Jesus is God

SOAP For the Week of January 9-13, 2023

 
Monday  January 9

Scripture
“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.”
—John 1:14 (NIV)


“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the
exact representation of his being, sustaining
all things by his powerful word. After he had
provided purification for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”
—Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)


Additional Scripture

Colossians 1:15-20

Observation

Application


Prayer + Reflection
1. Let’s magnify Jesus today as part of our prayer,
exalting Him for His acts of creation, His allsurpassing power, and His unrivaled
beauty and greatness.
2. Pray together for the creative work
of God that reveals Jesus in our
cities, neighborhoods, schools,
places of business, halls of government
and marketplaces.
3. Boldly ask Jesus to be present among
His church in glory and power, that
we would find in Him a sufficiency for all that we
need. He alone can author newness and hold all
things together.

 

Tuesday, January 10

Jesus is Lord

Scripture:

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is
Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is
with your heart that you believe and are justified,
and it is with your mouth that you profess your
faith and are saved. As Scripture says, ‘Anyone
who believes in Him will never be put to shame.’”
—Romans 10:9-11 (NIV)


“But why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do
the things which I say?”
—Luke 6:46 (NKJV)


“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him
and given Him the name which is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and
of those under the earth, and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.”
—Philippians 2:9-11 (NKJV)

Observation

Application

Prayer + Reflection
1. Let’s pray today in a posture of humility, a
willing submission to Jesus as the Lord of our
lives and the head of the church. Offer prayers
of worship that express His worthiness to be
trusted with the whole of our lives—past,
present and future.
2. Ask God that the distinctiveness of who Jesus
is would be revealed in His church, that we would
be the evidence of what it looks like when Jesus is
truly leading us as His people.
3. Jesus said when He was “lifted up,” He would
draw all people to Himself (John 12:32). As we lift
up Jesus today, let’s pray for the power of the Holy
Spirit to draw people to the beauty, truth and life
that is found only in Jesus.

 

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Jesus is the Creator 

Scripture:

“God, who at various times and in various ways
spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,
whom He has appointed heir of all things, through
whom also He made the worlds.”
—Hebrews 1:1-2 (NKJV)


Additional Scripture
Psalm 119:73
Psalm 139:13
Jeremiah 1:5
Job 31:15
Ephesians 2:10

Observation

Application

Prayer + Reflection
1. “Jesus, help me to see Your image in every
person I encounter. Awaken my spirit to this all
around me.”
2. “Jesus, teach us to be united in our essentials,
learning to practice love in our churches so that we
may transform our communities.”
3. “Jesus, help us to reflect Your image to
our community, collectively and communally
being marked by the way we love, serve, sow
and give generously.” 

 

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Jesus is our Savior 

Scripture:

“The next day John saw Jesus
coming toward him, and said,
‘Behold! The Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world!’”
—John 1:29 (NKJV)


“You see, at just the right time,
when we were still powerless, Christ
died for the ungodly. Very rarely will
anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good
man someone might possibly dare to die. But God
demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we
were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
—Romans 5:6-8 (NIV)


“But these are written that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
believing you may have life in His name.”
—John 20:31 (NKJV)

Observation

Application

Prayer + Reflection
1. Pray on your own: “Jesus, use my story to reach
somebody in my life personally and tangibly. I
want to expand the gospel every day of my life.”
2. Pray as a church: “Jesus, guide us as a church
to tell our story that leads others to You.”
3. Pray with your family: “Jesus, teach us to
become witnesses to our community, revealing
Your love and sacrifice for all.”

 

Friday, January 13, 2023

Made alive in Jesus

Scripture:

“But because of His great love for us, God, who
is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved. And God raised us
up with Christ and seated us with Him in the
heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in
the coming ages He might show the incomparable
riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to
us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have
been saved, through faith—and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, 
so that no one can boast.”
—Ephesians 2:4-9 (NIV)


Additional Scripture
Colossians 2:13-14
2 Corinthians 5:17

Observation

Application

Prayer + Reflection
1. Pray that you would help your community
experience God’s mercy.
2. Pray that God would use you so your neighbors
and city can experience His goodness.
3. Pray for your church to be an expression of
God’s love.