SCRIPTURE: Numbers 1:1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
OBSERVATION: God speaks in time. On a certain day, in a certain month, in a certain year, God spoke…and, this is what He said. It is not some general idea that one cannot tell when it came or from where it came.
APPLICATION: God speaks to me through His word each day as I journal my SOAP. Sometimes it is fresh insight or emphasis of previous notes or study; often it is something I have never seen before. Sometimes my interest seems drawn to a specific verse, but I do not know why until I start writing—then it becomes clear.
God also speaks by His Spirit into my mind, inserting His thoughts into my mind; like the summer day in 2010 when I turned a corner in the city of Wichita and before my eyes was a school bus with a “Drivers Needed” banner. In my heart I heard, “You could drive a school bus.” Then last Sunday when I heard Him say, “Your season for bus driving is over.” This past week I was scheduled for some refresher training. I thought, I will finish out this school year on the bus. There was some trouble in scheduling the trainers to work with me, and I complained to the Lord. He said, “I did not tell you that bus driving was coming to a close, but that it is over.” So, I told those in the bus office, “It is over.” Tomorrow a new season starts for me.
PRAYER: Lord, You are a speaker, and I am thankful I can count on you to speak to me. You have a long history of speaking to people. We, You and I, have history in your speaking to me. May you find me faithful and careful in listening and obeying. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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The SOAP conference trip has a short delay. Pastor Andrew wrote me that in Mali, 27,000 came to the conferences and “17,000 people gave their life to Jesus.” So, they are staying a few days to do some discipleship training before moving on to Cote d’Ivoire. As there is a shortage of Bibles (none in the stores for purchase) they would like to leave 500 Bibles with the 5 churches they will establish before leaving. Some pastors do not have Bibles. Please pray for these new churches and for Bibles.
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