Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
July 25, 2022: SOAP #4617: Isaiah 43-45; 1Peter 4

SCRIPTURE: 1Peter (NIV) 4:11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

OBSERVATION:  What a special day this was for me.  It was a day ordained by God.  Sharon and I visited two churches in the area where I went through High School.  Since we were quite early for the first church, we left information about a Senior Rally and moved on to Belleville, Kansas.  It was there my ministry began.  It was there when my dad pastored the church, I learned to sweep the floor, dust the seats and clean the restrooms.  It was there I taught my first class of junior boys.

Later we drove by the house where we lived.  It was there one Wednesday evening that God forced me to make a decision:  would I stay home to study for a test at school in the morning, OR would I go to the Wednesday night Bible Study at the church.  The Holy Spirit helped me reason it out: how could I ask God to help me in the morning if I did not honor Him the night before!  

APPLICATION: God is starting a work in some young person near you.  God is using you to build a foundation in that youth upon which He can build.  Build wisely.  Depend on the leading and anointing of the Holy Spirit.  Always remember they are growing as men and women of God.  Help them build their lives on the Word; help them learn to pray; help them to depend on the Holy Spirit.  Give them a good example of living a joyful Christian life! 

PRAYER:  Lord, only you know what is needed in the lives of the young people that surround me today. Flow through me, Holy Spirit, flow through me. Use for the future of your Kingdom.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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