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Daily Bible reading strengthens our relationship with God, nourishes our spirits and equips us to live a fruitful, effective life for Him.

This month we're looking at meditating on and declaring God's Word. The first reading each day is about the Word and the second passage is for you to meditate and reflect upon As we read the Word it’s important that we apply what we read and pray it out over our lives. One of the way you can do this is by using the acronym SOAP. To find out more about SOAP watch this video.

Below you’ll see what we’re reading today. To go forward or back a day in our reading plan use the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons.

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James 3:13-18

Wrong motives lead to disorder13So who among you has wisdom and understands these things? Let him demonstrate that this is the case by the good life he leads, the positive actions he performs while maintaining the humility that is an expression of true wisdom.14But if your heart is bitter, full of envy and selfish ambition, do not boast about being wise, neither deny the truth.15For that kind of so-called 'wisdom' has certainly not been given to anyone by heaven. No, it is earthly, unspiritual, a work of the devil.16For there is disorder and all kinds of evil whenever people are motivated by wrong and selfish ambition.Heavenly wisdom17-18The true wisdom that comes from heaven is totally different. First of all it is pure. Then it promotes a life of peace. It makes people considerate towards others and submissive to those in authority. Wisdom inspires people to be merciful at all times and produces good fruit in their lives, causing them to be impartial and sincere; so they become peacemakers, sowing seeds of peace that produce a harvest of doing what is right.

Ephesians 5:1-20

Live in love1Therefore, because you are His dearly loved children, seek to be like God your Father.2Live a life full of love. Christ has commanded us to love others as He has loved us by giving His life in sacrifice for us, an offering to God that was totally pleasing to Him.3To live in such love means that there must not be any sexual immorality among you, nor any kind of impurity in your hearts. There is to be no greed. You see, all these things are totally out of order for people who belong to God, His holy people.4You should be careful how you use your mouths, so you do not speak in any obscene or foolish way and you avoid all jokes with improper innuendos. All these things are so out of place that you should not even want to be involved in any of them. How much better to use your mouth to thank God for His amazing love and blessings!5You see, it is absolutely certain that there is no inheritance in the Kingdom of God and of Christ for any immoral, impure or greedy person!6So do not be deceived by the empty platitudes of those who say that everyone will go to heaven. Such deception hides the truth that God's anger will come on the disobedient.7This is why you are not to align yourself with those who live in such ways.Walk in the light of truth8Yes, you lived in darkness in your old life, but now you are the children of light, living in the One who is the Light. So live as children who walk in the light of God's truth.9-10What is the evidence of such a walk? That you express God's goodness, righteousness and truth; that you know what to do to please Him.No compromise11You cannot compromise. Have absolutely nothing to do with the things God regards as darkness. These things are sinful and produce nothing good in your lives. You should expose sin, not walk in it.12It would be shameful for you even to talk about the things disobedient people do, often in secret.13The time will come when everything will be exposed by the light, even the things people have tried to hide.14By its very nature, light exposes things and there should be nothing in your lives that you would be ashamed of when everything is exposed. Such a time will come which is why we are told: "It is time to wake up if you are asleep spiritually; rise up from a life of dead works and Christ will shine on you with His light."Be wise about the way you live15This causes you to realise that you will have to be very careful about the way you live; to be wise, not foolish.16Make use of every opportunity to please God by the way you live, especially as there is so much evil in the world around you.17How much better to understand what God wants of you than to live in a sinful, foolish manner.18For example, if you think there is nothing wrong in getting drunk you have an ungodly mindset and a depraved lifestyle. How much better to be filled with God's Spirit.19He will inspire you to rejoice together using psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing because there is a song of praise for God in your hearts. That is infinitely better than drunkenness or bawdy revelling.20In fact, if you rejoice in the Lord you will always be thanking your heavenly Father for the way He orders your life, because you are so grateful that you live in Christ Jesus, your Lord.
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