Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
January 27, 2023: SOAP #4803: Exodus 17-20; Acts 3

SCRIPTURE:  Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms…  6  Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

OBSERVATION:  Peter and John were not out looking to heal someone, or to have a large gathering where they could preach about Jesus and call people to faith in Christ.  But that is what happened.  It started as they were moving through a normal day.  Nothing big was planned.  They were just doing what was common for them to do.  It was nothing out of the ordinary.  They were just being faithful in doing something ordinary.  But their ordinary day was interrupted by an ordinary beggar with an ordinary request.  Then the Holy Spirit turned their ordinary day into an extra-ordinary day!  Now we can read the rest of the story in Acts 3.

APPLICATION: The Holy Spirit specializes in taking the ordinary things I faithfully do and using them to bring glory to Jesus!  I may not know how my faithfulness in doing the little things might affect someone who is watching.  It may be just a smile, or a gentle touch, or a short prayer, (baking a cake, fixing a leaky roof, writing a letter, making a phone call, etc.) It may be a mother faithfully reading the Bible and praying with her small children.  It may be writing this SOAP, but the Holy Spirit can do something big in someone’s life with something small from us.  Whatever it is we do, do it in the name of Jesus!  Give Him glory!  Many of the big things God does, starts with a believer faithfully doing a small thing!

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, Bless my faithfulness in small things.  May you be glorified, and others be encouraged.  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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