Discipleship 101

  Praise expresses recognition, reassurance or admiration. Praise is expressed verbally as well as by body language (facial expression and gestures). “ Praise and worship of God a re always acts of will . We praise God even when we don’t feel like it. Sometimes our problems choke out our good intentions, so we have to make the effort to establish praise as a way of life. And it becomes a way of life when we make it our first reaction to what we face and not a last resort. Now is the time to lift up a prayer of praise to God for everything in your life. Thank Him for His Word, His faithfulness, His love, His grace, His healing. Thank Him for what He has done for you personally. Keep in mind that whatever you thank the Lord for — peace, financial blessing, health, a new job, an end to depression — will start the process of its being released because God ALWAYS answers our prayers. Apart from His gifts – which are bountiful – God is worthy of our praise simply for  who He

2 Corinthians 7:10   "For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death." The Bible speaks often of a contrite heart. In Isaiah 66:2 , the Lord says, “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.” And in Psalm 51:17 , David writes, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Contrition is spoken of as something God likes, and it is linked in these verses to humility, brokenness, and a healthy fear of God’s Word. Standing at my kitchen sink, I heard the screams from down the hall. “No, mine!” my youngest yelled. Another little voice quickly followed, “Oww, you hit me! I don't want to play with you.” Stomping neared as I turned around to address the inevitable tattle-telling heading my way. My two littles stood

What Is an Adoration Prayer to God? To adore someone means to show a deep love and respect for that person. Therefore, an adoration prayer includes addressing God Almighty with love, admiration, devotion, awe, and high regard. Some practice adoration prayers by repeating back to God His attributes, acknowledging His worthiness, and praising Him for Who He is and all He has done. Because Scripture provides our basis for knowing Who God is, adoration prayers can be full of Scripture, and that’s one way to ensure that we are praying “according to His will” ( 1 John 5:14-15 ). There are many adoration prayers throughout Scripture. Here are just six that you can pray to God as a way of praising Him for His character and many attributes. 1. An Adoration Praye

In the Bible we are exposed to numerous types of prayer. and a few models all of which we will examine, but to be powerful we must be strategic as well as diligent. Here is a list of 7 prayer types: 1. Adoration The first of these seven types of prayer is adoration. Adoration is praising God for who He is. God is the Lord of all and deserves our praise because of that alone.  Psalm 99:5  encourages us to exalt the Lord because He is holy. Recognizing the Lord’s power, mercy, love, and more in your prayer life is good. Check out these three prayers from the Bible as examples of adoration: Psalm 104:1-4 “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fi

10 Reasons On The Importance of Prayer  1. Praying to God Helps Us Grow Closer To God Prayer helps us grow closer to God. When we pray, we welcome God to every part of our lives. The more you spend time talking and listening to God through prayer, the more we draw closer to Him and know Him. If God is close to us, what else do we have to fear? What else do we have to achieve? Nothing! Just like Paul, we can live fearlessly and courageously because we know that our mighty God is for and with us. Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 2. Prayer Helps Us To Align Ourselves with God’s Will When we pray, we are aligning ourselves with God’s will. We are asking Him to lead us and help us in our journey through life. Prayer is a way for us to surrender our lives to God and trust that He will lead us down the path He has planned for us. When we take the time to pray, we are opening up a dialogue with our Creator. We are able to he

  Here are some additional straight forward methods to study the Bible. (Links in blue take you to step by step directions) 1. A character study   which is about people in the Bible. There are podcasts and books on these that are quite good. My Tuesday night Women's Bible Study studied the various women of the Bible for over a year. 2. A word study Focuses on a single word for example love In Greek there are four forms of the word all with different meanings. For this type of study you may want multiple Bible translations, lexicons, and/or Bible dictionaries. There are several software and online apps thar can help with this. I like biblehub.org 3. A thematic study In this type of study you choose a theme instead of a single word otherwise  it is very similar to a word study 4 . The sword method which basically takes any passage and asks three questions" What does this passage tell me about God? About mankind? What I am to do about it. 5. A book study. Pick a book of the

  The first Bible Study method we will look at is exposition . According to Dictionary .com exposition is explaining. It is one of the easiest and yet hardest types of Bible studies,  Lets look at an example... The well known verse Jo 3:16  KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Start with where the book was written and when   The Gospel's place and date of composition are uncertain; many scholars suggest that it was written at Ephesus, in Asia Minor, about 100 ce for the purpose of communicating the truths about Christ to Christians of Hellenistic background   (Greeks). Next examine the words and their syntax . A dictionary can be helpful here. For instance the adverb so it has a totally different meaning if it came before the word God.  The word God Θεὸς Theos The word Theos means, God , the Creator and owner of all things The word loved ἠγάπησεν ēgapēsen this for