{"id":6,"date":"2026-02-05T05:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/?p=6"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:01:38","slug":"increase-and-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/increase-and-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase and Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a>Pastor Leon\u2019s SOAP:&nbsp; Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer<br>February 04, 2026:&nbsp; SOAP #5907:&nbsp; &nbsp;Exodus 39-40; Psalm 15; Acts 12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>SCRIPTURE<\/u><\/strong>:&nbsp; Acts (NIV) 12:24 But the word of God continued to increase and spread.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>OBSERVATION:<\/u><\/strong> &nbsp;Steven had been stoned to death.&nbsp; Saul had traveled from city to city to take believers as prisoners to Jerusalem.&nbsp; James had been recently put to death by Herod.&nbsp; Peter was then thrown into prison from which he miraculously escaped, being let out of prison by an angel.&nbsp; The social and political climate was not conducive to Christianity, but the \u201cword of God\u201d continued to \u201cincrease and spread.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>APPLICATION:<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp; The above passage obviously could not mean that more Bibles were being printed because the printing press had not yet been invented.&nbsp; There were very few copies of the scriptures available to the early church.&nbsp; Yet we read, \u201cthe word of God continued to increase and spread.\u201d&nbsp;<br><br>I think that the word of God was spreading because people were receiving the truth of the Gospel and it was being lived out through their daily lives.&nbsp; The presence of the Holy Spirit was making the truth of scripture obvious to those early believers.&nbsp; It was not the Word of God written in scrolls or books, but the Word of God written on the hearts of men and women!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>If we want revival in our neighborhood, we must let the Word of God increase and spread in our personal lives.&nbsp; We must let our neighbors see God\u2019s Word in action every day!&nbsp; They see us gathering in fellowship groups and churches, but how is the Word of God increasing and spreading in our daily lives?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>PRAYER<\/u><\/strong>:&nbsp; Lord, let your Word, first of all, increase and spread in me and my family.&nbsp; May it spread to every day and every part of my life.&nbsp; Then it will increase and spread where I live and where I work.&nbsp; Amen&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pastor Leon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making friends for time and eternity!&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><strong>On Facebook:&nbsp; Today\u2019s SOAP from Pastor Leon<br>Also on:&nbsp; soapsbyleon.wordpress.com<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Leon\u2019s SOAP:&nbsp; Scripture, Observation, Application, PrayerFebruary 04, 2026:&nbsp; SOAP #5907:&nbsp; &nbsp;Exodus 39-40; Psalm 15; Acts 12 SCRIPTURE:&nbsp; Acts (NIV) 12:24 But the word of God continued to increase and spread.&nbsp;&nbsp; OBSERVATION: &nbsp;Steven had been stoned to death.&nbsp; Saul had traveled from city to city to take believers as prisoners to Jerusalem.&nbsp; James had been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soapfortoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}