Last
week concluded our three week mini-series on “The Word of God,” and hopefully
you came away from that with a few powerful truths:
The
bible is the intact, inerrant word of God, preserved through the ages.
The
bible is life for us, truth that we can apply to our lives, and useful for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
We will be blessed and grow if we will spend time
reading, understanding, and applying God’s word to our lives.
I even issued a challenge: if you are not currently reading your bible,
I challenge you to spend time every day for thirty days – reading,
understanding, and applying it to your life – and I guarantee you will see a
change in your life!
But spending time in God’s word is not just for
instruction; it’s also for developing a relationship with our God. Learning who He is, what He thinks, how He
feels about us. It’s important that we
get to know God! Yet relationships are
not one way, but two way. Both parties
express their thoughts, feelings, sharing their heart. And that is where this next mini series comes
in: Our communication to God – PRAYER!
Often we assume that all Christians know how to pray, and do so often. That may not always be the case, as I have found:
- Some Christians don't pray at all
- Some Christians don't know how to pray
- Some Christians have never experience an answer to prayer, and they wonder why, perhaps even give up.
- Some don’t understand the powerful reality of what prayer can do in their life.
Starting this week, at Calvary of Wilmington, we will spend a few weeks unraveling the mysteries of prayer. I hope you’ll join us!
Pastor Clay
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