Author: Amy
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SOAP: Shamed into stronger faith?
My SOAP entry isn’t as SOAP-y as usual. Today I’m still pondering. So I thought I’d just present the passage that spoke out to me and leave it at that. Feel free to share your own observations, applications or prayers… I think there is a lot here. Scripture: Ezra 8:22-23 22I was ashamed to ask…
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FTC decision to regulate blog reviews will increase blogger credibility
Today it was announced that the Federal Trade Commission will begin to regulate bloggers in regards to product reviews, freebies and payment for coverage. Beginning December 1, 2009, writers of web content will be required to disclose goods and services given to them in exchange for such coverage. This is a decision that I wholeheartedly…
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SOAP: Be respectful and persistent in your requests to God
Scripture: Luke 18:7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? Esther 3-8 Esther learns of an edict against the Jews and approaches the king after fasting, praying and asking others to fast and pray with her. She…
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SOAP: Am I exalting myself or honoring the Lord?
Scripture: Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Observation: Those who seek fame will ultimately be shown for their motives. Those who serve others before themselves will be truly honored. Application: It is so hard to not get caught up in seeking status of…
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SOAP: Don’t just go through the motions
Scripture: Zechariah 7:5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, “When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? Observation: When you said you were doing those things for me, were your actions really for me, or…
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SOAP: Focusing on true treasure
Scripture: Luke 12: 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Observation: Whatever it is that you regard as having value, your heart and life will be built around. Application: Take a look at where your time, effort and energy are focused. What is your life built around? Do you spend…
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MS Ride 2009: Take Two
As many of you know, my husband I signed up and attempted the 2009 MS 150 from Houston to Austin earlier this year. Except the first day was canceled due to weather and on day two I was only able to ride 26 miles due to terrible food poisoning. (Is there any other kind?) I…
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SOAP: Shine the right light
Scripture: Luke 11:34-35 34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. Observation: Your eyes can either shine the light of…
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SOAP: Sometimes I can throw seed, sometimes fertile soil
Scripture: Luke 8: 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Observation: When the seed fell on the good soil, good things happened and the…