Month: April 2022

Amos 6

Read Amos 6 Woe to the Complacent 6 Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,    and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,you notable men of the foremost nation,    to whom the people of Israel come!2 Go to Kalneh and look at it;    go from there to great Hamath,    and then go down to Gath in Philistia.Are they better off than your two kingdoms?    Is their …

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Amos 5

Read Amos 5 A Lament and Call to Repentance 5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you: 2 “Fallen is Virgin Israel,     never to rise again, deserted in her own land,     with no one to lift her up.” 3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel: “Your city that marches out a thousand strong     will have …

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Amos 4

Read Amos 4 Israel Has Not Returned to God 4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria,     you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy     and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!” 2 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:     “The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks,     the last of …

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Amos 3

Read Amos 3 Witnesses Summoned Against Israel 3 Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: 2 “You only have I chosen     of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you     for all your sins.” 3 Do two walk together     unless they have …

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Amos 2

Read Amos 2 2 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Moab,     even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes     the bones of Edom’s king, 2 I will send fire on Moab     that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult     amid war cries and the blast of …

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Amos 1

Amos Preview The book of Amos, another one of the minor prophets, takes place during the eight century B.C. Amos was a simple man, working as a shepherd and a farmer and living amongst normal people. He wasn’t wealthy or royalty. He wasn’t a priest, nor did he even consider himself to be a prophet. …

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Rest Day

Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of God. Maybe you need to use today to get caught up on the reading plan if you’re behind, maybe you want to journal what you’re learning so you don’t forget …

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Ephesians 6

Read Ephesians 6 6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and …

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Ephesians 6

Read Ephesians 6 6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and …

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Ephesians 5

Read Ephesians 5 5 1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these …

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