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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'll be looking at scriptures on the Holy Spirit and what it means to live devoted and holy. Alongside these passages we'll be reading through Psalm 119 and some of the following Psalms 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.

The Holy Spirit

  • The third person of the Trinity. So the Holy Spirit is God.
  • He is the Spirit of holiness, of truth, of faith, the Counsellor who will always be with us as believers.
  • The Holy Spirit is God’s great gift to those for whom Jesus Christ is Saviour and Lord.
  • Because He lives in them, the bodies of believers have become temples of the Holy Spirit.
  • As God lives in the believer, he or she is to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit to enable the fulfillment of His will.
  • He reproduces the character of Christ within believers.
  • They are able to use spiritual gifts or express supernatural manifestations of the Spirit who lives in them.
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Romans 8:1-17

Saved from condemnation1How wonderful to be liberated now from all the condemnation this continual failure brought. For those who live in Christ Jesus have been set free from all condemnation.2Through Christ Jesus a different principle now lives in me, a new law: the Spirit of Life. He has set me free from the law of sin and death.3Under the law I could not do what God wanted because of my weak, sinful nature. God dealt with that by sending His own Son to become man, to live among sinners and then to make His life a sinless offering to God on their behalf. Through His action God dealt with the condemnation under which all sinners live.4In Christ, all the demands God expressed in the laws He gave were fulfilled. So we now live in the good of what He accomplished. He succeeded where we had all failed miserably, so that now we can live as if we had succeeded. His success has become our success, so long as we no longer live in the weakness of our old sinful nature but now live led by and filled by God's Spirit.Led by the Spirit5Those who live according to their own natural desires are always intent on getting what they want for themselves. That is their focus. But those who truly want to please God by being led by His Spirit make Him their focus.6Sinful thinking leads to spiritual death; but to allow your life to be under the control of the Holy Spirit will result in sharing in God's life and knowing His peace.7-8Sinful thinking is totally against God's will. Such attitudes show there is no submission to Him and His purposes, for you cannot serve God while your mind is full of sinful, selfish thoughts. That would suggest you were being controlled by your desires, not His!9However, this is not the case with you. You are not under the control of selfish, sinful desires because you have surrendered your life to God to be under the power and influence of His Spirit, who actually lives in you. You would not be a Christian at all if you did not possess the Holy Spirit.10But because His Spirit is in you, Christ is in you. Your body may still crave for self-indulgence, yet your spirit has now been brought to life by His Spirit, so that in your heart you want to do what is right before God.11This Spirit who lives in you is the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. If He could do that, then He is certainly able to give God's life to your natural bodies, because His Spirit lives in you.12This means that you no longer are obliged to obey your sinful desires, my brothers.13To do that would lead to spiritual death. Now you have God's Spirit in you, enabling you to rule over any lingering sinful desires to indulge your fleshly instincts. So the Spirit enables you to enjoy real life, not death.14You see, those who live as God's sons are happy to be led by God's Spirit.We are God's children15When He came to live in you, He did not lead you back to your past life, making you a slave of fear again. No, you received the Spirit that enables you to live as a son of God. You can call Him, 'Father, my Father.'16The Holy Spirit urges us to remember that we are God's children; to know this deep in our hearts.17For if we know we are His children, then we know also that we are His heirs. Yes, we are heirs of God and inherit all His blessings along with Christ. We may have to face cost in being obedient to Him, but this is only so that we will also share eternally in His glory!

Psalm 119:121-128

ע Ayin121I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.122Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.123My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.124Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.125I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.126It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken.127Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,128and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
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