Ascension to Pentecost

About this plan

Between Ascension Day and Pentecost the first disciples did what Jesus told them: they waited in Jerusalem and prayed. This plan reads those eleven days with them, from the day Jesus is taken up in Acts 1 to the day the Spirit comes in Acts 2.

Days 2 to 4 are Jesus’ words about the Spirit in John 14, 16 and 17, including his prayer that his people be one. Then the story of the Spirit unfolds through the Bible. Day 5 sets the scattered languages of Babel in Genesis 11 beside Isaiah 66, where God gathers people of every language. After Moses wishes in Numbers 11 that all God’s people were prophets, Joel 2 promises the Spirit poured out on everyone. Ezekiel 36 and 37 promise a new heart and breath for dry bones, and Romans 8, Galatians 5 and 1 Corinthians 12 show the Spirit at work in a life. Acts 2 closes the plan, when each one hears in their own language.

What you’ll read

• Taken up, and waitingDay 1Acts 1, Psalm 47
• The Spirit promisedDays 2–4John 14, John 16, John 17
• Babel and the gathered nationsDay 5Genesis 11, Isaiah 66
• The Spirit poured outDay 6Numbers 11, Joel 2
• Each in their own languageDay 11Acts 2, Psalm 104

22 chapters · 12 books · every Pentecost

This plan follows the church year: Day 1 is Ascension Day, 39 days after Easter, and Day 11 is Pentecost, 49 days after Easter. Both move with Easter, so these dates change every year.