One
Year Bible Readings
December 8 - December 14
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
13:14a NKJV)
Jude 1:1-25: “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)
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.”
“Correct your son, and he will give you
rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.” (Proverbs 29:17 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 time is near.”
(Revelation
1:3 NKJV)
Psalm
128:1-6: “Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord.” A Song of Ascents. An Orphanic Psalm.
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. An
Orphanic Psalm.
“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. An Orphanic
Psalm.
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)
12 Amos 7:1-9:15: “Vision of the Locusts,” “Vision of the Fire,” “Vision of the Plumb
Line,”
“Amaziah’s
Complaint,” “Vision of the Summer Fruit,” “The Destruction of Israel,” and “Israel
Will Be Restored.”
“I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall
they be pulled up from the land
I
have given them,’ says the LORD your God. ” (Amos 9:15 NKJV)
Revelation 3:7-22: “The Faithful Church,
Philadelphia,” and “The Lukewarm Church, Laodicea.”
“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar
in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the
name of My God and the name of the city of My
God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God.
And
I will write on him My new name.” (Revelation 3:12 NKJV)
Psalm 131:1-3: “Simple Trust in the Lord.” A Song of
Ascents. Of David.
Proverbs
29:23: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
13 Obadiah 1:1-21: “The Coming Judgment on Edom,”
“Edom
Mistreated His Brother,” and
“Israel’s
Final Triumph.”
“For the day of the Lord upon all the
nations is near; as you have done, it shall be done to you; your reprisal shall
return upon your own head.” (Obadiah 1:15 NKJV)
Revelation 4:1-11: “The Throne
Room of Heaven.”
“You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory
and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist
and were created.” (Revelation 4:11 NKJV)
Psalm 132:1-18: “The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion.”
A Song of Ascents. An Orphanic Psalm.
“Surely I will not go into the chamber of
my house, or go up to the comfort of my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or
slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for
the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” (Psalm 132:3-5 NKJV)
Proverbs 29:24-25: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
14 Jonah
1:1-4-11: “Jonah’s Disobedience,” “The Storm at Sea,”
“Jonah Thrown into the Sea,” “Jonah’s Prayer and Deliverance,” “Jonah
Preaches at Nineveh,”
“The
People of Nineveh Believe,” and “Jonah’s Anger and
God’s Kindness.”
“And he said: ‘I cried out to the Lord
because of my great affliction,
and
He answered me.’” (Jonah 2:2 NKJV)
Revelation
5:1-14: “The Lamb Takes the Scroll,” and “Worthy Is
the Lamb.”
“And every creature which is in heaven and
on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are
in them, I heard saying: ‘Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who
sits on the throne, and to the Lamb,
forever
and ever!’” (Revelation 5:13 NKJV)
Psalm 133:1-3: “Blessed Unity of the People of God.” A Song
of Ascents. Of David.
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Psalm 133:1 NKJV)
Proverbs 29:26-27: “Further Wise Sayings of Solomon.”
