HOW TO DO A SOAP STUDY

SOAP study’s originated with Wayne Cordeiro. We would encourage you to read is excellent book called, “The Divine Mentor”.

The SOAP study method is quite simple. The SOAP acronym stand for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer.

Scripture

Select a scripture to study. Normally this would be your daily Bible reading chapters.

Observation

Then ask yourself some observation question from the chapters you just read such as:

• What did you observe? Note it down

• What stood out to you? Note it down

• Why did it stand out? Note it down

• What lesson is there in the text?  Note it down

Application

How does the observations you made apply to your life?

• What do you need to do?

• Write it down

Prayer

What help do you need from God to do this?

• What is your request?

• Write it down

That’s it. If you do this daily you will build up lots of insights as well as wisdom to pass onto others.

below is a PDF that you can download that gives you a slightly more detailed process.