Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
July 13, 2023: SOAP #4970: Isaiah 15-18; Hebrews 10

SCRIPTURE:  Hebrews (NIV) 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37 For in just a very little while, “He who is coming will come and will not delay.

OBSERVATION:  My faith in God reaches two ways.  It reaches to the past, where just as God promised, He sent His son to die for my sins.  God’s promises were true, and He kept His word.  My faith reaches back into the past and brings the truth of what Jesus did into my present.  I am NOW a child of God.  My sins ARE forgiven! 

My faith also reaches to the future.  God has promised a heavenly home.  He has promised me a place in His heavenly kingdom.  God’s promises are true.  God is a promise keeper.  My faith reaches forward into the future and brings the truth of what God has promised into my present!   I NOW live as though this world is not my home and I am just passing through! 

APPLICATION:  In Christ I live in great appreciation for the past joined with great anticipation for the future.  The things of this world loose their attraction when viewed with the perspective of what Jesus did and what God has for me in eternity. 

Sharon and I lived for 10+ years in Hawaii.  When we speak of that time, people often say, “I sure would like to go to Hawaii.”  I always tell them, “If you are going to heaven, you will not feel like you have missed a thing!” 

I am going to heaven; how about you?  If you would like to, pray with me… 

PRAYER:  Lord, looking back over my life, I confess that I have many sins for which I am sorry.  But looking further back, I see that you died for my sins.  I ask, and receive, the forgiveness you provided by bleeding and dying on that cross.  Thank you for forgiving me.  I make you the Lord of my life.  And now I look forward to living eternally with you and those who have set their hearts to live for you here on earth.  Amen

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