Well, I started a book last night entitled What Happens When Husbands and Wives Pray Together, so I found a study entitled "Prayer and Bible Study" out of 2 Peter 1. I think you all should just go ahead and read the whole chapter. I particularly like 2 Peter 1:5-11. Looks to me like in these few lines Peter along with a few others are on the mountain with Jesus. I'm sure they are taking notes with their "stone tablets by apple" lol. So they are taking notes! The notes we see in the Bible here in 2nd Peter. Jesus was with them. They actually heard the voice of the Lord. They wrote it down. They have shared it with us!
Now, I read the chapter twice and will read it again here in a minute. But it just jumped out at me that God is real, alive, and waiting for us to hear Him, to have time with Him and wants our fellowship! The best way I know how to do that is through "prayer and bible study". It says in the very last sentence of this chapter that "men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit" -or- baptized in the Holy Spirit. That is actually the Holy Spirit speaking through someone. Now I know some think that stuff is phony but I'm here to say it's not. I've personally watched Angela become filled with the Holy Spirit and a few others who spoke in a language I've never heard that I know could't have made that stuff up! Everyday that I pray and spend time reading I don't get filled with the Holy Spirit or hear from God audibly like Peter on the mountain, but God slaps me in the face with something I've probably read before but it strikes me different today. Make sense?
In my life, I've seen some weird stuff and as long as I've lived God has rarely spoken to me, that I know of unless I was in prayer or study. Hopefully that gets better with time and I am able to tune my ear a little better to hear His voice as Peter did on the mountain through prayer and study. Wouldn't that be cool? Think back on a time when you really needed something from the Lord and felt he wasn't listening...and answer honestly... Prior to that and during that time in your life how much time were you investing in prayer and study with the Lord? If I'm a betting man, I'd say probably not any and maybe very little! We have to spend some time with Him daily getting to know Him because cry's for help only don't cut the mustard in my book! I'll bet if you start daily praying and reading just a little that over time you'll see your life begin to change! For real dude!! Happened to me!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please make it a priority to pray and study your word daily alone and with our partners in life so that we can learn to hear your voice and build the relationship with you that you so desire and that we need in our lives. Remind us to make that a priority and be diligent in our efforts so when we call your sure to hear and we are able to listen! There sure is a lot of racket down here -Cody-
2 Prayer: Help us "to be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world" because we read and pray daily! -me again-
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