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Weekly Rhythm (NEW!!! Replaces Daily SOAP Devotional) - A Devotional from Pastor Craig

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Celebrating a Legacy, Beginning a New Rhythm • June 02, 2026   For many years, Pastor Jamie faithfully invested his time, prayer, study, and care into writing the Daily SOAP Devotional. Through this ministry, hundreds of people have been encouraged to engage Scripture regularly and hear God’s voice through His Word. As we transition towards Pastor Jamie’s retirement, I want to express my deep gratitude for the consistency, wisdom, and pastoral heart he brought to this daily practice. His investment has left a lasting impact on our church family.   As we navigate this season of transition and reorganize and redistribute the many responsibilities previously carried by Pastor Jamie, we are switching to a weekly rhythm of communication rather than a daily one. We are grateful for the foundation SOAP has provided and want to encourage everyone to continue cultivating a daily habit of Scripture reading. Two resources I highly recommend are:   The Daily Wake-Up Call with J.D. Walt T...
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To Live Is Christ and to Die Is Gain - LAST SOAP Devotional From Pastor Jamie Before Retirement!

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  As Pastor Jamie comes to the conclusion of this chapter of history, it is with deep personal gratitude and heartfelt warmth that I pause to wish him well. While I'll miss the opportunity to stop by and chat with him on a daily basis, because as he always says "My office door is never open by accident", I know he is only a phone call away. On to the next, my brother...as Jamie also says, "If you're not dead, you're not done!"  Give 'em heaven, brother!!!   Read Philippians 1 https://www.biblegateway.com/ passage/?search=Philippians% 201&version=NLT   Philippians 1:21- For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.    This is one of the occasions where I prefer the way the NIV translates this verse, and this is how I memorized it a number of years ago: "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Paul detailed a personal struggle he had as it related to living or dying. he was both getting older and coming un...
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Sufficient Grace | A SOAP Devotional by Pastor Jamie

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  Read 2 Corinthians 12 https://www.biblegateway.com/ passage/?search=2% 20Corinthians%2012&version=NLT   2 Corinthians 12:8-9- Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.    Paul passionately tells the story of the visions from God he was privileged to experience to the church in the city of Corinth. After all of the time he had spent with them, they were still questioning the legitimacy of his authority to speak a word of truth to them. He didn't share the specific content of what God allowed him to see; instead, he shared his weakness. Paul talked about being given a "thorn in the flesh," but he doesn't tell us specifically what that was in his life. Some scholars have suggested perhaps he had arthritis or poor eyesight given that Paul sometimes indicated for emphasis, "...
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The Great Commission | A SOAP Devotional by Pastor Jamie

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  Read Matthew 28 https://www.biblegateway.com/ passage/?search=Matthew%2028& version=NLT   Matthew 28:16-20-  Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted! Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”   In these closing words from Jesus in Matthew's gospel we have what is called "The Great Commission," which serves as our marching orders as Jesus' church. First of all, I'm struck by the seemingly unimportant and simple obedience of the disciples in verse 16; that is, they showed up where Jesus told them to go. In other words, they list...
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