Crying Out To Be Saved — Devotional
Studying the Bible can be a very interesting journey. It can also be overwhelming. Where do you begin? How do you read it? I love the SOAP method. You read a selected Scripture, write your Observations about what you read, note how you can Apply it to your life, and then Pray about it. This method helps you think on what you have read and what it means to you personally.
This is my online journaling of the SOAP method. I suggest that you have your own journal. You can use the same scripture. Read mine afterwards and compare your observations or applications to your life. Or you can just mine as a devotional. Leave comments behind on your own observations.
Scripture
Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior;
gather us and deliver us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name,
and glory in your praise.” (1 Chronicles 16:35 NIV)
Observation
At first, I think this scripture doesn’t apply to be at all as I’m not being pressured or attacked by other nations. My government might be, but most of the time it doesn’t involve me directly…yet. We are not in war with other nations trying to destroy or subjugate us. So in the strictest sense, I currently don’t see how this scripture can reach…
