-40

JER 37-41

Luke 3-4

21

PS 60-62

II COR 11-13

EXO 29-32

II SAM 20-24

Job 41-42

JER 42-46

Luke 5-6

22

PS 63-65

GAL 1-3

EXO 33-36

I KG 1-4

PRO 1

JER 47-52

Luke 7-8

23

PS 66-68

GAL 4-6

EXO 37-40

I KG 5-9

PRO 2-3

LAM

Luke 9-10

24

PS 69-71

EPH 1-3

LEV 1-3

I KG 10-13

PRO 4

EZK 1-6

Luke 11-12

25

PS 72-74

EPH 4-6

LEV 4-6

I KG 14-18

PRO 5

EZK 7-12

Luke 13-14

26

PS 75-77

PHP 1-2

LEV 7-9

I KG 19-22

PRO 6

EZK 13-18

Luke 15-16

27

PS 78-80

PHP 3-4

LEV 10-12

II KG 1-5

PRO 7

EZK 19-24

Luke 17-18

28

PS 81-83

COL 1-2

LEV 13-15

II KG 6-10

PRO 8

EZK 25-30

Luke 19-20

29

PS 84-86

COL 3-4

LEV 16-18

II KG 11-15

PRO 9

EZK 31-36

Luke 21-22

30

PS 87-89

I THES 1-3

LEV 19-21

II KG 16-20

PRO 10

EZK 37-42

Luke 23-24

31

PS 90-92

I THES 4-5

LEV 22-24

II KG 21-25

PRO 11

EZK 43-48

John 1-2

32

PS 93-95

II THES

LEV 25-27

I CHRON 1-4

PRO 12

DAN 1-6

John 3-4

33

PS 96-98

I TIM 1-3

NUM 1-4

I CHRON 5-9

PRO 13

DAN 7-12

John 5-6

34

PS 99-101

I TIM 4-6

NUM 5-8

I CHRON 10-14

PRO 14

Hosea 1-7

John 7-9

35

PS 102-104

II TIM 1-2

NUM 9-12

I CHRON 15-19

PRO 15

Hosea 8-14

John 10-12

36

PS 105-107

II TIM 3-4

NUM 13-16

I CHRON 20-24

PRO 16

Joel

John 13-15

37

PS 108-110

Titus

NUM 17-20

I CHRON 25-29

PRO 17-18

Amos 1-4

John 16-18

38

PS 111-113

Philemon

NUM 21-24

II CHRON 1-5

PRO 19

Amos 5-9

John 19-21

39

PS 114-116

HEB 1-4

NUM 25-28

II CHRON 6-10

PRO 20-21

Obadiah

Acts 1-2

40

PS 117-118

HEB 5-7

NUM 29-32

II CHRON 11-15

PRO 22

Jonah

Acts 3-4

41

PS 119

HEB 8-10

NUM 33-36

II CHRON 16-20

PRO 23-24

Micah

Acts 5-6

42

PS 120-121

HEB 11-13

DEUT 1-3

II CHRON 21-24

PRO 25

Nahum

Acts 7-8

43

PS 122-124

James 1-3

DEUT 4-6

II CHRON 25-28

PRO 26-27

Hab

Acts 9-10

44

PS 125-127

James 4-5

DEUT 7-9

II CHRON 29-32

PRO 28

Zeph

Acts 11-12

45

PS 128-130

I Peter 1-3

DEUT 10-12

II CHRON 33-36

PRO 29-30

Haggai

Acts 13-14

46

PS 131-136

I Peter 4-5

DEUT 13-15

Ezra 1-5

PRO 31

Zec 1-7

Acts 15-16

47

PS 137-142

II Peter

DEUT 16-19

Ezra 6-10

ECC 1-2

Zec 8-14

Acts 17-18

48

PS 143-148

I John 1-3

DEUT 20-22

NEH 1-4

ECC 3-4

Mal

Acts 19-20

49

PS 149-150

I John 4-5

DEUT 23-25

NEH 5-9

ECC 5-6

REV 1-6

Acts 21-22

50

Song 1-4

II John

DEUT 26-28

NEH 10-13

ECC 7-8

REV 7-11

Acts 23-24

51

Song 5-6

III John

DEUT 29-31

Esther 1-5

ECC 9-10

REV 12-17

Acts 25-26

52

Song 7-8

Jude

DEUT 32-34

Esther 6-10

ECC 11-12

REV 18-22

Acts 27-28




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