One Year Bible

Isaiah 41:17-43:13

17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I, the Lord, will answer them;

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

18 I will open rivers on the barren heights,

and fountains in the middle of the valleys.

I will turn the desert into a pool of water,

and the dry land into flowing springs.

19 I will plant cedars in the wilderness,

acacias, myrtles, and olive trees.

I will set cypresses in the desert,

elms and boxwood together,

20 so that all may see and know,

may consider and understand,

that the hand of the Lord has done this

and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”

Meaningless Idols

21“Present your case,” says the Lord.

“Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

22“Let them come and tell us what will happen.

Tell the former things,

so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome.

Or announce to us what is coming.

23 Tell us the things that are to come,

so that we may know that you are gods.

Yes, do something good or evil,

that we may look on together in dismay.

24 Behold, you are nothing

and your work is of no value.

Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he has come —

one from the east who calls on My name.

He will march over rulers as if they were mortar,

like a potter who treads the clay.

26 Who has declared this from the beginning,

so that we may know,

and from times past,

so that we may say: ‘He was right’?

No one announced it, no one foretold it,

no one heard your words.

27 I was the first to tell Zion:

‘Look, here they are!’

And I gave to Jerusalem

a herald of good news.

28 When I look, there is no one;

there is no counselor among them;

when I ask them,

they have nothing to say.

29 See, they are all a delusion;

their works amount to nothing;

their images are as empty as the wind.’’

Here Is My Servant

(Matthew 12:15–21)

1 “ Here is My Servant, whom I uphold,

My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights.

I will put My Spirit on Him,

and He will bring justice to the nations.

2 He will not cry out or raise His voice,

nor make His voice heard in the streets.

3 A bruised reed He will not break

and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish;

He will faithfully bring forth justice.

4 He will not grow weak or discouraged

before He has established justice on the earth.

In His law the islands will put their hope.”

5 This is what God the Lord says—

He who created the heavens

and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and its offspring,

who gives breath to the people on it

and life to those who walk in it:

6“I, the Lord, have called you

for a righteous purpose,

and I will take hold of your hand.

I will keep you and appoint you

to be a covenant for the people

and a light to the nations,

7 to open the eyes of the blind,

to bring prisoners out of the dungeon

and those sitting in darkness

out from the prison house.

8 I am the Lord;

that is My name!

I will not yield My glory to another

or My praise to idols.

9 Behold, the former things have happened,

and now I declare new things.

Before they spring forth

I proclaim them to you.”

A New Song of Praise

(Psalm 98:1–9; Psalm 149:1–9)

10 Sing to the Lord a new song—

His praise from the ends of the earth—

you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,

you islands, and all who dwell in them.

11 Let the desert and its cities raise their voices;

let the villages of Kedar cry aloud.

Let the people of Sela sing for joy;

let them cry out from the mountaintops.

12 Let them give glory to the Lord

and declare His praise in the islands.

13 The Lord goes forth like a mighty one;

He stirs up His zeal like a warrior.

He shouts; yes, He roars

in triumph over His enemies:

14“I have kept silent from ages past;

I have remained quiet and restrained.

But now I will groan like a woman in labor;

I will at once gasp and pant.

15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills

and dry up all their vegetation.

I will turn the rivers into dry land

and drain the marshes.

16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;

I will guide them on unfamiliar paths.

I will turn darkness into light before them

and rough places into level ground.

These things I will do for them,

and I will not forsake them.

17 But those who trust in idols

and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’

will be turned back in utter shame.

Israel Is Deaf and Blind

18 Listen, you deaf ones;

look, you blind ones, that you may see!

19 Who is blind but My servant,

or deaf like the messenger I am sending?

Who is blind like My covenant partner,

or blind like the servant of the Lord?

20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch.

Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

21 The Lord was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness,

to magnify His law and make it glorious.

22 But this is a people plundered and looted,

all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons.

They have become plunder with no one to rescue them,

and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

23 Who among you will pay attention to this?

Who will listen and obey hereafter?

24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil,

and Israel to the plunderers?

Was it not the Lord,

against whom we have sinned?

They were unwilling to walk in His ways,

and they would not obey His law.

25 So He poured out on them His furious anger

and the fierceness of battle.

It enveloped them in flames,

but they did not understand;

it consumed them,

but they did not take it to heart.

Israel’s Only Savior

1 But now, this is what the Lord says—

He who created you, O Jacob,

and He who formed you, O Israel:

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

2 When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you;

and when you go through the rivers,

they will not overwhelm you.

When you walk through the fire,

you will not be scorched;

the flames will not set you ablaze.

3 For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I give Egypt for your ransom,

Cush and Seba in your place.

4 Because you are precious and honored in My sight,

and because I love you,

I will give men in exchange for you

and nations in place of your life.

5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you;

I will bring your offspring from the east

and gather you from the west.

6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’

and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’

Bring My sons from afar,

and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory,

whom I have indeed formed and made.”

8 Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind,

and who have ears but are deaf.

9 All the nations gather together

and the peoples assemble.

Who among them can declare this,

and proclaim to us the former things?

Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them,

so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

10“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,

“and My servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may consider and believe Me

and understand that I am He.

Before Me no god was formed,

and after Me none will come.

11 I, yes I, am the Lord,

and there is no Savior but Me.

12 I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—

I, and not some foreign god among you.

So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,

“that I am God.

13 Even from eternity I am He,

and none can deliver out of My hand.

When I act, who can reverse it?”

Ephesians 2:1-22

Alive with Christ

(Colossians 2:6–23)

1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

One in Christ

(Philippians 2:1–4)

11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision(that done in the body by human hands) — 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility 15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace 16and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Christ Our Cornerstone

(Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; 1 Peter 2:1–8)

19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

Psalm 67:1-7

May God Cause His Face to Shine upon Us

1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

May God be gracious to us and bless us,

and cause His face to shine upon us,

Selah

2 that Your ways may be known on earth,

Your salvation among all nations.

3 Let the peoples praise You, O God;

let all the peoples praise You.

4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for You judge the peoples justly

and lead the nations of the earth.

Selah

5 Let the peoples praise You, O God;

let all the peoples praise You.

6 The earth has yielded its harvest;

God, our God, blesses us.

7 God blesses us,

that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

Proverbs 23:29-35

Saying 19

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has contentions? Who has complaints?

Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who linger over wine,

who go to taste mixed drinks.

31 Do not gaze at wine while it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

32 In the end it bites like a snake

and stings like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange things,

and your mind will utter perversities.

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas

or lying on the top of a mast:

35“They struck me, but I feel no pain!

They beat me, but I did not know it!

When can I wake up

to search for another drink?”

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One Year Bible

Isaiah 41:17-43:13

Ephesians 2:1-22

Psalm 67:1-7

Proverbs 23:29-35