Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
June 03, 2023: SOAP #4930: Proverbs 25-27; Romans 15

SCRIPTURE: Romans (NIV) 15:30 I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31 Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there, 32 so that by God’s grace I will come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

OBSERVATION:  Paul was on his way to Jerusalem to deliver some financial aid to the church from the believers in Macedonia.  He was strongly asking (urging) the believers in Rome to pray for his safety and for his ministry to be received in Jerusalem.    He was requesting that they join his struggle in prayer. 

He was not asking for a simple, “God bless Brother Paul” kind of prayer.  He was asking for a prayer from their hearts to touch the heart of God! 

He was wanting a prayer with feeling that God could not ignore.  He was not asking them to send money.  He needed more than money could supply.  Sending money would take too long—prayer was instant to the throne of God who could answer instantly to Paul’s location. 

APPLICATION:  Prayer is faster than the internet.  It is instantaneous connection with the Creator of the Universe, the Almighty, the All-wise and All-sufficient God who loves us.  Paul believed that praying believers in Rome could have an effect on what happened in Jerusalem! 

There is not a place in the world that praying believers today cannot touch in prayer. 

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, praying SOAP readers from Asia, Africa, America and from the middle of the Pacific Ocean all have the same access to your throne.  Hear and answer our prayers.  Lord, may Your will be done and Your Kingdom come here on earth as it is in heaven.  Use these SOAPs for Your glory!  Amen

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