Scott Walter

Micah 5

Read micah 5 A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem 5 Marshal your troops now, city of troops,     for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler     on the cheek with a rod. 2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,     though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me     one who will …

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Micah 4

Read Micah 4 The Mountain of the Lord 4 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established     as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills,     and peoples will stream to it. 2 Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,     to the …

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Micah 3

Read micah 3 Leaders and Prophets Rebuked 3 Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob,     you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice, 2     you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people     and the flesh from their bones; 3 who eat my people’s flesh,     strip off their skin     and break their …

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Micah 2

Read Micah 2 Human Plans and God’s Plans 2 Woe to those who plan iniquity,     to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out     because it is in their power to do it. 2 They covet fields and seize them,     and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes,     they rob them …

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Jonah 4

Read Jonah 4 Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion 4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger …

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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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Jonah 3

Read Jonah 3 Jonah Goes to Nineveh 3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah …

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Jonah 2

Read Jonah 2 2 1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord,     and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,     and you listened to my cry. 3 You hurled me into the depths,     into the very heart of the seas,     and the …

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Amos 9

Read Amos 9 Israel to Be Destroyed 9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Strike the tops of the pillars     so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people;     those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away,     none will …

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Amos 8

Read Amos 8 A Basket of Ripe Fruit 8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2 “What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered. Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. 3 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs …

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