Category: Bible Study
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SOAP: Love one another deeply
Good morning from Healdsburg, California! My reading this morning was Isaiah 36-37, Psalm 76 and 1 Peter 1. The Scripture that grabbed me was this one: “… love one another deeply, from the heart.” from 1 Peter 1:22 Observation: We are being instructed to love deeply. Love is something that takes effort. It’s an action…
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SOAP: A prayer for knowledge and discernment
I am in love with so much of the scripture I have been reading daily! Check this one out: “And this is my prayer: That your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless…
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SOAP– Commending the enjoyment of life
Scripture: “So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.” Sweet words from Ecclesiastes 8:15. I’ll let you journal…
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SOAP- Hope, Riches, Incomparable great power
This scripture from Ephesians is my prayer this morning for my children, my husband and also me. Actually, it is my prayer for all of us. Truly knowing each of these things, or even just grasping a touch of them, would be exciting and overwhelming, at least in my opinion. Don’t you think? I think I…
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SOAP: Sin, Forgiveness, Grace & Moving on
Hello friends! What started as a personal journal entry and prayer, has turned into a SOAP post. When I started writing this morning, I didn’t want to talk publicly about my sin because, well, who likes to talk about THAT? Instead, my typical behavior is to just beat myself up about it… yep even stuff…
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SOAP: He’s been there since my youth
My Scripture for today: “For you have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.” -Psalm 71:5 Oh, how this verse, and the other listed in the photo, makes me smile. He’s always been there, guiding, nudging, listening, helping. This verse is encouraging for me. I hope it is for you, too. …
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SOAP- Seeking instruction? I sure am!
Happy Monday, friends! Ready for some SOAP? Let’s go: Here’s your Scripture: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you. –Psalm 32:8 Observation: I read and copied the verse onto an index card just a few hours ago and thinking about it…
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Today’s SOAP: Looking to the right source of wisdom
Got questions? Here’s your S for today: “Look to the Lord and his strength; Seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, His miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, –1 Chronicles 16:11-12 What are your O, A, P? I’m journaling a LOT today as I try to listen better. I pray this helps…
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Today’s SOAP: Summing up the law
Hi there! Ready for some SOAP? Here is your Scripture to get you started: So in everything, Do to others what you would have them do to you, For this sums up the Law and the Prophets. –Matthew 6:12 So what are your O, A, and P in regards to that for today?? Go as…
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SOAP- Rejoice, take refuge, praise
Scripture (of the SOAP) for today: Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord & take refuge in Him; let all the upright in hear praise Him! –Psalms 64:10 What do Observe/hear in this? What is it saying to you? How can you Apply it today? What is your Prayer in regards to this? There’s your…
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Do all things in love
Good morning!Here’s a S (scripture) for the day: “Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 What does that say to you? How can you apply it? Anything you want to say to God about it?? Those are your O, A, P in SOAP. (Observation, Application, Prayer.) Take time to ponder and even write out…
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I am like an olive tree…
Need something to calm you down? I’ve got something for you. This morning I could feel the pressure rising. And then I remembered this from my reading Tuesday… “But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.” –Psalm 52:18 Yes, I…
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A view instead of a verse
Good morning, friends! This morning I had a tough time zeroing in on one verse for SOAP. Before I began to read, though, I couldn’t help but take in this gorgeous view: We are staying in a house in Lakeway, Texas this week for Spring Break. I discovered a balcony off the master bedroom this…
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SOAP- Achieving the desires of your heart…
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. Psalm 37:4-5 . . . I don’t believe this means God is the great vending machine in the sky that you just ask and get what you…
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SOAP: Roadmap for success
This verse, and several others in Deuteronomy 10-11 have been lingering in my mind and heart since Thursday…He really doesn’t ask much. I’ll admit the ‘fear’ one puzzles me. It always has. But I am asked to embrace it just as the others. So I will keep on with that that exploration. The others, though,…