Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
October 02, 2024: SOAP #5417:  Zechariah 13-14; Psalm 147; Luke 15

SCRIPTURE:  Luke (NIV) 15:4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?…
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?…
20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

OBSERVATION:   In Luke 15 we read three stories about lost things.  Note with me.  The sheep owner searches “until he finds it.”  The woman searches for the coin “until she finds it.” And the Father was still looking for his boy when he returned and spotted him coming while “he was still a long way off.”   

Although the sheep owner had 99 others, each one was important.  Although the woman had 9 other coins, this one was important.  And although the Father had another son, this one was important!  They were important enough to not give up searching.    

APPLICATION:  Each one is important to the Heavenly Father.  I am important. He is not willing that any should perish. (2Peter 3:9) He is not willing that I perish.  When it comes to dealing with me, God is persistent!  

It is good for us to hear the testimonies of how people were drawn to the Lord by the Holy Spirit.  Each story is a little different.  God has so many ways of revealing Jesus to us and convincing us of truth. 

PRAYER:  Thank you, Lord, for not giving up on me.  Thank you for calling until…  Thank you for loving me until…  Thank you!  Amen. 

Pastor Leon
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