ScriptureNehemiah 6:3,8"I sent messengers to them with this reply: "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?""...I sent him this reply: "Nothing like what you are saying is happening. You are...

Scripture Ezra 9:2-4 "They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness." When I heard this, I tore my...

Our SOAP journal is brought to you today by Rae Takiue. Rae is a hard-working mama, a gifted hula dancer, and a strong woman of God. She has a passion to glorify God with her life story. ScriptureWhen Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be...

ScriptureLuke 17:6"He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you." Observation'Planted'. It's an interesting word that Jesus uses--I've seen trees planted...

Today's SOAP journal is brought to you from Margaret Laletin.Margaret is the leader of our Women's Ministry, and a very talented member of our Hula Ministry also! ScriptureLuke 14:28-30“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower.  Won't you first sit down and...

ScriptureLuke 14:12-14"Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a...

ScriptureLuke 13:31-32"At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you." He replied, "Go tell that fox, "I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the...

ScriptureLuke 12:49-51"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until is is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No I tell you, but...

ScriptureLuke 11:27-28"As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you!" He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it." ObservationAs Jesus was teaching on...

ScriptureLuke 10:39-42"She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's fee listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work...

ScriptureLuke 7:3-7"The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has...

Scripture Luke 6:47-48 "As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck...

ScriptureDaniel 10:12"Then he continued, "Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard and I have come in response to them" ObservationGod responds to a...

ScriptureLuke 4:24-26"Truly I tell you," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet...

ScriptureDaniel 5:17"Then Daniel answered the king, "you may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means." ObservationDaniel had not had an easy path in life....

Scripture Ezekiel 42:14,20 "Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for...

ScripturePsalm 128:1,3"Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him....your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table." ObservationWalking in obedience to God doesn't just...

ScripturePsalm 145:13-14"The Lord is trustworthy in all He promises and faithful in all He does. The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down." ObservationThough I am not always faithful or trustworthy, God is! Though I fall, His footing is...