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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 scriptures which talk about Jews and Gentiles alongside a passage about love. The first scripture each day follows this outline: 
Days 1-6 - The Foundation & the Prophets
Days 7-10 - Jesus and the Nations
Days 11-19 - The Early Church & the Gentiles
Days 20-30 - God’s Plan for Jews and Gentiles United in Christ
Day 31 - The Final Reminder of God’s Global Kingdom. 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.

Love

  • The nature of God, but not an emotional love; rather a love that is expressed in positive action.
  • God’s love (agape) is expressed in the ways He gives to His people.
  • He has demonstrated His unfailing love for all mankind in sending His Son to die on the cross for them, so taking upon Himself the punishment they deserve.
  • God’s love is expressed in all He does in relation to His people, even when He needs to refine and discipline them.
  • His love is imparted to the hearts of believers by the Holy Spirit.
  • Believers are to love God wholeheartedly, their neighbours as they love themselves and one another in the same way that Jesus Christ has loved them.
  • Those who truly love Jesus obey His commands.
  • To love others with His love is to live for them rather than for yourself; to lay down your life for them by seeking to bless, serve, encourage and give to them in practical ways.
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Romans 15:5-16

5-6God Himself enables this perseverance and gives us encouragement. So may He cause the Spirit of unity to be imparted to you so that you may give glory and honour to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ with both your hearts and mouths.7Simply accept one another in the same way that Christ has accepted you; this will give true praise to God.8Let me remind you that Christ came to the Jewish people as a servant, to reveal the truth about God and to ensure that the promises given to their forefathers would be fulfilled.9For this would enable those who are not Jews to live for God's glory and honour, being thankful that they, too, have known His mercy first hand. It is written "I will be praised among the other nations; they too will lift their voices to worship Me."10He tells these other nations to rejoice along with His chosen people.11Yes, He commands all nations to praise the Lord, along with the Jewish people.12Isaiah prophesied that from among the Jews God would raise up the One who would rule over the nations; and He would be the hope of all people everywhere.13So I pray that this God of hope, who keeps us looking expectantly to the future, will fill you with His joy and peace as you continue to live by faith in Him. May the power of the Holy Spirit work in you in such a way that you will always overflow with hope, expecting God's best!Paul's responsibility to proclaim the gospel14My dear brothers, I am sure that you want to live good lives, to know and understand God's purposes. And you want to be able to teach one another the way of truth.15This is why I have felt free to be outspoken about certain matters in the way I have written. I am only reminding you of what you already know to be right.16I always depended on the grace God has given me to be Christ Jesus' faithful minister to the nations. I have a responsibility as His representative to proclaim His gospel so that among all nations there will be those who offer their lives in service of God's Kingdom, people who are made holy by God's Spirit and set apart for His purposes.

Romans 13:8-11

Live a life of love8There is one debt that you should always have: to love each other. The one who loves fulfils God's purpose for his life. For love is really the fulfilment of what God has commanded us to do.9You know the commandments, 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not covet other people's possessions.' There is a principle that underlies all such commands and is summed up in the one command to love your neighbour as yourself.10Because those who love will not want to harm their neighbours, they will obey all these other commands; for the way to fulfil God's law is through love.11No matter what the situation, love is always to be the guiding principle by which you live. It is time to stir yourself and ensure that you do this in practice, demonstrating that you are living in the good of the salvation God is giving you. The time of having to give account of yourself to God is nearer now than when you first became a believer.
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