Spend Time In The Bible
Pastor Scott Gilchrist introduced the Abide method as a means to help us grow in our relationship with God through time spent in the Bible and prayer. Spending time with God regularly … daily … helps us grow in our understanding of abiding in Christ in our home, at work, in school, and in every area of our lives.
Abide Method
The Abide method is based on copying out by hand passages of the Bible each day of the month. Each of the 30 scriptures listed for the month takes about 15 minutes or less to copy out. As you simply copy these texts out of your Bible, listen to God’s voice. Don’t hurry, simply abide and enjoy each day for 30 days. Pray like the Psalmist, “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.” Ps 119:18.
Watch the Abide Video to learn more about this powerful method of spending time with God in his word.
How to get started
Each of the passages below are meant to be hand-copied each day (see Deuteronomy 17:18-20)…as you do so, ask God to show you “wonderful things from His word” (see Psalm 119:18), then take the time to re-read, ponder and meditate on His word.
December Passages:
December 1 – 1 Timothy 6:1-8
December 2 – 1 Timothy 6:9-21
December 3 – Genesis 3:15; Hebrews 2:14; Galatians 4:4; 2 Timothy 1:10
December 4 – Genesis 22:1,2,9-14; John 3:16; Hebrews 11:17-19
December 5 – Genesis 49:10; Matthew 2:6; Hebrews 7:14; Revelation 5:5
December 6 – Exodus 12:21-24; John 1:29,36;19:33-36; 1 Corinthians 5:7,8
December 7 – Numbers 21:6-9; John 3:14-18
December 8 – Psalm 22:1,2,6-8; Matthew 27:39-46
December 9 – Psalm 16:8-11; Acts 2:22-32,13:35-37
December 10 – Psalm 110:1-4; Matthew 22:42-45; Hebrews 6:19,20
December 11 – Psalm 118:22-24; Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:9-12; 1 Peter 2:6-8
December 12 – Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22,23; Luke 1:31-35
December 13 – Isaiah 9:1,2; Matthew 4:13-16
December 14 – Isaiah 9:6,7; John 14:27; Romans 9:5; Ephesians 2:14-17
December 15 – Isaiah 40:3-5; Matthew 3:1-3; John 1:22,23
December 16 – Isaiah 42:1-8; Matthew 12:15-21; John 8:12
December 17 – Isaiah 52:13-53:6; 1 Peter 2:21-25; John 12:37-41
December 18 – Isaiah 53:7-12; Acts 8:32-35
December 19 – Isaiah 61:1,2; Luke 4:17-21
December 20 – Jeremiah 23:5-8; Luke 1:32,33; 1 Timothy 6:14-16; Revelation 19:16
December 21 – Daniel 9:24-27; Matthew 24:15,16; Galatians 4:4-5
December 22 – Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1-6
December 23 – Malachi 4:5,6; Matthew 17:10-13
December 24 – Luke 2:1-7
December 25 – Luke 2:8-20
December 26 – John 14:1-6
December 27 – Revelation 19:1-10
December 28 – Revelation 19:11-16
December 29 – Revelation 19:17-21
December 30 – Joshua 1:1-9
December 31 – Psalm 119:97-105
November Passages:
November 1 – Acts 28:1-6
November 2 – Acts 28:7-15
November 3 – Acts 28:16-22
November 4 – Acts 28:23-31
November 5 – 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
November 6 – 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
November 7 – 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
November 8 – 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5
November 9 – 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13
November 10 – 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
November 11 – 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18
November 12 – 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
November 13 – 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
November 14 – 2 Thessalonians 1:1-8
November 15 – 2 Thessalonians 1:9-2:2
November 16 – 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12
November 17 – 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5
November 18 – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18
November 19 – 1 Timothy 1:1-11
November 20 – 1 Timothy 1:12-20
November 21 – 1 Timothy 2:1-7
November 22 – 1 Timothy 2:8-15
November 23 – Psalm 92
November 24 – 1 Timothy 3:1-7
November 25 – 1 Timothy 3:8-16
November 26 – 1 Timothy 4:1-8
November 27 – 1 Timothy 4:9-16
November 28 – 1 Timothy 5:1-7
November 29 – 1 Timothy 5:8-16
November 30 – 1 Timothy 5:17-25
