MTBO+
1 Wed p 2 S 8–10 21 Tue p 2 K 13–15
1 Wed p Gn 1–3
2 Thu p Gn 4–6
3 Fri p Gn 7–10
4 Sat p Gn 11–14
5 Sun p Gn 15–18
JANUARY
6 Mon p Gn 19–21
7 Tue p Gn 22–24
8 Wed p Gn 25:1–27:45
9 Thu p Gn 27:46–30:43
10 Fri p Gn 31–32
11 Sat p Gn 33–35
12 Sun p Gn 36–38
13 Mon p Gn 39–41
14 Tue p Gn 42–44
15 Wed p Gn 45–47
16 Thu p Gn 48–50
17 Fri p Ex 1–3
18 Sat p Ex 4:1–6:27
19 Sun p Ex 6:28–9:35
1 Sat p Lv 5–7
2 Sun p Lv 8–9
3 Mon p Lv 10–12
4 Tue p Lv 13–14
FEBRUARY
5 Wed p Lv 15–17
6 Thu p Lv 18–20
7 Fri p Lv 21–24
8 Sat p Lv 25–27
9 Sun p Nu 1–2
10 Mon p Nu 3–4
11 Tue p Nu 5–6
12 Wed p Nu 7–8
13 Thu p Nu 9–11
14 Fri p Nu 12–15
15 Sat p Nu 16–18
16 Sun p Nu 19–21
17 Mon p Nu 22–24
18 Tue p Nu 25–27
1 Sun p Dt 27–28
2 Mon p Dt 29:1–31:29
3 Tue p Dt 31:30–34:12
4 Wed p Js 1–3
5 Thu p Js 4–6
6 Fri p Js 7–9
MARCH
7 Sat p Js 10–12
8 Sun p Js 13–15
9 Mon p Js 16–18
10 Tue p Js 19–21
11 Wed p Js 22–24
12 Thu p Jg 1–3
13 Fri p Jg 4–5
14 Sat p Jg 6–8
15 Sun p Jg 9–12
16 Mon p Jg 13–15 16 Tue p Ps 57–63
17 Tue p Jg 16–18
18 Wed p Jg 19–21
19 Thu p Ru 1–4
20 Mon p Ex 10–12
21 Tue p Ex 13–15
22 Wed p Ex 16–18
23 Thu p Ex 19–21
24 Fri p Ex 22–24
25 Sat p Ex 25–27
26 Sun p Ex 28–29
APRIL
27 Mon p Ex 30–32
28 Tue p Ex 33:1–35:29
29 Wed p Ex 35:30–38:31
30 Thu p Ex 39–40
31 Fri p Lv 1–4
January 20-26:
National Bible Week
January 26:
National Bible Sunday
18 Sat p 2 K 6–7
January 27:
National Bible Day
19 Wed p Nu 28–30
20 Thu p Nu 31–33
21 Fri p Nu 34–36
22 Sat p Dt 1–2
23 Sun p Dt 3–4
24 Mon p Dt 5–7
25 Tue p Dt 8–11
26 Wed p Dt 12–14
MAY
27 Thu p Dt 15–18
28 Fri p Dt 19–22
29 Sat p Dt 23–26
20 Fri p 1 S 1–3
21 Sat p 1 S 4–7
22 Sun p 1 S 8–10
23 Mon p 1 S 11–13
24 Tue p 1 S 14–15
25 Wed p 1 S 16:1–18:5
26 Thu p 1 S 18:6–20:42
JUNE
27 Fri p 1 S 21–24
28 Sat p 1 S 25:1–28:2
29 Sun p 1 S 28:3–31:13
30 Mon p 2 S 1–3
31 Tue p 2 S 4–7
17 Wed p Ps 64–68
20 Mon p Sgs 5:2–8:14
2 Thu p 2 S 11–13
3 Fri p 2 S 14–15
4 Sat p 2 S 16–18
5 Sun p 2 S 19–21
6 Mon p 2 S 22–24
7 Tue p 1 K 1–2
8 Wed p 1 K 3–4
9 Thu p 1 K 5–7
10 Fri p 1 K 8–9
11 Sat p 1 K 10–11
12 Sun p 1 K 12–14
13 Mon p 1 K 15–17
14 Tue p 1 K 18–19
15 Wed p 1 K 20–22
16 Thu p 2 K 1–3
17 Fri p 2 K 4–5
19 Sun p 2 K 8–9
20 Mon p 2 K 10–12
1 Fri p 1 Ch 17–20
2 Sat p 1 Ch 21–23
3 Sun p 1 Ch 24–26
4 Mon p 1 Ch 27–29
5 Tue p 2 Ch 1–4
6 Wed p 2 Ch 5–8
7 Thu p 2 Ch 9–12
8 Fri p 2 Ch 13–16
9 Sat p 2 Ch 17:1–21:1
10 Sun p 2 Ch 21:2–24:27
11 Mon p 2 Ch 25–28
12 Tue p 2 Ch 29–30
13 Wed p 2 Ch 31–33
14 Thu p 2 Ch 34–36
15 Fri p Ezra 1–3
16 Sat p Ezra 4–7
17 Sun p Ezra 8–10
18 Mon p Ne 1–4
19 Tue p Ne 5–7
1 Mon p Job 29–31
2 Tue p Job 32–34
3 Wed p Job 35–37
4 Thu p Job 38–39
5 Fri p Job 40–42
6 Sat p Ps 1–8
7 Sun p Ps 9–15
8 Mon p Ps 16–19
9 Tue p Ps 20–24
10 Wed p Ps 25–30
11 Thu p Ps 31–35
12 Fri p Ps 36–41
13 Sat p Ps 42–45
14 Sun p Ps 46–50
15 Mon p Ps 51–56
18 Thu p Ps 69–72
19 Fri p Ps 73–77
22 Wed p 2 K 16–18
23 Thu p 2 K 19–21
24 Fri p 2 K 22–25
25 Sat p 1 Ch 1–2
26 Sun p 1 Ch 3–5
27 Mon p 1 Ch 6–8
28 Tue p 1 Ch 9–11
JULY
29 Wed p 1 Ch 12–14
30 Thu p 1 Ch 15–16
April 9:
Maundy Thursday
April 10:
Good Friday
April 12:
Easter Sunday
April 18:
PBS 55th Annual
Membership Meeting
20 Wed p Ne 8–10
21 Thu p Ne 11–13
22 Fri p Es 1–4
23 Sat p Es 5–10
24 Sun p Job 1–4
25 Mon p Job 5–7
AUGUST
26 Tue p Job 8–10
27 Wed p Job 11–13
28 Thu p Job 14–16
29 Fri p Job 17–20
30 Sat p Job 21–23
31 Sun p Job 24–28
May 9:
UBS World Day of Prayer
20 Sat p Ps 78–79
21 Sun p Ps 80–85
22 Mon p Ps 86–89
23 Tue p Ps 90–93
SEPTEMBER
24 Wed p Ps 94–98
25 Thu p Ps 99–103
26 Fri p Ps 104–106
27 Sat p Ps 107–109
28 Sun p Ps 110–113
29 Mon p Ps 114–118
30 Tue p Ps 119:1–88
1 Wed p Ps 119:89–176
2 Thu p Ps 120–131
3 Fri p Ps 132–138
4 Sat p Ps 139–144
5 Sun p Ps 145–150
6 Mon p Pr 1–3
7 Tue p Pr 4:1–7:5
8 Wed p Pr 7:6–9:18
9 Thu p Pr 10–12
10 Fri p Pr 13–15
11 Sat p Pr 16–18
12 Sun p Pr 19–21
13 Mon p Pr 22–24
14 Tue p Pr 25–29
15 Wed p Pr 30–31
16 Thu p Ec 1–4
17 Fri p Ec 5–8
18 Sat p Ec 9–12
19 Sun p Sgs 1:1–5:1
1 Sat p Is 46–50
2 Sun p Is 51–55
3 Mon p Is 56–61
4 Tue p Is 62–66
5 Wed p Jr 1–3
6 Thu p Jr 4–6
7 Fri p Jr 7–10
8 Sat p Jr 11–13
9 Sun p Jr 14–15
10 Mon p Jr 16–17
11 Tue p Jr 18–20
12 Wed p Jr 21–24
13 Thu p Jr 25–29
14 Fri p Jr 30–33
15 Sat p Jr 34–35
16 Sun p Jr 36–38
17 Mon p Jr 39–43
18 Tue p Jr 44–45
19 Wed p Jr 46–48
1 Tue p Ez 28:20–30:26
2 Wed p Ez 31–32
3 Thu p Ez 33–35
4 Fri p Ez 36–39
5 Sat p Ez 40–42
6 Sun p Ez 43–46
7 Mon p Ez 47–48
8 Tue p Dn 1–3
9 Wed p Dn 4–6
10 Thu p Dn 7–9
11 Fri p Dn 10–12
12 Sat p Ho 1–7
13 Sun p Ho 8–14
14 Mon p Jl 1–3
15 Tue p Am 1:1–5:17
16 Wed p Am 5:18–9:15
17 Thu p Ob 1
18 Fri p Jon 1–4
19 Sat p Mic 1–7
21 Tue p Is 1–4
22 Wed p Is 5:1–9:1
23 Thu p Is 9:2–12:6
24 Fri p Is 13–17
25 Sat p Is 18–23
OCTOBER
26 Sun p Is 24–27
27 Mon p Is 28–30
28 Tue p Is 31–35
29 Wed p Is 36–39
30 Thu p Is 40–42
31 Fri p Is 43–45
20 Thu p Jr 49–50
21 Fri p Jr 51–52
22 Sat p Lm 1–3
23 Sun p Lm 4–5
NOVEMBER
24 Mon p Ez 1–3
25 Tue p Ez 4–5
26 Wed p Ez 6–7
27 Thu p Ez 8–12
28 Fri p Ez 13–16
29 Sat p Ez 17:1–20:44
30 Sun p Ez 20:45–24–27
31 Mon p Ez 25:1–28:19
20 Sun p Nh 1–3
21 Mon p Hb 1–3
22 Tue p Zep 1–3
23 Wed p Hg 1–2
DECEMBER
24 Thu p Zec 1–6
25 Fri p Zec 7–11
26 Sat p Zec 12–14
27 Sun p Ml 1–4
28 Mon p Mt 1:1–4:11
29 Tue p Mt 4:12–7:29
30 Wed p Mt 8–9
1 Thu p Mt 10–12
2 Fri p Mt 13:1–14:12
3 Sat p Mt 14:13–17:20
4 Sun p Mt 17:22–18:35
5 Mon p Mt 19–20
6 Tue p Mt 21–23
7 Wed p Mt 24–25
8 Thu p Mt 26–27
9 Fri p Mt 28
10 Sat p Mk 1:1–3:12
11 Sun p Mk 3:13–5:43
12 Mon p Mk 6:1–7:30
13 Tue p Mk 7:31–9:29
14 Wed p Mk 9:30–10:52
15 Thu p Mk 11–12
16 Fri p Mk 13–14
17 Sat p Mk 15–16
18 Sun p Lk 1–2
19 Mon p Lk 3:1–4:13
1 Sun p Jn 5–6
2 Mon p Jn 7–8
3 Tue p Jn 9–10
4 Wed p Jn 11–12
5 Thu p Jn 13–16
6 Fri p Jn 17–19
7 Sat p Jn 20–21
8 Sun p Ac 1–2
9 Mon p Ac 3–5
10 Tue p Ac 6:1–8:3
11 Wed p Ac 8:4–9:31
12 Thu p Ac 9:32–11:18
13 Fri p Ac 11:19–12:25
14 Sat p Ac 13:1–15:35
15 Sun p Ac 15:36–18:23
16 Mon p Ac 18:24–21:16
17 Tue p Ac 21:17–23:35
18 Wed p Ac 24–26
19 Thu p Ac 27–28
1 Tue p 2 Co 5:11–9:15
2 Wed p 2 Co 10–13
3 Thu p Ga 1–4
4 Fri p Ga 5–6
5 Sat p Eph 1–3
6 Sun p Eph 4–6
7 Mon p Phil 1–4
8 Tue p Col 1–4
9 Wed p 1 Th 1–5
10 Thu p 2 Th 1–3
11 Fri p 1 Ti 1–3
12 Sat p 1 Ti 4–6
13 Sun p 2 Ti 1–4
14 Mon p Titus 1–3; Phm 1
15 Tue p He 1:1–4:13
16 Wed p He 4:14–7:28
17 Thu p He 8:1–10:18
18 Fri p He 10:19–13:25
19 Sat p Jas 1–5
20 Tue p Lk 4:14–5:39
21 Wed p Lk 6–7
22 Thu p Lk 8:1–9:50
23 Fri p Lk 9:51–10:42
24 Sat p Lk 11:1–13:21
25 Sun p Lk 13:22–15:32
26 Mon p Lk 16:1–17:37 I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us,
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just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one,
29 Thu p Lk 23–24 so that the world will believe that you sent me.
30 Fri p Jn 1–2 John 17:21
31 Sat p Jn 3–4
The MTBO+ (read as MTBO Plus) is a continu­ation of the
May They Be One (MTBO) Bible Campaign which seeks to
encourage believers to be inten­tionally involved in Scripture
engagement activities and Bible study programs within
their churches. In 2018, we launched under MTBO+ an
auxiliary program dubbed as the Adopt a Church Program.
The Adopt a Church Program is designed to provide Bibles
20 Fri p Ro 1:1–3:20 to churches in need, whose members cannot afford a Bible
21 Sat p Ro 3:21–5:21
22 Sun p Ro 6–8 of their own, and to equip these churches on discipleship.
23 Mon p Ro 9–11
24 Tue p Ro 12–16
We praise the Lord that, as of September 2019, we have:
25 Wed p 1 Co 1–4
26 Thu p 1 Co 5–7
27 Fri p 1 Co 8:1–11:1 135 adopted churches
28 Sat p 1 Co 11:2–14:40
29 Sun p 1 Co 15–16 8,567 Bibles distributed
30 Mon p 2 Co 1:1–5:10 673 leaders trained in discipleship
1,785 study materials distributed
Pastora Lani Roldan shares her insights about the Adopt
a Church Program Training and Bible Distribution Session
Nov 26: she attended last April 2019, and she affirms that this pro-
PBS 121st Anniversary
gram will benefit the adopted church in San Mateo, Rizal.
These are her thoughts:
“My knowledge on discipleship grew deeper. The
20 Sun p 1 P 1–5 Adopt a Church Program is really helpful. It helps the res-
21 Mon p 2 P 1–3
22 Tue p 1 Jn
toration of hearts for the Great Commission. I will apply
23 Wed p 2 Jn, 3 Jn what I learned from the AACP to teach those who don’t
24 Thu p Jd 1 know Christ – for them to know God’s love and to spread
25 Fri p Rev 1–3
discipleship to others.”
26 Sat p Rev 4–7
27 Sun p Rev 8–11
28 Mon p Rev 12–14 The Bible is the Word of God. It guides people towards
29 Tue p Rev 15–16
30 Wed p Rev 17:1–20:10 a blessed and peaceful life. Adopt a Church now and
31 Thu p Rev 20:11–22:21 help change lives and communities. Please fill out the
response form and return it to us today.
May God bless you for your prayers and for helping
Dec 25: proclaim the Word that shall not pass away.
Christmas Day
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tion among the Israelites. It was usual for married sons and That indeed is a new world! May this new world begin
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“...and you remember that ever since you were a child,
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to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith
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for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults,
and giving instruction for right living, so that the person
who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped
“How wonderful it is, how pleasant,
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Psalm 133:1
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