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S.O. A .P.
 USING S.O.A.P.
Our goal is to feed ourselves daily by reading the
Bible and allowing the Lord to speak to us.

MATERIALS NEEDED:
• S.O.A.P. BIBLE READING PLAN
• BIBLE
• NOTEPAD
• PEN

STEP 1 Using your SOAP Bible Reading Plan, find the

Scriptures for today.

STEP 2 Read today’s passage and open your heart to hear

from the Lord.

STEP 3 In your journal, record what the Lord has shown

you.

STEP 4 In the Table of Contents, write the date and scrip-

ture for the day. Create a short title for your entry
and include the page number so that you can refer
back to it in the future.

Quick Tip
You may get distracted while reading the
day’s passage. When thoughts like the shop-
ping list, the day’s activities, or the forgotten
task distract you, use your notepad and write
the thought down. This way you won’t forget it
and it doesn’t have to take your attention away
from the passage you are reading. Once you
write the thought down, immediately refocus
on your passage and SOAP.

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S.O. A .P. READING EXAMPLE

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Write down the one scripture the Lord used to speak to
you.
John 1:48 How do you know me? Nathanael asked. Jesus an-
swered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree be-
fore Philip called you.”

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Write down the context of the scripture. Who is talking?
Where is this taking place? What is happening?
Jesus is calling his disciples. His invitation is, “follow me.“ He
calls Philip first. Philip “found” Nathanael and brings him to Jesus.
When he gets to Jesus, Jesus identifies him as a true Israelite and
speaks about his character. Jesus says there is nothing false in him.
Nathanael ask how do you know me? Jesus saw him before he got
there and Jesus knew his heart while he was still away from Him.

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Write down what God is saying to you. What is He show-
ing you about you? What truth is He revealing in you?
Your response should be personal and written in the 1st
person singular.

The Lord sees me when I am lost! When I can’t see him. Before I
see some evidence of His presence. When I feel lost, he sees me
and calls me to him. He knows my heart - even when I am away
from Him. He knows my heart and still calls me to Him.

P
Write a short prayer about what you have uncovered in
your heart.
Thank you Father for loving me. Thank you for loving me and
coming for me when I stray away and walk away from you. Thank
you for seeing me when I cannot see you. I love you, Lord. Amen.

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This year we will be reading S.O.A.P. by the different
genres:

1. The Law:  Books that give instructions for living.  Books:

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

2. Narrative: These books focus on history or stories that

capture the life experiences of others.  Books: Joshua, Judg-
es, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles,
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and
Acts.

3. Wisdom/Poetry Literature: Deals with the best way to

live life well. Books: *Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, and
*Song of Solomon.

4. Prophets: These books let Israel know God’s message to

His people. Books: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel,
Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

5. Letters: Physical letters written to groups or churches

to share theology, church challenges, instructions, and
relational dynamics.  Books: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians,
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessa-
lonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1
and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation.* 

*Notes:
• Revelation was sent as a letter but is also placed in the
genre of Apocalyptic.
• Sometimes portions of Psalms and Song of Solomon are
included

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 JANUARY
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Genesis 1, 2
Day 2 Genesis 3, 4
Day 3 Genesis 6, 7
Day 4 Genesis 8, 9
Day 5 Genesis 11, 12
Day 6 Genesis 13, 14
Day 7 Genesis 15, 16
Day 8 Genesis 17, 18
Day 9 Genesis 19, 20
Day 10 Genesis 21, 22
Day 11 Genesis 23, 24
Day 12 Genesis 25, 26, 27
Day 13 Genesis 28, 29
Day 14 Genesis 30, 31
Day 15 Genesis 32, 33
Day 16 Genesis 34, 35
Day 17 Genesis 37, 38, 39
Day 18 Genesis 40, 41
Day 19 Genesis 42, 43
Day 20 Genesis 44, 45
Day 21 Genesis 46, 47
Day 22 Genesis 48, 49
Day 23 Genesis 50, Exodus 1
Day 24 Exodus 2, 3
Day 25 Exodus 4, 5
Day 26 Exodus 6, 7
Day 27 Exodus 8, 9
Day 28 Exodus 10, 11
Day 29 Exodus 12, 13
Day 30 Exodus 14, 15
Day 31 Exodus 16, 17 5
 FEBRUARY
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Exodus 18, 19

Day 2 Exodus 20, 32
Day 3 Exodus 33, 34
Day 4 Exodus 40
Day 5 Joshua 1, 2
Day 6 Joshua 3, 4
Day 7 Joshua 5, 6
Day 8 Joshua 8, 9
Day 9 Joshua 10, 11
Day 10 Joshua 23, 24
Day 11 Judges 1
Day 12 Judges 2, 3
Day 13 Judges 4, 5
Day 14 Judges 6, 7
Day 15 Judges 8, 9
Day 16 Judges 10, 11
Day 17 Judges 12, 13
Day 18 Judges 14, 15
Day 19 Judges 16, 17
Day 20 Judges 18, 19
Day 21 Judges 20, 21
Day 22 Ruth 1, 2
Day 23 Ruth 3, 4:1-12
Day 24 1 Samuel 1, 2, 3,
Day 25 1 Samuel 4, 5
Day 26 1 Samuel 6, 7, 8,
Day 27 1 Samuel 9, 10
Day 28 1 Samuel 11, 12, 13,

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 MARCH
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 1 Samuel 14, 15

Day 2 1 Samuel 16, 17, 18
Day 3 1 Samuel 19, 20
Day 4 1 Samuel 21, 22
Day 5 1 Samuel 23, 24
Day 6 1 Samuel 25, 26
Day 7 1 Samuel 27, 28
Day 8 1 Samuel 29, 30, 31
Day 9 2 Samuel 1, 2
Day 10 2 Samuel 3, 4, 5
Day 11 2 Samuel 6, 7
Day 12 2 Samuel 8, 9, 10
Day 13 2 Samuel 11, 12
Day 14 2 Samuel 13, 14, 15
Day 15 2 Samuel 16, 17
Day 16 2 Samuel 18, 19, 20
Day 17 2 Samuel 21, 22, 23:1-7
Day 18 2 Samuel 24, 1 Kings 1
Day 19 1 Kings 2, 3
Day 20 1 Kings 4, 5, 6
Day 21 1 Kings 8, 9
Day 22 1 Kings 10, 11
Day 23 1 Kings 12, 13, 14
Day 24 1 King 15, 16
Day 25 1 Kings 17, 18
Day 26 1 Kings 19, 20
Day 27 1 Kings 21, 22
Day 28 2 Kings 1, 2
Day 29 2 Kings 3, 4
Day 30 2 Kings 5, 6
Day 31 2 Kings 7, 8 7
 APRIL
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 2 Kings 9, 10
Day 2 2 Kings 11, 12
Day 3 2 Kings 13, 14
Day 4 2 Kings 15, 16
Day 5 2 Kings 17, 18
Day 6 2 Kings 19, 20
Day 7 2 Kings 21, 22
Day 8 2 Kings 23, 24
Day 9 2 Kings 25, Nehemiah 1
Day 10 Nehemiah 2, 3, 4,
Day 11 Nehemiah 5, 6, 7:1-3
Day 12 Nehemiah 8, 9
Day 13 Esther 1, 2, 3
Day 14 Esther 4, 5
Day 15 Esther 6, 7
Day 16 Esther 8, 9
Day 17 Esther 10, Matthew1:18-25
Day 18 Matthew 2, 3
Day 19 Matthew 4, 5
Day 20 Matthew 6, 7
Day 21 Matthew 8, 9
Day 22 Matthew 10, 11
Day 23 Matthew 12, 13
Day 24 Matthew 14, 15
Day 25 Matthew 16, 17
Day 26 Matthew 18, 19
Day 27 Matthew 20, 21
Day 28 Matthew 22, 23
Day 29 Matthew 24, 25
Day 30 Matthew 26, 27
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 MAY
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Matthew 28, Mark 1

Day 2 Mark 2, 3
Day 3 Mark 4, 5
Day 4 Mark 6, 7
Day 5 Mark 8, 9
Day 6 Mark 10, 11
Day 7 Mark 12, 13
Day 8 Mark 14, 15
Day 9 Mark 16
Day 10 John 1
Day 11 John 2, 3
Day 12 John 4, 5
Day 13 John 6, 7
Day 14 John 8, 9
Day 15 John 10, 11
Day 16 John 12, 13
Day 17 John 14, 15
Day 18 John 16, 17
Day 19 John 18, 19
Day 20 John 20, 21
Day 21 Acts 1, 2
Day 22 Acts 3, 4
Day 23 Acts 5, 6
Day 24 Acts 7, 8
Day 25 Acts 9, 10
Day 26 Acts 11, 12
Day 27 Acts 13, 14
Day 28 Acts 15, 16
Day 29 Acts 17, 18
Day 30 Acts 19, 20
Day 31 Acts 21, 22 9
 JUNE
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Acts 23, 24

Day 2 Acts 25, 26
Day 3 Acts 27, 28
Day 4 Job 1, 2
Day 5 Job 3, 4
Day 6 Job 5, 6
Day 7 Job 7, 8
Day 8 Job 9, 10
Day 9 Job 11, 12
Day 10 Job 13, 14
Day 11 Job 15, 16
Day 12 Job 17, 18
Day 13 Job 19
Day 14 Job 20, 21
Day 15 Job 22, 23
Day 16 Job 24, 25
Day 17 Job 26, 27
Day 18 Job 28, 29
Day 19 Job 30, 31
Day 20 Job 32, 33
Day 21 Job 34, 35
Day 22 Job 36, 37
Day 23 Job 38, 39
Day 24 Job 40, 41, 42
Day 25 Psalm 1, 2
Day 26 Psalm 3, 4
Day 27 Psalm 5, 6
Day 28 Psalm 7, 8
Day 29 Psalm 9, 10
Day 30 Psalm 11, 12
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 JULY
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Psalm 13, 14

Day 2 Psalm 15, 16
Day 3 Psalm 17, 18
Day 4 Psalm 19, 20
Day 5 Psalm 21, 22
Day 6 Psalm 24, 25
Day 7 Psalm 26, 27
Day 8 Psalm 28, 29
Day 9 Psalm 30, 31
Day 10 Psalm 32, 33
Day 11 Psalm 34, 35
Day 12 Psalm 36, 37
Day 13 Psalm 38, 39
Day 14 Psalm 40, 41
Day 15 Psalm 73, 74
Day 16 Psalm 75, 76
Day 17 Psalm 77, 78
Day 18 Psalm 79, 80
Day 19 Psalm 81, 82
Day 20 Psalm 83, 84
Day 21 Psalm 85, 86
Day 22 Psalm 87, 88
Day 23 Psalm 89, 107
Day 24 Psalm 108, 109
Day 25 Psalm 110, 111
Day 26 Psalm 112, 113
Day 27 Psalm 114, 115
Day 28 Psalm 116, 117
Day 29 Psalm 118
Day 30 Psalm 119:1-48
Day 31 Psalm 119:49-88 11
 AUGUST
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Psalm 119:89-136

Day 2 Psalm 119:137-176
Day 3 Psalm 120, 121
Day 4 Psalm 122, 123
Day 5 Psalm 124, 125
Day 6 Psalm 126, 127
Day 7 Psalm 128, 129
Day 8 Psalm 130, 131
Day 9 Psalm 132, 133
Day 10 Psalm 134, 135
Day 11 Psalm 136, 137
Day 12 Psalm 138, 139
Day 13 Psalm 140, 141
Day 14 Psalm 142, 143
Day 15 Psalm 144, 145
Day 16 Psalm 146, 147
Day 17 Psalm 148, 149
Day 18 Psalm 150, Proverbs 1
Day 19 Proverbs 2, 3
Day 20 Proverbs 4, 5
Day 21 Proverbs 6, 7
Day 22 Proverbs 8, 9
Day 23 Proverbs 10, 11
Day 24 Proverbs 12, 13
Day 25 Proverbs 14, 15
Day 26 Proverbs 16, 17
Day 27 Proverbs 18, 19
Day 28 Proverbs 20, 21
Day 29 Proverbs 22, 23
Day 30 Proverbs 24, 25
12 Day 31 Proverbs 26, 27
 SEPTEMBER
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER .

Day 1 Proverbs 28, 29

Day 2 Proverbs 30, 31
Day 3 Ecclesiastes 1, 2
Day 4 Ecclesiastes 3, 4
Day 5 Ecclesiastes 5, 6
Day 6 Ecclesiastes 7, 8
Day 7 Ecclesiastes 9, 10
Day 8 Ecclesiastes 11, 12
Day 9 Song of Solomon 1, 2
Day 10 Song of Solomon 3, 4
Day 11 Song of Solomon 5, 6
Day 12 Song of Solomon 7, 8
Day 13 Isaiah 1, 2
Day 14 Isaiah 3, 4
Day 15 Isaiah 5, 6
Day 16 Isaiah 7, 8
Day 17 Isaiah 9, 10
Day 18 Isaiah 11, 12
Day 19 Isaiah 13, 14
Day 20 Isaiah 15, 16
Day 21 Isaiah 17, 18
Day 22 Isaiah 19, 20
Day 23 Isaiah 21, 22
Day 24 Isaiah 23, 24
Day 25 Isaiah 25, 26
Day 26 Isaiah 27, 28
Day 27 Isaiah 29, 30
Day 28 Isaiah 31, 32
Day 29 Isaiah 33
Day 30 Isaiah 34
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 OCTOBER
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER.

Day 1 Isaiah 35, 36

Day 2 Isaiah 37, 38
Day 3 Isaiah 39, 40
Day 4 Isaiah 41, 42
Day 5 Isaiah 43, 44
Day 6 Isaiah 45, 46
Day 7 Isaiah 47, 48
Day 8 Isaiah 49, 50
Day 9 Isaiah 51, 52
Day 10 Isaiah 53, 54
Day 11 Isaiah 55, 56
Day 12 Isaiah 57, 58
Day 13 Isaiah 59, 60
Day 14 Isaiah 61, 62
Day 15 Isaiah 63, 64
Day 16 Isaiah 65, 66
Day 17 Daniel 1, 2
Day 18 Daniel 3, 4
Day 19 Daniel 5, 6
Day 20 Daniel 7, 8
Day 21 Daniel 9, 10
Day 22 Daniel 11, 12
Day 23 Hosea 1, 2
Day 24 Hosea 3, 4
Day 25 Hosea 5, 6
Day 26 Hosea 7, 8
Day 27 Hosea 9, 10
Day 28 Hosea 11, 12
Day 29 Hosea 13, 14
Day 30 Amos 1
14 Day 31 Amos 2, 3
 NOVEMBER
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER.

Day 1 Amos 4, 5
Day 2 Amos 6, 7
Day 3 Amos 8, 9
Day 4 Obadiah 1, Jonah 1
Day 5 Jonah 2, 3, 4
Day 6 Nahum 1, 2, 3
Day 7 Haggai 1, 2
Day 8 Malachi 1, 2
Day 9 Malachi 3, 4
Day 10 Romans 1, 2
Day 11 Romans 3, 4
Day 12 Romans 5, 6
Day 13 Romans 7, 8
Day 14 Romans 9, 10
Day 15 Romans 11, 12
Day 16 Romans 13, 14
Day 17 Romans 15, 16
Day 18 1 Corinthians 1, 2
Day 19 1 Corinthians 3, 4
Day 20 1 Corinthians 5, 6
Day 21 1 Corinthians 7, 8
Day 22 1 Corinthians 9, 10
Day 23 1 Corinthians 11, 12
Day 24 1 Corinthians 13, 14
Day 25 1 Corinthians 15, 16
Day 26 2 Corinthians 1, 2
Day 27 2 Corinthians 3, 4
Day 28 2 Corinthians 5, 6
Day 29 2 Corinthians 7, 8
Day 30 2 Corinthians 9, 10
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 DECEMBER
SCRIPTURE . OBSERVATION . APPLICATION . PRAYER.

Day 1 2 Corinthians 11, 12

Day 2 2 Corinthians 13, Galatians 1
Day 3 Galatians 2, 3
Day 4 Galatians 4, 5
Day 5 Galatians 6, Ephesians 1
Day 6 Ephesians 2, 3
Day 7 Ephesians 4, 5
Day 8 Ephesians 6
Day 9 1 Timothy 1, 2
Day 10 1 Timothy 3, 4
Day 11 1 Timothy 5, 6
Day 12 2 Timothy 1, 2
Day 13 2 Timothy 3, 4
Day 14 1 Peter 1, 2
Day 15 1 Peter 3, 4
Day 16 1 Peter 5, 2 Peter 1
Day 17 2 Peter 2, 3
Day 18 1 John 1, 2,
Day 19 1 John 3, 4, 5,
Day 20 2 John, 3 John, Jude
Day 21 Revelation 1, 2
Day 22 Revelation 3, 4
Day 23 Revelation 5, 6
Day 24 Revelation 7, 8
Day 25 Revelation 9, 10
Day 26 Revelation 11, 12
Day 27 Revelation 13, 14
Day 28 Revelation 15, 16
Day 29 Revelation 17, 18
Day 30 Revelation 19, 20
16 Day 31 Revelation 21, 22
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