Today's SOAP devotional is brought to you by James Begley.==================== Scripture1 Samuel 3:18"So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.” ObservationWhat else could Eli say...

God brings joy, but He wants far more than for me to merely be "happy"! God wants me to be fully free, free from sin and regret, and fully alive in Him! ============ Scripture2 Corinthians 7:10"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no...

God's presence and power is not a distant hope to be fulfilled "someday"--Now is the time of favor, and today is the day of salvation! ==================== Scripture2 Corinthians 6:2"For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of...

Christ has done the reconciling, and we have been entrusted with the responsibility to share the good news with others. ===================== Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 "All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of...

The trials and struggles are temporary, but the renewal of God's Spirit living inside is permanent and eternal. ====================== Scripture2 Corinthians 4:16-18"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being...

God created mankind for more than mere existence! =============== ScripturePsalm 49:20"People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish." ObservationWealth and wisdom are not always connected. It is possible to be a rich fool, or a...

What God wants is my heart--the good, the bad, and the ugly. ================ ScripturePsalm 42:5"Why my soul are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my savior and my God." ObservationThe psalmist was having an...

My walk with God must be a daily, regular, ongoing part of my daily life--so that the overflow of my personal walk could be used by God to encourage and build up His church ======================= Scripture1 Corinthians 14:18-19"I thank God that I speak in tongues...

God's love for me has no limit!==================== Scripture1 Corinthians 13:7"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." ObservationGod's love is a constant. Everything else may be moving, changing,...

Disagreements are inevitable, drama is optional. =================ScriptureJoshua 22:11-13, 31"The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of...

Christ gives me strength for the race, and freedom to choose how I run.===================Scripture1 Corinthians 9:26-27"Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my...

Knowledge puffs up, while love builds up===============Scripture1 Corinthians 8:1,13"Now about food sacrificed to idols: we know that "We all possess knowledge." But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.""Therefore if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall...

My situation does not limit or define God's call on me, or my ability to follow and walk with him. Rather, the state of my heart is what He is interested in.=======================Scripture1 Corinthians 8:24"Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God,...

Christ has given me agency in adversity. He's given me the freedom and power to walk in victory, even when I'm being wronged. ================= Scripture 1 Corinthians 6:7"The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated...

The question is not "Do you think this will work?", rather the question is "Do you trust me?" ========================= ScriptureJoshua 1:1-2"After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses my servant is dead....

I don't control the future, but I can affect it by the way that I lead today. ==================== Scripture Deuteronomy 34:9 "Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did...

He first loved me, and I can do no less than love him in return!=====================Scripture'Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.''For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to...

ScriptureGalatians 6:9-10"So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-especially to those in the family of...