Category: SOAP Daily Devotionals

  • Must schedule better to be more clear-minded

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    Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Observation: Don’t just pray haphazardly. Prayer is important so be intentional about it. Application:I really need to get back in the habit of waking before everyone else and praying, reading and journaling. I…

  • Ya gotta take some steps for change to happen

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    Scripture: James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Observation: If you want God in your life, go to him and change your ways. Application: You can’t expect God to make all the effort and make all the change.…

  • I don’t WANT to be lazy

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    Scripture: Hebrews 6:12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. Observation: Don’t take your faith for granted and let things slide. Instead grow your faith and exercise patience. Application: Especially as I am ending up another Bible reading challenge, it…

  • There’s a bigger truth-checker than Snopes

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    Scripture: 2 Timothy 4: 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. Observation: There will be a time (and I believe it has…

  • What should I be doing?

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    Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:9-10 9No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of saints, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds…

  • Don’t mess with the false stuff

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    Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:3-4 3As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer 4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God’s work-which is by faith. Observation: Stick to faith in…

  • Calm down and pray

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    Scripture: Philippians 4: 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Observation: Bring your troubles to God. Share all of them with him and then don’t worry any longer. Application: This sounds easier said (and read) than done. I’m a planner. Or…

  • I want to overflow with joy and peace

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    Scripture: Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Observation: He wants us to be filled with joy and peace. We can get that through asking and trusting. Application: I…

  • Sometimes I find myself trying to earn a better spot in Heaven

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    Scripture: Romans 10:3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Observation: True righteousness only comes from God. And it can only be reached through faith in God. Application: Trying to earn righteousness will not work. And perhaps it…

  • A tale of super strong faith

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    Scripture:  Romans 4: 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Observation: Abraham was really old, as was Sarah. The odds of he and Sarah having children were slim by worldly odds. Yet God…

  • Your experiences strengthen me

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    Scripture 1 Thessalonians 3:8 For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. Observation: Paul is saying that he has heard of the Thessalonians’ continuing faith in Christ and is encouraged and filled with joy at their firm commitment. Application: The responses I have had to this blog have been very…

  • Trust strengthens

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    Scripture: Psalm 125: 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. Observation: Complete trust in the Lord is strong Application: I trust, but I still have lots of questions. So how strong is my trust? And how can I grow it/ strengthen it? I remember…

  • I can be a modern-day Pharisee

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    Scripture: Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices – mint, dill and cumin.  But you have neglected the more important matters of the law-justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Observation: Jesus instructs us to…

  • Pray boldly and believe in His power

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    Scripture: Matthew 9:18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” Observation: Even though this man’s daughter has already died, he still is asking Jesus for healing. And he believes completely that…

  • Are you worried about the speck or plank?

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    Scripture: Matthew 7:3-4 3“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is plank in your own eye.” Observation:…