Christian-anything

Oct 9, 2009 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Neh. 1-2; Ps. 133; Luke 22 Luke 22:58 A short time later, someone else noticed him and said, “You’re one of them.” But Peter denied it: “Man, I am not.” OBSERVATION: Peter was afraid to admit who he was because he feared those...

ID Check

Oct 8, 2009 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Ezra 9-10; Ps. 131; Luke 21 Ezra 9:8 “Now for a brief time God, our God, has allowed us, this battered band, to get a firm foothold in his holy place so that our God may brighten our eyes and lighten our burdens as we serve out this hard sentence....

Teaching Teachers

Oct 7, 2009 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Ezra 7-8; Luke 20 Ezra 7:25 I authorize you, Ezra, exercising the wisdom of God that you have in your hands, to appoint magistrates and judges so they can administer justice among all the people of the land across the Euphrates who live by the Teaching of...

Honored Guest, Humbled Host

Oct 6, 2009 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Est. 9-10; Luke 19 Luke 19:5-7 When Jesus got to the tree, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down. Today is my day to be a guest in your home.” Zacchaeus scrambled out of the tree, hardly believing his good luck, delighted to take Jesus...

Hear Them

Oct 5, 2009 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: Est. 3-8; Luke 18 Luke 18:39 Those ahead of Jesus told the man to shut up, but he only yelled all the louder, “Son of David! Mercy, have mercy on me!” OBSERVATIONS: “And we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us we pray. Free us...