SOAP - Scripture, Observation/Promise, Application, Prayer
O: 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
A: 2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord.
With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
O: 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
O: 4 What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. O: 5 What joy for those whose strength comes from theLord,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs.The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
7 They will continue to grow stronger,
7 They will continue to grow stronger,
and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.P: 8 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob.
P: 9 O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
Show favor to the one you have anointed.
O:10 A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else!
A: I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
O:11 For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
O:12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
A: I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
O:11 For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
O:12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
