Abide Reading: Apr. 30-May 6

Day 1: Contextual Passage: Hosea 1:1-3:5

Days 2-5: Focus Passage: Hosea 1:1-9

Hos. 1:1    The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel. 

Hos. 1:2    When the LORD first spoke to Hosea, he said this to him:

Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,

and have children of promiscuity,

for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity

by abandoning the LORD.

Hos. 1:3    So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. ⁴ Then the LORD said to him: 

  Name him Jezreel, for in a little while

I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel

on the house of Jehu

and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 

⁵ On that day I will break the bow of Israel

in the Valley of Jezreel.

Hos. 1:6    She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to him:

Name her Lo-ruhamah,

for I will no longer have compassion

on the house of Israel.

I will certainly take them away. 

⁷ But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,

and I will deliver them by the LORD their God.

I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,

or by horses and cavalry.

Hos. 1:8    After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. ⁹ Then the LORD said: 

  Name him Lo-ammi,

for you are not my people,

and I will not be your God. 

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Abide Reading: Apr. 23-29

Day 1: Contextual Passage: John 20:1-21:25

Days 2-5: Focus Passage: John 21:15-25

John 21:15    When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” 

  “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” 

  “Feed my lambs,” he told him. 

¹⁶ A second time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” 

  “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” 

  “Shepherd my sheep,” he told him. 

John 21:17    He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” 

  Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” 

  “Feed my sheep,” Jesus said. 

¹⁸ “Truly I tell you, when you were younger, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.” ¹⁹ He said this to indicate by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. After saying this, he told him, “Follow me.”

John 21:20    So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray you?” ²¹ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” 

John 21:22    “If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”

John 21:23    So this rumor spread to the brothers and sisters that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

John 21:24    This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. 

John 21:25    And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written. 

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Abide Reading: Apr. 15-21

Day 1: Contextual Passage: John 20:1-21:25

Days 2-5: Focus Passage: John 21:1-14

John 21:1    After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way: 

John 21:2    Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples were together. 

John 21:3    “I’m going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them. 

  “We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

John 21:4    When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know it was Jesus. ⁵ “Friends,” Jesus called to them, “you don’t have any fish, do you?” 

  “No,” they answered. 

John 21:6    “Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. ⁷ The disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” 

  When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer clothing around him (for he had taken it off) and plunged into the sea. 

⁸ Since they were not far from land (about a hundred yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. 

John 21:9    When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. ¹⁰ “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus told them. ¹¹ So Simon Peter climbed up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

John 21:12    “Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord. ¹³ Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish. ¹⁴ This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. 

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Abide Reading: April 8-14

Day 1: Contextual Passage: John 20:1-21:25

Days 2-5: Focus Passage: John 20:24-31

John 20:24    But Thomas (called “Twin”), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord!” 

  But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

John 20:26    A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

John 20:27    Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”

John 20:28    Thomas responded to him, “My Lord and my God!” 

John 20:29    Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”

John 20:30    Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. ³¹ But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. 

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Abide Reading: Apr. 1-7

Day 1: Contextual Passage: John 20:1-21:25

Days 2-5: Focus Passage: John 20:19-23

John 20:19    When it was evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

John 20:20    Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

John 20:21    Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” ²² After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

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