Restore Week 1 - SOE God Bible Reading
WEEK 1 - GOD
Since the beginning of time God has desired to be the focus of his people and to be in a continual relationship with them. The Story of Everything is the story of God’s constant love for and pursuit of his people. In the Old Testament God’s pursuit of mankind was demonstrated through his relationship with the Israelites. Although they were unfaithful to him, he never gave up on them. In the New Testament, God invites all the people of the world to be in relationship with him through his son Jesus. This week you will read over and over again examples and stories of how God has pursued mankind since creation.
DAY 1
The Israelite people spent years in slavery in Egypt. God heard the misery of his people and he sent Moses to lead his people out of slavery. This is a story of God’s miraculous rescue of the people he loves. READ Exodus 1-3, 13:17-14:31
DAY 2
In this passage Jerusalem and Zion are both place names that represent the Israelite people whom God is pursuing. Notice Chapter 65, vs.1 “….to a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I’ Isaiah gives us a word picture of God here that is reminiscent of a child lost in a crowd jumping up and down trying to get his parent’s attention. This is how God tries to get the attention of his people. READ Isaiah 62-65
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DAY 3
God asked the prophet Hosea to do the unthinkableforgive and restore his relationship with his unfaithful wife, who was acting like a prostitute. This chapter details how Hosea actually bought his wife back. In doing so, this prophet gave the Israelites a picture of God’s love for his unfaithful people. – from The Journey – A Bible for seeking and understanding life. pg. 1168 Zondervan READ Hosea 1, 3, 11 and 14
DAY 4
In his ultimate act of rescue, God becomes one of us by sending his son Jesus to walk the earth and save the people he loves. READ John 1, 3, 4:1-26
DAY 5
Jesus tells a series of stories in Luke 15 that further reveal God’s love and pursuit of his people comparing them to lost sheep, coin and son. Then, in Romans, Paul talks of his hope for all Israelites to respond to God’s pursuit by accepting Jesus as God’s ultimate act of love, pursuit and rescue. READ Luke 15 Romans 10, 11
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Since the beginning of time God has desired to be the focus of his people and to be in a continual relationship with them. The Story of Everything is the story of God’s constant love for and pursuit of his people. In the Old Testament God’s pursuit of mankind was demonstrated through his relationship with the Israelites. Although they were unfaithful to him, he never gave up on them. In the New Testament, God invites all the people of the world to be in relationship with him through his son Jesus. This week you will read over and over again examples and stories of how God has pursued mankind since creation.
DAY 1
The Israelite people spent years in slavery in Egypt. God heard the misery of his people and he sent Moses to lead his people out of slavery. This is a story of God’s miraculous rescue of the people he loves. READ Exodus 1-3, 13:17-14:31
DAY 2
In this passage Jerusalem and Zion are both place names that represent the Israelite people whom God is pursuing. Notice Chapter 65, vs.1 “….to a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I’ Isaiah gives us a word picture of God here that is reminiscent of a child lost in a crowd jumping up and down trying to get his parent’s attention. This is how God tries to get the attention of his people. READ Isaiah 62-65
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DAY 3
God asked the prophet Hosea to do the unthinkableforgive and restore his relationship with his unfaithful wife, who was acting like a prostitute. This chapter details how Hosea actually bought his wife back. In doing so, this prophet gave the Israelites a picture of God’s love for his unfaithful people. – from The Journey – A Bible for seeking and understanding life. pg. 1168 Zondervan READ Hosea 1, 3, 11 and 14
DAY 4
In his ultimate act of rescue, God becomes one of us by sending his son Jesus to walk the earth and save the people he loves. READ John 1, 3, 4:1-26
DAY 5
Jesus tells a series of stories in Luke 15 that further reveal God’s love and pursuit of his people comparing them to lost sheep, coin and son. Then, in Romans, Paul talks of his hope for all Israelites to respond to God’s pursuit by accepting Jesus as God’s ultimate act of love, pursuit and rescue. READ Luke 15 Romans 10, 11
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