SOAK Galatians

I am going to be posting some of my thoughts on different passages in Galatians as we SOAK our way through the book in the coming days. Although I think I have a pretty good idea of what is going on in Galatians, my comments will not be exegetical in nature, but will rather be my notes on what the content of that days reading speaks to my heart. At certain times it will be about the main theme of the short text. At other times it will relate to a sub theme, or perhaps to something that impacts our modern world in a way that Paul would have never dreamed.

For any non-IESers seeing this blog, we SOAK a passage of scripture together as a church under a reading plan shared by the church. Currently we are in Galatian and we will follow in Romans. We have already done all four Gospels, all of John's other writings, Acts, James, 1 and 2 Timothy and 1 and 2 Thessalonians.

We got the idea for SOAK from Pastor Wayne Cordeiro and the New Hope Church in Hawaii. We added a few IES touches and have challanged the whole congregation to participate.

SOAK stands for:

S is for Scripture. Read the text....

O is for Observation. What do you think this passage meant when the author wrote it?

A is for Application. How do I apply this timeless truth to my life?

K is for Kneel (as in Kneel in prayer). You don't really need to kneel to pray about the meaning and text and it's possible application in your life, but prayer is critical, whether kneeling, standing, sitting... eyes open or shut.

Many in IES have prayer partners, and when we have read our text for the day we pray for each other and share by sms (text message) the thoughts we have on the text.

I'll catch up on my SOAKing in Galatians in a few days, and post the texts for you to SOAK if you want to join.