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Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
May 02, 2025: SOAP #5629:  1Chronicles 16; Psalm 106; Matthew 19

SCRIPTURE:  Matthew (NIV) 19:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan.  2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

OBSERVATION:   Jesus was moving toward Jerusalem where he would offer his life as an atoning sacrifice for sin.  He did not invite the “large crowds” following Him to join Him in Jerusalem.  He did not tell them to meet Him at the temple.  No, He ministered to them—“He healed them there.”   They did not need to be in Jerusalem; they did not need to be in the temple; they only needed to be in the Presence of Jesus!    

APPLICATION:   A building, even a church building, is not necessary for the ministry of Jesus.  Costly musical instruments and talented musicians are not necessary; a choir is not necessary.  The only thing necessary for the ministry of Jesus is the Presence of Jesus.  If I am with only one person, and Jesus is present, His ministry can be effective there!      

Several months back, a gentleman was walking in Freetown, Sierra Leone, going to a doctor’s office to see about his sickness.  Someone met him on the street, gave him a SOAP and told him that Jesus could heal him.  Jesus did! 

This past Sunday evening, in several large auditoriums people were gathered for a presentation of SOAPs.  After a call to receive Jesus, prayer was offered for healing.  Several testimonies have been received from people who were healed.  Physical healings are personal proofs of God’s presence, His love, and His power!  People can be healed walking on the street or in a gathering of people if Jesus is there! 

PRAYER:   Holy Spirit, continue to remind me wherever I am, Jesus can do what is necessary there!  May I recognize His Presence and release a knowledge of His Presence in that place by my words and actions.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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The Journey becomes Personalized!

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Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
February 26, 2025: SOAP #5564:  Numbers 19-20; Psalm 28; Mark 5 Mr 5:37  

SCRIPTURE:  Mark (NIV) 5:25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. …27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came, and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

OBSERVATION:  Jesus was walking in a large crowd; many people had touched Jesus that day.  They had jostled against him as they walked. 

It was not just being on the same road with Jesus.  It was not just going in the same direction as Jesus.  It was not the way she talked to Jesus!  It was how she touched Jesus.  She touched Him on purpose.  She intended to touch Him.  She had purposed in her heart to touch Jesus.  The journey became personalized to her!     

APPLICATION: It is not just being in a church or being around people who love the Lord.  It is not just hearing others talk about Jesus.   It is when I realize that what is said—what I read—what I hear—is for Leon—it becomes personalized!  The Holy Spirit stirs within me that this is for me.  On February 16, 2025, as the pastor was preaching about seasons, the Lord said to me, “The season for bus driving is over!”  I started planning to finish driving this school year.  Then I heard Him say, “I did not say it was coming to an end, I said it was over!”  The next morning I took actions that showed I understood what God said to Leon. 

I confess my sins; He forgives.  I obey; He provides and meets my needs. Often His answers come as I respond to His word! …sometimes even before! 

PRAYER:   Lord, it is an honor to be your child and a joy to serve you.  To call you “Lord” means that I do what you say.  Living for you is a daily adventure. Amen

Pastor Leon
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