One Year Bible Readings
December 5 - December 11
5 Hosea 1:1-3:5: “The Family of Hosea,” “The Restoration of Israel,” “God’s Unfaithful People,”
“God’s Mercy on His People,” and “Israel Will Return to God.”
“I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.” (Hosea 2: 19-20 NKJV)
1 John 5:1-21: “Obedience by Faith,” “The Certainty of God’s Witness,” “Confidence and Compassion in Prayer,” and “Knowing the True—Rejecting the False.”
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (1 John 5: 4 NKJV)
Psalm 124:1-8: “The Lord the Defense of His People.” A Song of Ascents. Of David.
“Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.”
(Psalm 124: 8 NKJV)
Proverbs 29:5-8: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
6 Hosea 4:1-5:15: “God’s Charge Against Israel,” “The Idolatry of Israel,” and “Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah.”
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6a NKJV)
2 John 1-13: “Greeting the Elect Lady the Elder.”
“Because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: grace, mercy and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (2 John 2-3 NKJV)
Psalm 125:1-5: “The Lord the Strength of His People.” A Song of Ascents.
“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.” (Psalm 125: 2 NKJV)
Proverbs 29:9-11: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
7 Hosea 6:1-9:17: “A Call to Repentance,” “Impenitence of Israel and Judah,” “Futile Reliance on the Nations,” “The Apostasy of Israel,” and “Judgment of Israel’s Sin.”
“Come and let us return to the Lord; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.” (Hosea 6: 1 NKJV)
3 John 1-14: “Greeting to Gaius the Elder.”
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.” (3 John 11 NKJV)
Psalm 126:1-6: “A Joyful Return to Zion.” A Song of Ascents.
Proverbs 29:12-14: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
8 Hosea 10:1-14:9: “Israel’s Sin and Captivity,” “God’s Continuing Love for Israel,” “God’s Charge Against Ephraim,” “Relentless Judgment On Israel,” and “Israel Restored at Last.”
“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death.” (Hosea 12: 14a NKJV)
Jude 1-25: “Greeting to the Called,” “Contend for the Faith,” “Old and New Apostates,” “Apostates Depraved and Doomed,” “Apostates Predicted,” “Maintain Your
Life with God,” and “Glory to God.”
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, Who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.” (Jude 24- 25 NKJV)
One Year Bible Readings – Sunday, December, 5th - Saturday, December 11th
December 8th continued…
Psalm 127:1-5: “Laboring and Prospering with the Lord.” A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” (Psalm 127: 1 NKJV)
Proverbs 29:15-17: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases; but the righteous will see their fall.” (Proverbs 29: 16 NKJV)
9 Joel 1:1-3:21: “The Land Laid Waste,” “Mourning for the Land,” “The Day of the Lord,” “A Call to Repentance,” “The Land Refreshed,” “God’s Spirit Poured Out,” “God Judges the Nations,” and “God Blesses His People.”
“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you.” (Joel 2: 25 NKJV)
Revelation 1:1-20: “Introduction and Benediction,” “Greeting the Seven Churches,” and
“Vision of the Son of Man.”
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the rime is near.”
(Revelation 1:3 NKJV)
Psalm 128:1-6: “Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord.” A Song of Ascents.
Proverbs 29:18: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
10 Amos 1:1-3:15: “Judgment on the Nations,” “Judgment on Judah,” “Judgment on Israel,” “Authority of the Prophet’s Message,” and “Punishment of Israel’s Sins.”
“Surely the Lord does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3: 7 NKJV)
Revelation 2:1-17: “The Loveless Church, Ephesus,” “The Persecuted Church, Smyrna,” and
“The Compromising Church, Pergamos.”
“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” (Revelation 2: 4 NKJV)
Psalm 129:1-8: “Song of Victory over Zion’s Enemies.” A Song of Ascents.
“The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. Let all those who hate Zion be put to shame and turned back.” (Psalm 129: 4-5 NKJV)
Proverbs 29:19-20: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
11 Amos 4:1-6:14: “Punishment of Israel’s Sins,” “Israel Did Not Accept Correction,” “A Lament for Israel,” “A Call to Repentance,” “The Day of the Lord,” and “Warnings to
Zion and Samaria.”
“For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: ‘Seek Me and live.’”
(Amos 5: 4 NKJV)
Revelation 2:18-3:6: “The Corrupt Church, Thyatira,” and “The Dead Church, Sardis.”
“And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations —‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have received from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.” (Revelation 2: 26-28 NKJV)
Psalm 130:1-8: “Waiting for the Redemption of the Lord.” A Song of Ascents.
Proverbs 29:21-22: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
“An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.”
(Proverbs 29: 22 NKJV)
