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.
April Passages:
April 1 – Daniel 8:5-8
April 2 – Daniel 8:9-14
April 3 – Daniel 8:15-19
April 4 – Daniel 8:20-27
April 5 – Daniel 9:1-6
April 6 – Daniel 9:7-14
April 7 – Daniel 9:15-19
April 8 – Daniel 9:20-23
April 9 – Daniel 9:24-27
April 10 – Daniel 10:1-9
April 11 – Daniel 10:10-17
April 12 – Daniel 10:18-21
April 13 – Daniel 11:1-4
April 14 – Daniel 11:5-9
April 15 – Daniel 11:10-19
April 16 – Daniel 11:20-28
April 17 – Daniel 11:29-35
April 18 – Daniel 11:36-39
April 19 – Daniel 11:40-45
April 20 – Daniel 12:1-4
April 21 – Daniel 12:5-13
April 22 – Mark 1:1-8
April 23 – Mark 1:9-20
April 24 – Mark 1:21-31
April 25 – Mark 1:32-39
April 26 – Mark 1:40-45
April 27 – Mark 2:1-12
April 28 – Mark 2:13-22
April 29 – Mark 2:23-28
April 30 – Mark 3:1-6
May Passages:
May 1 – Mark 3:7-12
May 2 – Mark 3:13-19
May 3 – Mark 3:20-35
May 4 – Mark 4:1-9
May 5 – Mark 4:10-20
May 6 – Mark 4:21-32
May 7 – Mark 4:33-41
May 8 – Mark 5:1-8
May 9 – Mark 5:9-20
May 10 – Mark 5:21-24
May 11 – Mark 5:25-34
May 12 – Mark 5:35-43
May 13 – Mark 6:1-6a
May 14 – Mark 6:6b-13
May 15 – Mark 6:14-20
May 16 – Mark 6:21-29
May 17 – Mark 6:30-44
May 18 – Mark 6:45-52
May 19 – Mark 6:53-7:8
May 20 – Mark 7:9-23
May 21 – Mark 7:24-30
May 22 – Mark 7:31-37
May 23 – Mark 8:1-10
May 24 – Mark 8:11-21
May 25 – Mark 8:22-26
May 26 – Mark 8:27-38
May 27 – Mark 9:1-8
May 28 – Mark 9:9-18
May 29 – Mark 9:19-29
May 30 – Mark 9:30-37
May 31 – Mark 9:38-50
