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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 11:1-9

1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—3and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.5Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. 6The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat,the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.7The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.8The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.9They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Titus 1

Paul writes to Titus1From Paul, God's servant, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ to encourage faith in God's chosen ones and to bring them knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness.2This is the result of the hope of eternal life that was promised by God from the beginning of time; and He never lies!3At the appointed time, this life was revealed through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Saviour.4To Titus, my true child in the faith we share. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour impart grace and peace to you.Elders and overseers5I left you in Crete so that you could set in place the things that were lacking in the church there and so that you could appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.6Elders should be men who live blameless lives, have only one wife, with children who are believers and not open to charges of being wild or unruly.7It is essential that an overseer of God's people also leads a blameless life, for he is called to please God by doing His works rather than living for himself. So he is not to have a liberal sexual lifestyle, nor be a drunkard, nor one who is violent or out for his own gain.8No, he should be hospitable, one who loves what is good, and is upright, holy and self-controlled.9He must be a firm believer in God's revealed Word, so that he may be able to teach others correctly and stand against those who oppose the truth.Rebuke the rebellious10There are many rebellious people who speak empty words to deceive others. I refer especially to the Jewish legalistic party.11They must be silenced, for they upset whole households by teaching what they have no right to teach, only to fulfil their own base objectives.12One of their own prophets actually said, "All Cretans are liars, evil beasts, who are greedy and lazy."13-14Truly this is what was said. Therefore be strong in the way you rebuke such so-called prophets so that the people may believe the truth, instead of listening to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who pervert the truth.15To those who are pure, everything is pure; but to the corrupt and unfaithful, nothing is pure; both their minds and consciences have been defiled.16They claim to know God, but their actions deny this, for they do what is abominable in God's sight. They are disobedient and incapable of doing anything good!
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