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Sunday, October 30, 2016

S.O.A.P. John 1: 19-36

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Scripture

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders[a] in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[b]
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[c] water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John Testifies About Jesus

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[d]

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

Observation
 John was informing those round him that he was a witness for he who was to come. Just as we are to live in such a way that others see us as representation of Christ.
Application
 We should live our lives as an example of Christ. Others should see such an example in our lives that Christ is revealed in all we do and say. We can never live up to Christ, we are not worthy of him or his baptism he gives us.
Prayer 

I thank you Lord that you revealed yourself to the world through one such as John. Who did not take any credit for his calling but made sure as to let the world know that he was not worthy of anything but was a witness as to who you are and who you would be to the world. Thank you for your baptism of the Holy Spirit. Help me to be a witness for you to all you place in my life, I may not be placed before the world to witness for you,but I am placed in a place wgere you want me to be and I Thank you for trusting me where you have placed me.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

S.O.A.P. John1: 14-18

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Scripture
 
 
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)
16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. 


 Observation

The Word has always been, even before time the Word existed. The Word is the bringer of Grace to cover us seeing as we cannot fulfill the law given to Moses by the Word.

 Application

I know that without the Word to bring Grace, I would be under the law and would fail. There would be no hope for myself, but since the Word communes with God and has made a covering for my sins. Now God can see me through the Word as complete in him.
 
Prayer

Thank you Lord for your Grace. Without your grace to work in my life I would be already condemned. I thank you that your very Word is who you are, by reading the written Word I am reading you, and you will reveal yourself to me through my diligence of searching your Word.

Friday, October 28, 2016

S.O.A.P. John 1:6-13

 Scripture

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Observation

We as John are witnesses of the Light. We know the light and are to let it shine through us so that the world can see the light. The world goes around as if wearing blinders and in the dark, even though the light created us to recognize the light we don't acknowledge the light.


Application

I am to recognize the light and receive the light as it is, by doing this I will be given the right to be a child of God. Born of God not a natural physical birth but a Spiritual birth of the heart and soul. 

Prayer

Thank you Lord for choosing me to reveal yourself to. Thank you for allowing me to see the light for what it is. Your light has shown into my life and helped me to see that I have been in the darkness. I acknowledge that you are the light of the world and thank you for calling me to be your son. 
  

Thursday, October 27, 2016

SOAP John 1: 1-5

Scripture



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Observation


The Word is alive. He exists with and in God. The Word is the creator, the designer, the idea man. The Word is light revealing everything around us as to whether it is good or bad. The Word is the very existence of life with out the Word life would not be.

Application


My very existence is because of the Word. Life comes from the Word and being that we are made in the image of God, that means we are in the image of the very Word itself. Which means we are the light of the world and the life unto the world and we have the ability to create (invent that is and progress as God allows us).

Prayer

Thank you Lord for becoming flesh and lighting the way for me. Your very touch within me has allowed me to have a skill, as an auto mechanic specializing as I do in certain areas. You have shown a light many times into certain ares to reveal to me how to perform certain tasks. I am who I am to be at this time in my life. But the Word refuses to leave me there because he sees me as a finished product.

What is SOAP

S.O.A.P.


Scripture:

Take a scripture and read it.  Post it to you heading.

Observation:

Study the scripture, what is it that you observe about the passage.

Application: 

How does this passage of scripture apply to your life

Prayer: 

Pray your response. Acknowledge what this scripture means in your life.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Battle Lines 6/11/2016

Acts 20:9
And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

In this story we have Eutichus, ( I will call him Charles as he represents me), any way Charles is sitting in a window at Church. He is not in with the congregation, he is at church but not in church. He shows up he says hello. When people ask how he is doing he says fine, doing well, not bad. You see Charles is playing church.

By placing himself in the window he can see the world, he can be distracted, he can be easily swayed by what he sees. He is still hearing the service and he occasionally joins in, the rest of the congregation doesn't know hes playing church he puts on a good air that life is good.

This past weekend at my churches mens retreat, (Battles Lines). Charles attended he was looking forward to it, thought developing friendships would be nice, I had already had GOD working on me, I had confessed some buried sin to my GOD my Pastor and to my family. Little did I know that GOD was still working.

During the second session on day 2, we were talking about the roll of husbands and fathers. I listened to the other men, and started to be convicted more of my failures. But a wall was fighting me, I wanted to speak but was being held back.

In the passage of scripture Eutichus (Charles). Charles has become comfortable in his window, he is complacent, he has no accountability, he sets himself appart and as a result falls from church,he is perceived as dead. I can picture the fall, 3 stories down he hits he ground. Some of the other members of the church go to the window and look down to see the accident, (kind of like looking at car accidents on the road, you just want to see). I can hear them saying "Hes dead, wow did you see that, I heard him hit the ground no way he survived that fall"

Near the end of the session John Burger was getting ready to release us for free time before dinner. I found myself speaking, I had decided that I wasn't going to fall out the window from sitting on the edge of church I was going to dive out the window to show that people don't really care and I would be perceived as dead. I did not expect what happened next.

Acts 20:10
Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "He's alive!"

I expected to be viewed as dead, but when I looked up I was surrounded by a group of men doing as Paul had done. They through themselves on me and shouted loudly, HE IS STILL ALIVE. They spoke life into me they let me know they would not let me die, they were there to fight for me. They didn't just view the fall as an accident and say hes dead, know they ran to me as Paul ran down the stairs and threw him self on the fallen. 

I can see Paul turning and looking up into the window where the others were watching from and shouting up to them. HE'S ALIVE. If Paul had not ran own to him he would have died. If the men of this church had not ran to me I would have died, I would have give up, I would have declared that people don't really care. 

I was wrong, these men surrounded my and were not letting go as God took over.

To the men of FLCC, Thank you, for fighting for me, thank you for meeting me at my "Battle Line"

Your friend and fellow warrior
Charles McLemore

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Holding on to sin

Romans 3:23King James Version (KJV)

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;



This is my sin.
 I own my sin. My sin was against my wife, my own body and against God. I committed adultery against my wife. There is no excuse there is no logical reason, only that I sinned. I was being selfish and stupid.

I had allowed sin into my life. I felt I could deal with it. I confessed my sin to God and asked for forgiveness. I know he forgave me, but my sin involved others. I needed to confess to them and ask for their forgiveness also. 

By not dealing with my sin and trying to carry the burden myself and not trust God. I spent the next 28 years of my life self sabotaging, I wanted everyone to hate me, I felt I didn't deserve any goodness in my life and as a result I hindered myself and possibly my abilities. Only God knows what my life would have been like if I hadn't been so self destructive. 

When God started working in my life again and bringing people into my life that were there to help me. I found myself caught up in my head and not listening to my heart.

John 10:10
 

The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.




 I decided to act out in inappropriate ways, and as a result I insulted someone else whom God had put in my life. When they responded to me and let me know in a very straight forward but polite way that I was out of line. Immediately God convicted my heart.  I immediately dropped to my knees and begged God for forgiveness. I then realized how far sin had webbed its fingers into every facet of my life. Satan tried to steal my joy, tried to kill my marriage and tried to destroy friendships. 

 I then sought counsel and prayer.

 I came to realize I had to confess sin from 28 years prior. This was very difficult for me and it brought a lot of pain for the others involved. Forgiveness was granted but there will be a long process in rebuilding trust.