SOAP - Numbers 14-16; Mark 3

Scripture-
Mark 3:35 "Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

Observation-
I am sure Jesus loved His human family very much, but He spoke these words in front of the crowd that surrounded Him when He was being summoned by His mother and brothers. To Jesus, His Spiritual family was more important than His human family. With great hope we want our human families to be believers, as evidenced by their obedience to God in doing His will. However, we will only be with our human families a short while here on this earth, but our Spiritual families will endure forever by God's grace and mercy through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Application-
I am so thankful for my Spiritual family - that I have a multitude of brothers and sisters in Christ. I love my human family very deeply and I will be diligent to try and ensure that they all know about Jesus and pray that each and every one of them would become believers so that we can all be in the same Spiritual family forever as well. I will reach out to to other believers, not in my human family, and build bonds of brotherhood through fellowship so that our Spiritual family is strengthened and that we can be close to and encourage one another. At our church, the prophetic word for this year is DISCIPLESHIP - with the four components of that being worship, the word, prayer, and community. I will endeavor to open myself up to and become involved in our community of believers, which is the Spiritual family of God.

Prayer-
Father, thank You for my Spiritual family. I am truly blessed with my human family and I pray that they would all know You, each and every one of them, so that they too can be a part of our Spiritual family of believers. Help me Lord to be open to and establish new friendships within our church and the entire community of believers, because we are all your children and therefore are truly all brothers and sisters in You. Thank You for my Spiritual brothers and sisters - help me to forge new bonds of friendship and fellowship with others and strengthen existing ones and I pray that in doing so we would all draw closer to You. I praise You and love You, Father. Amen.