Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
May 15, 2023: SOAP #4911: 1Chronicles 25-27; 1Thessalonians 4

SCRIPTURE:  1Thessalonians (NIV) 4:7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
1Thessalonians (Message) 4:7 God hasn’t invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful—as beautiful on the inside as the outside.

OBSERVATION:  Paul is telling people how to live in order to please God.  In verses 3-5, he tells us how we should treat our physical bodies.  Verse 6 expands the instructions to how we treat others. 

Verse 7 above summarizes those thoughts.  How we keep the inside of our life has a great effect on God—He has taken up residence in us!  As heaven is a holy place, God is working to make our lives holy.  God does not want us putting on an outward show for people to see on the outside yet being unconcerned about what HE sees on the inside!   

God desires that the outside of our lives reflect the inside.  As attitudes inside are cleaned up on the inside, the outside will take on a new appearance for the world to see. 

APPLICATION:  It is my desire to make God feel at home in my life.  It is my pleasure to have Him in me.  It should be His pleasure also. 

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, what a privilege it is to have you living in me.  May you enjoy living in me.  And may my life be a demonstration to others of your loving presence.  Amen 

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