CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.31.10

Malachi 3-4:6
Revelation 22:1-21
Psalm 150:1-6

1506 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!

John - Praising Him changes US!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.30.10

Malachi 1-2:17
Revelation 21:1-27
Psalm 149:1-9

1494 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.

John - THE LORD takes pleasure in US, what a great reassurance that is is delightful to the Lord to have a people who know He is their GOD!

Proverbs 31:10-24

CCI One Year Bible Readin

12.29.10

Zechariah 14:1-21
Revelation 20:1-15
Psalm 148:1-14
Proverbs 31:8-9

31 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

John - Pleading the cause of the poor and needy is a righteous pursuit.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.28.10

Zechariah 12-13:9
Revelation 19:1-21

1910 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

John - For the testimony of Jesus IS the spirit of prophecy. When we testify of Jesus we operate in ALL the power of prophecy, we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our Testimony!

Psalm 147:1-20
Proverbs 31:1-7

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.27.10

Zechariah 10-11:17
Revelation 18:1-24
Psalm 146:1-10
Proverbs 30:33

3033 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood,
So the forcing of wrath produces strife.

John - When we force wrath we will produce STRIFE and conflict, and a man who loves conflict will have VERY FEW, if any, friends.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.26.10

Zechariah 9:1-17
Revelation 17:1-18
Psalm 145:1-21

14518 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.

John - Dont believe the LIE that the Lord is not close, HE IS CLOSE to all who call upon Him, He will not forsake His children!

Proverbs 30:32

3032 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.

John - Keeping our mouth closed is a key to living at peace.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.25.10

Zechariah 8:1-23
Revelation 16:1-21
Psalm 144:1-15

14415 Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!

John - If you make God your Lord, you gain happiness as a by product of your relationship with God.

Proverbs 30:29-31

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.24.10

Zechariah 6-7:14
Revelation 15:1-8
Psalm 143:1-12

14311 Revive me, O LORD, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

John - God does things in our life for HIS sake, not our, remember God hated for sin required the sacrifice of His son, no short cuts!

Proverbs 30:24-28

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.23.10

Zechariah 4-5:11
Revelation 14:1-20
14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,[h] “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

John - Live with purpose our works follow us!

Psalm 142:1-7
Proverbs 30:21-23

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.22.10

Zechariah 2-3:10
Revelation 13:1-18
Psalm 141:1-10

1413 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

John - By the Lord helping us control what we say, we are spared immeasurable pain.

Proverbs 30:18-20

30 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wickedness.”

John - Here the scripture teaches if a woman is an adulterous woman she will say she has done NO WRONG, the Lord will have to reveal her wrong to her.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.21.10

Zechariah 1:1-21
Revelation 12:1-17
Psalm 140:1-13

14012 I know that the LORD will maintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.

John - The Lord will maintain... He is not unaware or inefficient, HE KNOWS and He fulfills His word, ALWAYS!

Proverbs 30:17

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.20.10

Haggai 1-2:23
Revelation 11:1-19
Psalm 139:1-24

139 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

John - The days fashioned for me!!! What a glorious statement, you know my end, my days and my ways... God the fact you know and love me is AWESOME!

Proverbs 30:15-16

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.19.10

Zephaniah 1-3:20
Revelation 10:1-11
Psalm 138:1-8

138 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

John - I can be continually reassured that God will perfect (finish, complete, bring to His full end) all those things that concern (concern is things we desire or have zeal for) me!

Proverbs 30:11-14

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.18.10

Habakkuk 1-3:19
Revelation 9:1-21
Psalm 137:1-9
Proverbs 30:10

3010 Do not malign a servant to his master,
Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

John -We need to be mindful who we speak against, or we could be found guilty of the same thing.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.17.10

Nahum 1-3:19
Revelation 8:1-13
Psalm 136:1-26

136 3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
For His mercy endures forever:

John the theme of this psalm is HIS MERCY ENDURES forever, and having been redeemed we can say AMEN!

Proverbs 30:7-9

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.16.10

Micah 5-7:20

6 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

John - DO what is just, LOVE people getting mercy not what they deserve, and WALK humbly knowing it is not you but God that is good, that is what is required.

Revelation 7:1-17
Psalm 135:1-21
Proverbs 30:5-6

305 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
6 Do not add to His words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

John - God shields those who trust Him, His words are PURE.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.15.10

Micah 1-4:13
Revelation 6:1-17
Psalm 134:1-3

1342 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the LORD.

John - They praised with their hands lifted in their assembly, what a joy it is to PRAISE the Lord.

Proverbs 30:1-4

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.14.10

Jonah 1-4:11
Revelation 5:1-14
Psalm 133:1-3

1331 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!

2 It is like the precious oil upon the head,
Running down on the beard,
The beard of Aaron,
Running down on the edge of his garments.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
Descending upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the LORD commanded the blessing—
Life forevermore.

John - As the scripture shares, it is pleasant when brothers DWELL in UNITY, and THERE the Lord COMMANDS blessings... where? The place of our unity with one another!

Proverbs 29:26-27

29 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.


John - If you live UPRIGHT the wicked will not like you.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.13.10

Obadiah 1:1-21
Revelation 4:1-11
Psalm 132:1-18

13212 If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I shall teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”

John - God loved David and gave him the keys to blessing... keep my covenant.. in other words...obey!

Proverbs 29:24-25

2925 The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.

John - Trusting in the Lord is the key to safety, not personal protection strategies.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.12.10

Amos 7-9:15
Revelation 3:7-22

320 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

John - Look in this scripture we see who is wanting to come in and dine with us, God wants to be with us.

Psalm 131:1-3
Proverbs 29:23

2923 A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

John - Humility is God’s plan to protect the believer and will allow us to accomplish His purpose.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.11.10

Amos 4-6:14
Revelation 2:18-3:6
Psalm 130:1-8

130 7 O Israel, hope in the LORD;
For with the LORD there is mercy,
And with Him is abundant redemption.

John - Our Lord operates in mercy and ABUNDANT redemption through Jesus Christ!

Proverbs 29:21-22

29 22 An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.

John - If a man doesnt control his anger it will cause him to continually stumble!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.10.10

Amos 1-3:15

3 7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

John - The church should know, God give His people visions.

Revelation 2:1-17

27 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’

John - We always want to have ears to hear what God is saying to HIS people!

Psalm 129:1-8
Proverbs 29:19-20

29 20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There ismore hope for a fool than for him.

John - The more slow we are to speak the safer we are!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.10.10

Amos 1-3:15

3 7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

John - The church should know, God give His people visions.

Revelation 2:1-17

27 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’

John - We always want to have ears to hear what God is saying to HIS people!

Psalm 129:1-8
Proverbs 29:19-20

29 20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There ismore hope for a fool than for him.

John - The more slow we are to speak the safer we are!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.10.10

Amos 1-3:15

3 7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

John - The church should know, God give His people visions.

Revelation 2:1-17

27 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’

John - We always want to have ears to hear what God is saying to HIS people!

Psalm 129:1-8
Proverbs 29:19-20

29 20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There ismore hope for a fool than for him.

John - The more slow we are to speak the safer we are!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.9.10

Joel 1-3:21
Revelation 1:1-20
Psalm 128:1-6

128 1 Blessed is every one who fears the LORD,
Who walks in His ways.
2 When you eat the labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the LORD.

John - Mighty blessings are received by those who fear the LORD!!

Proverbs 29:18

2918 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
But happy is he who keeps the law.

John - Revelation - CLEAR vision from God, keeps us from casting off restraint!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.8.10

Hosea 10-14:9
Jude 1:1-25

112 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

John - We are in a LOVE FEAST but there is some who “serve themselves” right beside us!

Psalm 127:1-5
Proverbs 29:15-17

29 17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

John - Properly given correction brings direction!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.7.10

Hosea 6-9:17
3 John 1:1-14

1:11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but[d] he who does evil has not seen God.

John - We have a choice to imitate GOOD or EVIL, it is not a choice whether or not to imitate, we are always imitating someone in some way, it is a question of WHO we are imitating.

Psalm 126:1-6
Proverbs 29:12-14

29 13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

John - God gives light (life) to both the poor and the one who OPPRESSES... Wow! this shows how patient God is with those who violate His laws, willing than NONE should perish but all should come to repentance.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.6.10

Hosea 4-5:15
2 John 1:1-13

18 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

John - When we have made ground we DO NOT want to loose it, be diligent in WELL Doing!

Psalm 125:1-5
Proverbs 29:9-11

29 11 A fool vents all his feelings,
But a wise man holds them back.

John - We can learn to hold our tongue, this will bless our lives..

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.5.10

Hosea 1-3:5
1 John 5:1-21

5 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

John - When we receive Jesus WE GET LIFE, if you have Him... You have life... SO BELIEVE IT and LIVE IT!

Psalm 124:1-8
Proverbs 29:5-8

29 7 The righteous considers the cause of the poor, But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

John - Considering the poor, there is great wisdom in this obedience.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.4.10

Daniel 11:36-12:13
1 John 4:1-21

421 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

John - Clearly how we love others, God looks at it as an example of how we love HIM!

Psalm 123:1-4
Proverbs 29:2-4

292 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.

John - When the righteous lead the people are BLESSED!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.3.10

Daniel 11:2-35
1 John 3:7-24

318 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

John - We are to love not just with our lips but with our life!

Psalm 122:1-9
Proverbs 29:1

29:1 He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

John - Rebuke is for PROTECTION and DIRECTION.

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.2.10

Daniel 9-11:1
1 John 2:18-3:6

31 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

John - The world will not KNOW who we really are, if they don’t know Him, they will never recognize Him in US!

Psalm 121:1-8
Proverbs 28:27-28

2827 He who gives to the poor will not lack, But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

John - God promises the giver will NEVER lack, and another scriptures shows this that whoever gives to the poor, lends to God!

CCI One Year Bible Reading

12.1.10

Daniel 8:1-27
1 John 2:1-17

216For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

John - lust and pride, where these run free, destruction is close at hand.

Psalm 120:1-7
Proverbs 28:25-26

2825 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife,
But he who trusts in the LORD will be prospered.

John - Trusting (believing, relying, obeying) the Lord is the KEY!