All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. —2 Timothy 3:16-17
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• Read the Bible daily: Setting aside 10 or 15 minutes for devotions. Just like when you meet a new friend, you want to spend time with them. Reading the bible each day is spending time with God. There are many printed and online daily devotional materials available. Each daily thought is designed to draw the you into a closer relationship with Him and to evoke responses of worship, love, trust and obedience.
• Pick up a free copy of the “Daily Bread” at KUC
• New Believers 30 Day Guide (video format or text format)
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. —Hebrews 4:12
When you are reading a Bible Passage, ask and answer 3 questions:
1. What does it say about God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)? Where is He in the passage?
– God’s Character
– God’s Action
2. What does it say about me? Are there people I identify with (try identifying with the sinner)?
– What do I learn about my sin nature?
– What do I learn about living in Christ?
3. So What?
– Is there Sin to be repented?
– Is there a Command to be obeyed?
– Is there a Promise to claim?
How to Pray
… for the person you are lifting up to God.
Key Words: “Grace & Peace”
In I Thessalonians 1: 1, Paul prays a blessing over the Christians, “Grace and peace to you.” Begin by praying the same blessing over your relative, friend or neighbor.
Sample Prayer: “Grace and peace to you Patricia.”
How to Pray
… for the person with a prayer of thanks.
Key Words: “Thank you”
Paul prays a prayer of thanks for the Thessalonians, “We always thank God for all of you…”(1:2) Continue by thanking God for the person’s life and character.
Sample Prayer: “Thank you God for Patricia’s faithfulness to you and that we have been together 32 years.”
How to Pray
… for the fruitful working of Christ.
Key Words: “I trust you”
Paul states that faith produces godly work, “We remember before God our Father your work produced by faith.” (1:3) In prayer we build our faith by affirming our trust in God’s presence and work around us.
Sample Prayer: “I trust You Holy Spirit that you are working in Patricia’s life right now to strengthen her and to use her powerfully in serving you.”
How to Pray
… for the inspiration that comes from Heaven.
Key Words: “I look forward to”
Paul gained his inspiration for endurance from the second coming of Christ and the final hope of heaven. “Your endurance inspired by hope in the Lord Jesus Christ.” (1:3) In this prayer we look forward to the finished work God has promised and our desire to see His handiwork “on earth as it is in heaven.”
Sample Prayer: “I look forward to my relationship with Patricia in heaven where we will worship and laugh together in your presence.”
How to Pray
… to bring full life for them and others through them.
Key Words: “I love you”
Paul explains that God’s love prompts us in our hard work, “your labor prompted by love” (1:3) Later Paul prays, “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else” (3: 12)
Sample Prayer: “Lord you love Patricia even more than I do. Let her be filled with your love as she teaches the children. May your love flow through her to them.” “. . . putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” (5:8)