Tag: SOAP Daily Devotionals
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He came for us all
Scripture: Revelation 5:9 And the sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. Observation: Jesus alone is worthy… and he came for people from all…
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Teach Me
Scripture: Psalm 143: 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me to level ground Observation: Show me your way and how to do it. You are the Master who holds the truth. Application: I am constantly learning from my gentle Teacher. And I must continue…
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Walk in Love
Scripture: 2 John 1:6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. Observation: Throughout the Old and New Testaments this command is echoed: Love your neighbor as yourself. And here it is again: Walk in love.…
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How to overcome the world
Scripture: 1John 5:5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only He who believes that Jesus is the son of God. Observation: The only way to overcome the world is to believe that Jesus is who he (and God) said he was. Application: There is only one way to eternal life. You can’t get it…
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Test the Spirits
Scripture: 1 John 4:1-3 1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is…
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Seek with all your heart
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Observation: Only when you completely seek the Lord will you find him Application: Hmm. I wonder if this is why I was frustrated for so long. I thought I wanted to be in a relationship with God, but…
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He’s got my back… and more
Scripture: 1John 2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you wlil not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense– Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. Observation: God does not want us to sin, and sent us his Word so we can learn…
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Make his actions known
Scripture: Psalm 105:1 Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Observation: Thank him, ask his help and share his actions with others. Application: This one seems pretty straightforward. I think I do pretty well at the first two, but could use improvement on the…
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He wants us to have proof
Scripture: John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. Observation: God documented so many of Jesus’ miracles and actions so that we would have the opportunity to learn about his son and, consequently…
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Remain in the vine and bear fruit
Scripture: John 15:4 Remain in me and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. Observation: Without God, I cannot bear any good fruit. I cannot do any good thing without him. If I choose…
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When ya gotta boast…
Scripture: Jeremiah 10:23-24 23This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who…
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The SOAP ring
Some of you may have noticed the bubbly button on my sidebar that looks like this: (Thanks, Joy, for designing it! And thanks, Toni, for explaining what a web ring is!) After I began posting my daily devotionals, I was excited to learn of other bloggers who are also using the SOAP method and are…
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His timing is perfect
John 12:16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him. Observation: The disciples did not realize all the pieces to the puzzle. Even though they physically walked with Jesus…
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The true miracle man
Scripture: John 11:14-15 14So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Observation: This is from a passage where Jesus was told that Lazarus was very sick. Jesus was asked to go…
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Yet I will rejoice
Scripture: Habakkuk 3:18-19 18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. 19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. Observation: Many of the verses before this one talk about destruction, yet…