Category Archives: Sunday Soaking
Sunday Soaking: Focus on the HEART (Our February ‘Write the WORD’ Topic)
It’s the month of chocolate hearts, pillows shaped like hearts, and Valentine cards splattered with hearts. No wonder that I’ve chosen HEART for the February Write the WORD theme – it is all around us! When I entered “heart” in … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Why Am I Here?
…everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory…Isaiah 43:7 We began this month’s study on GLORY with this verse, as we examined the truth that each of us was created for one purpose: to glorify … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Glory from the Nations
“Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.”I Chronicles 16:24 “Ascribe to the LORD, all you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.”I Chronicles 16:28 “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Come to the Sanctuary
“I have seen you in the sanctuaryand beheld your power and your glory.”Psalm 63:2 David opens Psalm 63 by declaring who God is and who He is to him personally: “O God, you are my God…” Not only is He … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: God’s Glory – A Consuming Fire
“To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.”Exodus 24:17 The glory of the Lord was revealed in the Old Testament with a striking visual. The power of a consuming fire … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Will It Glorify God?
…everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory.Isaiah 43:7 God created us for Himself, for His glory. It seems fitting, then, that we’ll begin the new year by focusing on GLORY in our January Write the … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Us, Too!
“…and all peoples on earthwill be blessed through you.”Genesis 12:3b God chose Abram. He plucked him up from a pagan place and gave him a new name, a new purpose, and a promise of greatness. Through Abram, God would grow … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Not What You Would Expect
Not What You Would Expect: Isaac (Not Ishmael), Genesis 17:19Jacob (not Esau), Genesis 28:14 In a Jewish patriarchal society, the first-born son is typically the expected choice for lineage and inheritance. But God’s ways are not always our ways (Isaiah … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: A Price to Be Paid
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. Genesis 3:15 When sin entered the world, it brought consequences to the serpent … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Jesus’ Birth – Prophecy and Fulfillment
Do you think of only the New Testament when you hear the name, Jesus? Does the Old Testament bring to mind the Patriarchs, David and Goliath, and Daniel in the Lion’s Den? Our prayer is that after writing the WORD … Continue reading