About this plan
Biblical hope is not optimism. It is confidence in what God has promised, held by people who often waited a long time with little to show for it. This plan spends a week with them: Abraham looking at the stars, Joseph in a prison, exiles in Babylon, and a valley of dry bones.
Day 1 begins with a living hope in 1 Peter and Psalm 71, the prayer of someone grown old with God. Day 2 revisits Abraham, who believed against all the evidence. Days 3 and 4 follow Joseph from the pit to the prison to the palace, and to the moment he looks back at his brothers’ betrayal and sees God at work. Day 5 is God’s letter to the exiles in Jeremiah 29 and the promise of a new covenant in Jeremiah 31, day 6 is Ezekiel’s dry bones, and the week ends in Romans 8 and Psalm 146.
It is a plan for a season of waiting. It does not say how long the wait will be.
What you’ll read
- A living hopeDay 11 Peter 1, Psalm 71
- Abraham and the starsDay 2Genesis 15, Romans 4
- Joseph: pit, prison, palaceDays 3–4Genesis 37, Genesis 40, Genesis 41, Genesis 50
- A letter to the exilesDay 5Jeremiah 29, Jeremiah 31
- Dry bones liveDay 6Ezekiel 37, Psalm 33
14 chapters · 6 books · 2 chapters a day · 7 days
Reading schedule
Each reading links to its chapter in the Bible.
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 6
- Day 7
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EveryBible is free for iPhone and Android. In the app, open Plans, choose Find plans and search for “Hope”.
