The Word Reading Plans

Dear Life Churchers,

Welcome to our shared, and yet very personal adventure through God’s Word.

The theme for this year is - ‘The Word’.

We get to know God better through intimacy with the Word of God. Our goal for 2024 is that each of us draw closer to God by increasing our relationship with His Word.

Each month there will be a fresh reading plan that focuses on a book of the bible. Our preaching will follow this biblical path so that our Sunday teaching will be aligned with our personal Bible reading devotions. This S.O.A.P. journal will be available for you all year so that we can individually journal what God is saying to us as we spend time in his Word.

Let’s go on this adventure together toward greater intimacy with Him and a deeper love for His word.

Ps Geoff & Lee

This month we will be looking at three of Paul’s letters: the ones he wrote to the Galatians, the Philippians and to the Colossians. All of these letters focus on the supreme power of Jesus and His power in our lives. Jesus’ power is what makes us right with God; human effort would never be enough, we all need a saviour. We will also read that Jesus’ power enables us to thrive in every situation. As Paul reminds the Philippians - I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. And Jesus' power is what gives us ultimate victory!

Part 1

In Galatians we discover that Christ has made us right with God. Our relationship is now based on faith rather than ritual and human effort. If we rely on the law to earn our redemption, we would need to live impossibly perfect lives. What Jesus has done frees us from this cycle of sin and judgement, and gives us right standing with God.

1 April - Galatians 1:1-24
2 April - Galatians 2:1-10
3 April - Galatians 2:11-21
4 April - Galatians 3:1-14
5 April - Galatians 3: 15-25
6 April - Galatians 3:26 - 4:7
7 April - Galatians 4:8-20
8 April - Galatians 4:21- 31
9 April - Galatians 5:1-15
10 April - Galatians 5; 16-26
11 April - Galatians 6:1-18

Part 2

In Philippians we discover the power of Jesus that allows us to overcome every challenge. Now we can do (overcome) all things through Christ who gives us strength (Philippians 4:13). Paul powerfully presents to us the servant heart of Jesus that obediently went to the cross on our behalf and is now exalted above every other name.

12 April - Philippians 1:1-18
13 April - Philippians 1:19-30
14 April - Philippians 2:1-11
15 April - Philippians 2:12-18 & 2 Peter 1:1-11
16 April - Philippians 2:19-30
17 April - 2 Timothy 1
18 April - Philippians 3:1-11
19 April - Philippians 3:12-21
20 April - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21
21 April - Philippians 4:1-9
22 April - Matthew 6:25-34
23 April - Philippians 4:10-21

Part 3

In Colossians we are again reminded about the power of Jesus; ‘the visible image of the invisible God’, who created and now sustains all things. Jesus went to the cross for us and destroyed the power of the Devil in our lives by removing the guilty verdict over us. Paul then gives us clear and practical instructions of how to live a life that reflects the character of Jesus and the victory he has won for us over sin.

24 April - Colossians 1:1-18
25 April - Colossians 1:19-29
26 April - Colossians 2:1-10
27 April - Colossians 2:11-23
28 April - Colossians 3:1-17
29 April - Colossians 3:18-25
30 April - Colossians 4:1-18