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Prayer Email archive: (11/05/2000) how to study the Word |
Hello prayer warriors,
1. Prayer note: how to study the Word [Romans 10:17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Christ). We've talked in the last email about knowing the will of God, and we've said that it starts by discovering His will for us in His Word. How do we then study the Word? I asked some of my bible-study students how they read the Word and I discovered that some of them were using devotionals, such as Daily Bread, etc, to study the Word. They were not studying the Word for themselves and obtaining revelation personally. i. Learn to obtain revelation from the Word personally. When we start doing that, God will start speaking to us in little ways. ii. Try not to play Bible roulette (i.e. flip to any page and start reading). There may be a place for that, but we need to commit to reading the entire Bible by following a bible reading plan. There is a bible reading plan on the site which you can try. iii. Don't be too ambitious when reading the Word. We are not here to finish the Bible in the fastest time possible but to get revelation and to hear from God directly everyday. To do that, read one chapter and find a favorite verse (that should be easy to do). Ask yourself why you like the verse or a phrase, it also helps to write it down because then you get to crystallize your thoughts more. iv. Memorize your favorite verse, personalize and meditate on that verse the whole day. Imagine how exciting it is when you get a Word from God personally every day. The Word can create, encourage and spur you on to greater things daily. Only when you meditate, can you get some of the revelation and truth into your spirit man. v. Read the bible in the light of the Cross. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of Christ (that was the original Greek word that was used). It is very dangerous to read the Bible and take the Bible out of context, not just out of context of the scriptures, but out of context of the Cross. You will even read the Old Testament in a different light when you view the Old Testament through the eyes of the Cross. Finally, commit to doing this every morning before you go to school or work. Real spiritual growth begins when we commit to studying the Word. 2. New prayer requests: i. Emergency prayer request -- sandy Prayers needed for Michael Novenche,a 2-year-old beautiful little boy in Clifton Park, New York. They found a large tumor in his brain. Dr. Epstein operated but couldn't remove the entire tumor & now he has to go through chemo to keep the tumor from growing & hitting the brain stem. We need all the prayers we can get for the chemo to kill the tumor entirely. He started chemotherapy on March 28, 2000. Please pray. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1465&table=prayer ii. Pray for my son -- elvina8 pray for my 14 year old son who is going to be admitted in the hospital for high fever nonstop from 4 days. They have diagonised it as two types of Malaria. One is virus & the other is cerebral. (Elvina's latest update is that her son's fever has left him & 2 or 3 tests they have to still do. If everything is okay they shall discharge him tomorrow or the day after) http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1466&table=prayer iii. Big prayer request -- oyster_777 Pray for Israel & the new president of the USA. Pray God will protect & shelter the Jewish people, and that the American people will vote into office a God fearing man. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1467&table=prayer iv. pray for cancer -- wldflwr06 My mother's pastor's sister-in-law (Wilma) has kidney cancer. It has spread to her lungs. She's very devoted to God & believes in prayer & healing. Let's all pray & believe in a miracle. God says when 2 are more is gathered together in my name my work shall be done. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1468&table=prayer v. Continue to pray for my family -- lisa101 Continue to pray for myself, my husband & our 4 children. I feel that we are floundering & not sure of what God wants for us. My husband & I do not pray together & are both stressed with our different roles, mine as caregiver to our young children & he with his very demanding job in sales. We really need the Lord to bring us close to Him & guide us as to what He wants us to do & to help bring balance in our lives. I feel out priorities are all out of whack. Thank you. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1470&table=prayer 3. Number of prayer warriors: 509 We welcome chizer14, bluebird, jane_owens, dumwiteboy, wldflwr06, t_fletch and cesselie into our prayer group. One has unsubscribed. In Christ, waihun |
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Sunday, November 05, 2000 9:31:10 AM waihun | |