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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 reading scriptures about the Church living as a missional community. God's people are called, formed and sent to participate in His mission in the world. Each day includes an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, a question for reflection and a daily prayer. 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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Day 2 – Blessed to Be a Blessing

Reflect: “God blesses Abraham so that blessing can reach others. How might God want to work through our church to bless the people around us?”

Genesis 12:1-9

1The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you;I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” 4So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.8From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.9Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

Galatians 3:6-14

6-7In the same way that Abraham was considered right and acceptable because he believed God, know that those who believe now are the true sons of Abraham.8The scripture foresaw that God would make the nations acceptable to Him by faith, and so the gospel was preached to Abraham long ago by saying that "All the nations will be blessed by you."9Therefore those who have faith are blessed together with Abraham, who also had faith.10Those who depend on obeying the religious law are under a curse, for it is written, "Everyone who does not obey everything written in the book of the religious law is cursed."11So clearly no one can be made acceptable before God by the religious law for "those who are right before God shall live by faith."12But the law is not based on faith. It depends on what a man does, not what he believes.Access to the blessings of Abraham through Christ13Christ has saved us from the curse of not being able to obey the law perfectly by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed."14In this way, He brought us back to God so that the Gentile nations might receive the blessings of Abraham through Christ Jesus, and that we might receive by faith the promise of receiving God's Spirit.

Thank you Jesus, that You make us a people who know and live in Your love, proclaim Your good news, welcome the stranger, serve our neighbours and participate together in Your mission. Show us those You are reaching, and give us eyes to see, ears to hear, courage to respond and love for the people around us.

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