Louisville Baptist Temple

THE S.O.A.P. METHOD FOR BIBLE STUDY

SOAP is a simple method for reading and applying God's word to our lives. SOAP stands for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer and involves four simple steps. To begin, get a journal and use these simple steps:

Scripture – Read a short Bible passage out loud and write it out in your journal.
Observation – What do you notice about the verses? What do you think the main message is? What verses, words or ideas jump out to you?
Application – Ask God how he wants you to apply the verse to your own life.
Prayer – Pray for yourself and/or for others. Ask forgiveness if needed, and ask the Lord to help you as you apply the scripture to your life.

Here is a sample Calendar of verses to start with. Start on any date and commit to do this once a day for a year.

SOAP All Year Bible Reading Plan A stand-alone Bible verse for each day.

January - June

1 January, 1 Corinthians 6:17
2 January, Psalm 23:4
3 January, Proverbs 3:5-6
4 January, Genesis 15:1
5 January, Romans 10:13
6 January, Isaiah 35:4
7 January, Matthew 11:28
8 January, Galatians 2:16
9 January, Psalm 100:3
10 January, Colossians 3:16
11 January, 2 Corinthians 8:9
12 January, 1 Peter 5:6
13 January, Romans 15:5-6
14 January, John 1:1-2
15 January, Ephesians 3:20
16 January, Philippians 4:19
17 January, Mark 1:15
18 January, 1 John 4:7
19 January, Psalm 66:5
20 January, John 14:6
21 January, 1 Kings 2:3
22 January, James 1:22
23 January, Psalm 33:4
24 January, 1 Peter 3:18
25 January, 2 Thess 2:16-17
26 January, Ephesians 2:18
27 January, Matthew 7:11
28 January, Psalm 86:5
29 January, Colossians 2:13
30 January, John 6:40
31 January, Ephesians 4:16
February, Romans 12:9
2 February, Hebrews 10:36
3 February, Psalm 107:8-9
4 February, Proverbs 31:9
5 February, 1 John 5:14
6 February, 1 Corinthians 15:10
7 February, Psalm 18:2
8 February, Exodus 4:12
9 February, Matthew 22:37
10 February, Ephesians 3:16
11 February, John 16:24
12 February, Psalm 91:2
13 February, Job 37:5
14 February, Romans 10:9-10
15 February, 1 Kings 8:56
16 February, Psalm 61:4
17 February, Malachi 3:6
18 February, Ephesians 2:19
19 February, Isaiah 41:13
20 February, Colossians 2:6-7
21 February, 1 Peter 2:10
22 February, 1 John 5:3
23 February, Luke 6:36
24 February, John 15:15
25 February, Psalm 8:3-4
26 February, Hebrews 4:16
27 February, Romans 12:13
28 February, 1 John 4:11
1 March, Acts 20:35
2 March, Hebrews 2:11
3 March, Psalm 32:1-2
4 March, Galatians 3:26
5 March, Philippians 2:5-6
6 March, Jeremiah 31:3
7 March, Jude 1:20
8 March, Psalm 18:28
9 March, Ephesians 3:19
10 March, Romans 6:14
11 March, Colossians 3:12
12 March, Matthew 6:9,10
13 March, Psalm 23:1
14 March, James 1:2-4
15 March, Isaiah 55:8
16 March, 1 Chronicles 4:10
17 March, Romans 8:28
18 March, Proverbs 3:3-4
19 March, Ephesians 2:6
20 March, Hebrews 4:13
21 March, Psalm 18:2
22 March, Ephesians 3:12
23 March, Matthew 6:26
24 March, Zechariah 4:6
25 March, John 15:13
26 March, Psalm 23:3
27 March, Ecclesiastes 3:11
28 March, 1 Peter 4:10
29 March, 2 Timothy 1:7
30 March, Habakkuk 3:19
31 March, Romans 12:4-5
1 April, Psalm 95:6-7
2 April, Isaiah 33:2
3 April, Galatians 5:13
4 April, Ephesians 5:1-2
5 April, Romans 13:8
6 April, Psalm 3:3-4
7 April, Psalm 6:9
8 April, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
9 April, Nehemiah 1:5
10 April, Proverbs 16:6
11 April, 1 John 4:10
12 April, 1 Peter 2:12
13 April, Ephesians 2:8
14 April, Matthew 4:4
15 April, Psalm 119:11
16 April, John 15:11
17 April, 2 Samuel 22:31
18 April, Romans 6:14
19 April, Luke 2:14
20 April, 2 Peter 3:18
21 April, Psalm 140:6
22 April, John 1:18
23 April, 1 Corinthians 3:16
24 April, 2 Corinthians 2:14
25 April, Mark 10:45
26 April, Ephesians 3:20-21
27 April, John 14:1
28 April, Psalm 37:4
29 April, Lamentations 3:22-23
30 April, Micah 5:4
1 May, Psalm 40:4
2 May, Romans 12:21
3 May, Psalm 42:2
4 May, 1 Peter 3:15
5 May, Hebrews 3:12
6 May, John 7:38-39
7 May, Psalm 92.13-15
8 May, 2 Thessalonians 3:5
9 May, Jonah 2:2
10 May, John 13:34-35
11 May, Psalm 143:10
12 May, Romans 6:23
13 May, Galatians 5:25
14 May, Psalm 13:5
15 May, 1 Corinthians 10:13
16 May, Matthew 6:19-21
17 May, Ephesians 1:13-14
18 May, James 4:7
19 May, Psalm 27:1
20 May, Ephesians 1:7-8
21 May, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
22 May, Matthew 6:33
23 May, Isaiah 42:10
24 May, 1 Thessalonians 3:12
25 May, Philippians 4:11,12
26 May, Psalm 112:1
27 May, 1 Samuel 16:7
28 May, Titus 2:13-14
29 May, Galatians 2:20
30 May, Proverbs 30:5
31 May, Colossians 3:17
1 June, 1 John 3:2
2 June, Psalm 46:10
3 June, Romans 8:15
4 June, Ephesians 1:4-5
5 June, James 1:5
6 June, 1 Corinthians 2:12
7 June, Matthew 6:10
8 June, Galatians 6:10
9 June, Acts 1:8
10 June, John 15:7
11 June, Zephaniah 3:17
12 June, 1 John 4:13
13 June, Luke 1:50
14 June, Proverbs 16:6
15 June, 1 Peter 2:9
16 June, Psalm 19:7
17 June, Hebrews 13:6
18 June, Isaiah 40:5
19 June, Philippians 3:20
20 June, 1 John 3:1
21 June, 2 Corinthians 5:17
22 June, Psalm 103:13
23 June, John 3:17
24 June, Ephesians 5:15-16a
25 June, Romans 8:1-2
26 June, Hebrews 10:36
27 June, Galatians 3:14
28 June, Proverbs 14:29
29 June, 1 Peter 2:12
30 June, Psalm 106:12

July - December

1 July, Hosea 10:12
2 July, Hebrews 4:14
3 July, Proverbs 3:11-12
4 July, John 10:10
5 July, Psalm 4:3
6 July, Luke 9:23
7 July, Acts 13:38-39
8 July, Isaiah 12:5
9 July, Matthew 7:21
10 July, John 14:16-17
11 July, Psalm 103:8
12 July, Psalm 90:17
13 July, Proverbs 10:9a
14 July, John 15:5
15 July, 1 Peter 1:22
16 July, Jeremiah17:7
17 July, Philippians 4:6-7
18 July, Hebrews 3:13
19 July, Psalm 84:4
20 July, James 1:27
21 July, Romans 8:32
22 July, John 3:3
23 July, Psalm 19:8
24 July, Lam 3:57-58
25 July, Ephesians 4:11-13
26 July, Romans 6:22
27 July, Matthew 5:16
28 July, Micah 7:18
29 July, John 16:33
30 July, Psalm 139:4
31 July, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
1 August, Mark 5:19-20
2 August, Philippians 2:10-11
3 August, Hebrews 13:8
4 August, Ephesians 6:12
5 August, Psalm 25:10
6 August, Colossians 2:10
7 August, Proverbs 2:6
8 August, Romans 8:31
9 August, 2 Thessalonians 3:3
10 August, Psalm 89:1
11 August, 2 Peter 1:3
12 August, Matthew 18:3-4
13 August, 2 Corinthians 5:1
14 August, 1 Samuel 12:24
15 August, Psalm 67:1-2
16 August, 1 John 5:4-5
17 August, Isaiah 61:11
18 August, 1 Thessalonians 1:4
19 August, Proverbs 11:25
20 August, 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
21 August, Ephesians 2:10
22 August, Exodus 15:13
23 August, Psalm 100:4
24 August, Jonah 2:6
25 August, Romans 8:26
26 August, Galatians 5:1
27 August, Titus 3:4-5
28 August, 1 Peter 2:12
29 August, Hebrews 10:24-25
30 August, John 10:28
31 August, Psalm 32:8
1 September, John 15:16
2 September, Ephesians 5:8
3 September, Romans 8:38-39
4 September, Acts 20:32
5 September, James 1:17
6 September, Deuteronomy 6:5
7 September, Proverbs 3:9
8 September, Psalm 100:5
9 September, Galatians 4:6
10 September, 1 Corinthians 12:27
11 September, Luke 2:10-11
12 September, Psalm 37:3
13 September, Matthew 28:19-20
14 September, Ephesians 2:4-5
15 September, Colossians 1:13-14
16 September, 1 Peter 5:7
17 September, Psalm 139:23-24
18 September, Hebrews 4:15
19 September, 2 Timothy 3:16-17
20 September, 1 John 2:5
21 September, Ephesians 1:3
22 September, Psalm 9:1
23 September, 2 Corinthians 5:20
24 September, Romans 12:12
25 September, Isaiah 40:29
26 September, Galatians 5:22-23
27 September, Philippians 2:7-8
28 September, Psalm 23:2
29 September, Matthew 5:14
30 September, 1 John 1:8-9
1 October, Ephesians 6:11
2 October, 1 Corinthians 1:30
3 October, Psalm 122:1
4 October, 2 Corinthians 9:8
5 October, 1 John 5:13
6 October, Mark 10:29-30
7 October, Proverbs 14:26
8 October, Proverbs 18:10
9 October, Jude 1:21
10 October, Psalm 92:1-2
11 October, John 3:17
12 October, Romans 5:1
13 October, Matthew 11:29
14 October, Philippians 1:6
15 October, James 5:14
16 October, 1 Peter 5:8-9
17 October, John 14:2
18 October, Isaiah 54:17
19 October, Psalm 51:1-2
20 October, John 4:14
21 October, Hebrews 3:14
22 October, Matthew 7:7-8
23 October, Psalm 25:4-5
24 October, Numbers 6:24-26
25 October, Romans 12:12
26 October, 3 John 1:4
27 October, Ephesians 4:1
28 October, Psalm 20:4
29 October, Colossians 3:1
30 October, Psalm 19:1
31 October, 1 John 2:5-6
1 November, Titus 2:11
2 November, 2 Timothy 1:7
3 November, Ephesians 6:10
4 November, Psalm 133:1
5 November, 2 Corinthians 12:9
6 November, Luke 12:15
7 November, 1 Thessalonians 5:5
8 November, Psalm 17:6
9 November, Hebrews 13:5
10 November, 2 Samuel 22:33
11 November, Romans 8:17
12 November, Isaiah 40:10-11
13 November, 1 John 4:4
14 November, Micah 6:8
15 November, 2 Corinthians 2:21
16 November, Psalm 119:9
17 November, Ephesians 4:24
18 November, Lamentations 3:25
19 November, Philippians 4:13
20 November, Proverbs 21:2-3
21 November, Psalm 5:11
22 November, John 1:12
23 November, Galatians 4:7
24 November, 2 Chronicles 7:14
25 November, Romans 12:1
26 November, Jeremiah 33:3
27 November, 1 Corinthians 13:6-7
28 November, Exodus 15:2
29 November, Psalm 34:12-14
30 November, John 15:1-2
1 December, Romans 1:16
2 December, John 4:24
3 December, Psalm 121:1-2
4 December, Hebrews 3:1
5 December, Luke 2:11
6 December, Galatians 6:8
7 December, Psalm 31:19
8 December, James 2:8
9 December, 1 Peter 1:15-16
10 December, Proverbs 28:13
11 December, Acts 1:8
12 December, Job 23:12
13 December, 1 Tim 6:6
14 December, Zechariah 10:12
15 December, Ephesians 6:13
16 December, Psalm 16:8
17 December, Psalm 119:18
18 December, Habakkuk 2:14
19 December, Philippians 4:4
20 December, Romans 5:8
21 December, Ephesians 3:17-18
22 December, John 5:24
23 December, Psalm 42:1
24 December, Psalm 121:3
25 December, John 3:16
26 December, Matthew 25:40
27 December, Ephesians 4:32
28 December, Psalm 119:105
29 December, Isaiah 54:10
30 December, Hebrews 4:9-10
31 December, Matthew 18:19-2