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Going deeper...to go further

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 the Christmas story alongside some passages that talk about the coming Messiah - Jesus - from the Old Testament. 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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Isaiah 40:1-4

1Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for,that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3A voice of one calling:“In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord;make straight in the desert a highway for our God.4Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low;the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.

James 3

Proper use of your tongue1My dear brothers and sisters, not many of you will aspire to be teachers of God's Word if you realise that we who have been given the responsibility to teach will be judged more strictly than other believers.2All of us fail in many ways. For if anyone claims he is never wrong in what he says, then he must be perfect, with complete control over every aspect of his body, especially his tongue.3We place bits in the mouths of horses so we can control them, making them obey us by turning in any direction we choose.4Or think of how a ship is guided. It can be very large and driven by strong winds; yet the pilot uses only a tiny rudder to steer the ship in whatever direction he chooses.5In the same way, the tongue is only a tiny part of your body, but it can do great harm. A forest fire can be started by a small spark!6And the tongue is like fire, for it can give rise to such evil that it is able to corrupt your whole life. It can ruin the whole course of your life when it is set on fire by the fire of hell.7-8Man has tamed a variety of animals, birds, reptiles and sea mammals; but no one has ever succeeded in taming the tongue. It can be an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison.9We use the tongue to praise our Lord and Father and yet we can also use it to speak curses over people whom God has made in His image.10So out of the same mouth comes both praise and curse. My brothers, obviously this should not be the case.11How can fresh water and salt water flow out of the same spring?12My friends, is it possible for a fig tree to produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Well, it is impossible for a salt spring to produce fresh water.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.
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