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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 reading a chapter from the New Testament and one from the Old Testament each day 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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1 Thessalonians 4

Devote yourselves to please God1Finally, my brothers, we taught you how to live in ways that please God; and this you are indeed doing. Now we plead with you in the name of the Lord Jesus to devote yourselves more fully to pleasing Him.2For you are aware of the instructions we gave you by the authority the Lord Jesus Christ gave us.3-4It is God's will that you should lead a holy life; that you should avoid sexual immorality and that each of you should learn to control his or her body in the way that is holy and honourable in God's eyes.5Avoid the passionate lust typical of the heathen, the unbelievers that do not know God.6No one should wrong his brother or sister or take advantage of another believer in this matter of sexual relationships. The Lord will surely punish those who are guilty of such sins, as we have already warned you.7For God did not call us to live impure lives, but to walk in holiness.8So anyone who ignores these instructions rejects not man but God, who gives you His Holy Spirit to enable you to live a holy life.Love one another9Now we do not need to write to you about brotherly love, for God has Himself taught you to love one another.10In fact, you have shown your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Yet we encourage you, dear brothers, to continue to do this even more fully.11-12Aim to live a quiet life; this should be your ambition. And mind your own business! Obey our instructions to work diligently so that you will win the respect of outsiders by the way you live day by day. At the same time you will not need to be dependent upon anyone.The Lord's return13My brothers, we want you to be informed about those believers who have died, for you should not grieve like those who have no hope.14Because we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also are confident that God will ensure that those who have died in Christ Jesus will accompany Him when He returns.15Based on what the Lord has said Himself, we can assure you that we who are still alive on earth when the Lord comes again will certainly not rise to meet Him ahead of those who have already died.16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven shouting His command. The voice of the archangel will be heard, together with God's call, sounding like a trumpet. Those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise.17Then those believers who are still alive on earth will rise together with them in the cloud of glory to meet with the Lord. Thus we shall be with the Lord for all eternity.18So encourage one another with these truths.

1 Samuel 5

1After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. 3When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained. 5That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold. 6The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. 7When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.” 8So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, “What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?”They answered, “Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel. 9But after they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors. 10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.” 11So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it. 12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
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