Category: SOAP Daily Devotionals

Scripture: Job 6:13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me? Observation: Job has plunged into terrible suffering and cannot understand why. He is in such despair and is trying to figure out how to get back to where he was. I wonder if those who love…

Scripture: Malachi 1: 8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty. Observation: Wouldn’t you agree that is wrong to not…

Scripture: Psalm 1: 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in season And whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Observation: The one who puts his focus on the Lord will do good things at the right time and prosper. Application: I am sure there…

Scripture: Today’s reading is Nehemiah 9-10 and Acts 2 Observation: Today I cannot come up with one verse or short passage that I feel is speaking directly to me. In the Nehemiah reading, the Lord tells us of a time when the people recognized their wrongdoing and how their lives had strayed from God’s thinking.…

Today’s scripture actually comes from Saturday’s reading. It has been speaking to me since Saturday, so I feel compelled to share. Scripture: Luke 23:56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. Observation: These women were in the process of preparing Jesus’ body…

Scripture: Nehemiah 2: 4-5 (partial) 4The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5and I answered the king… Observation: Nehemiah was asked a question that was an important one. Before even answering, he prayed to God. My guess is that it was a quick, silent…

Scripture: Luke 21:34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. Observation: Don’t let day-to-day life on earth bring you down and cause you to lose focus on the Lord’s coming. Application: I must keep…

Scripture: Esther 10: 3 Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews. Observation: Mordecai stood for what was right and…

Scripture: Luke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Observation: This verse comes in the middle of three parables: one about the lost sheep, this one about a lost coin and then the one about the lost son. In…