SCRIPTURE: Acts (NIV) 7:2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran. 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’
OBSERVATION: As Stephen was giving his defense to the Jewish religious leaders, he recounted the history of Israel. It was a history of God speaking and the people responding to what God said. It was a history of prophecy that the Messiah would come and now they had killed Him! BUT HE IS NOW ALIVE!
In October 2009, God spoke to me through my pastor, Dayton Poe, to start writing SOAPs—to take a scripture from my daily Bible reading and write an observation, application, and prayer. I did them about every other day until January 1. I had the intimidation that if I did them on January 1, I would have to do them every day in the year. Could I believe God for something every day of the year??? Yes, He is faithful. He has given me this assignment and He is faithful!
APPLICATION: If you are reading this SOAP, it is because God has spoken to me to write it and to others to make it available to you. Someone heard God assigning them to print copies, or to bring copies to your location. Someone may have felt the Lord speaking to them to forward you a copy through email or the internet. Someone may have heard the Lord speak to them to provide money for a computer and printer to be put in your area. Someone may have provided a bus to bring a SOAP team to your area. Someone may have translated it into your language; someone may have posted it, or a video of it, on the internet.
God is still speaking today, and He has gone to great means to get this message to you! To God, you are that important!!! Pray with me…
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, you love me and sent your Son, Jesus to die for my sins. Forgive me and cleanse me from all sin. I do not want a god that sits on a shelf in my house, I want you to be my LIVING GOD who lives in my heart. I do not want a god that I only read about in a book; I want you to be a LIVING GOD who shares my life. Teach me and lead me by your Holy Spirit. Amen
Pastor Leon
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