How is your personal time with God?   Awhile back I realized my priorities were way out of wack.  I had more public time with God than private.  I didn’t want to tell anyone.  Funny how we cover up things like that.  Publically everything looked on track but privately I didn’t have time (or make time) for God.

I choose to make my private time with God a priority. Here was the method: pick one verse and then S-O-A-P.

Here is how:

S:  Scripture. Write out the 1 verse you chose, long hand in your journal.

O:  Observation. Simply write what you observed in the verse that made you want to write it down. Remember, you don’t have to be a theologian, just write what you saw.

A:  Application. Write down how this verse applies to your life? Nothing fancy, just apply it.

P:  Prayer. This is where you turn your Observation and Application into a Dedication. Once again, don’t try and be over-spiritual, just simply write a prayer to God of how your life will be different today because of what He’s spoken to your heart through this verse.

That’s it! SOAP. It’s as simple or deep as you want it to be. The goal of our Spiritual Life from God’s perspective is that you and I learn to be Self-Feeders and SOAP is an amazing way to do that.