Ponderings

Monday, April 4, 2011

Day one of Traveling through the Gospel

I will be taking the next 13 weeks or so to Journey through the Bible with Mom's Toolbox. Yes I know I am not a mom, but she leads some great studies online for anyone who is able and wants to join.She also has provided a  simple way to write what has been read and then how we preserve it. S.O.A.P, no no not the kind you clean something with but rather the kind that cleans your mind. The Letters stand for:
Scripture, write the scripture that God has speak to you.
Observation, why is this Scripture speaking to you, what is God Trying to tell you.
Application: How can this be applied to your life?
Prayer: What will be prayed to help you apply this scripture to your life.
 So without further ado I share with you what Matthew 1 revealed for me.
Matthew 1:6b (NIV)
S>  ...David was the father of Solomon whose mother had been Uriah's wife.


O> This really shows that God uses our screw ups for his benefit. God took David's indiscretion and plan to kill another man for his benefit. Who knew that a man would be in Jesus' lineage when he was deceptively conceived and his mothers husband killed.
A> I need to stop stressing out over mistakes that were made years ago, because I have no clue how these could later affect or benefit things that will happen in the future.
P> Dear Father, Thank you for being a wonderful forgiving Father. Without this we would not have have Jesus or his checkered past. Also thank you for all the screw ups throughout history and my history You have made to benefit your Plan Amen.

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