SOAP Studies

Don’t hide from God

By: Pam Crews SCRIPTURE: Psalm 32: 5-7 (The Voice) 5 When I finally saw my own lies, I owned up to my sins before You, and I did not try to hide my evil deeds from You. I said to myself, “I’ll admit all my sins to the Eternal,” and You lifted and carried away the guilt of my sin. [pause] 6 So let […]

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Be Do-It-Alls

BY: Pastor Bob Miller CHAPTER READ: Matthew 23 SCRIPTURE SELECTED: Matthew 23: 1-3 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:  2  “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.  3  So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for

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God’s Currency

By: Karelin James Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22 21 “Caesar’s,” they replied. Jesus said, “Precisely, for the coin bears the image of the emperor Caesar.[Well, then, you should pay the emperor what is due to the emperor. But because you bear the image of God, give back to God all that belongs to him.” Observation: Jesus cuts through the religious leaders’

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God Is Trusting in Me

BY: Pastor Bob Miller SCRIPTURE: Matthew 21: 33-34 33  “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.  34  When the harvest time approached, he

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Make Me a Servant

BY: Pastor Bob Miller CHAPTER READ: Matthew 20 SCRIPTURE SELECTED: Matthew 20:26 26  Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,  27  and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—  28  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and

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Small faith + God

By: Britt Kinoshita Scripture: Matthew 17:17-20 17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. 19 Then the disciples

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Confession With Surrender

By: Pastor Brad Scripture:  Matthew 16:13-20 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

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