Request: Ask the Lord for ears to hear and eyes to see as you study. Confess any sin that might inhibit your study (pride? impatience? distraction?). Confess that you can’t do it and that it feels too hard. If you are at the beginning of a book, praise him for being merciful and gracious to grant you the gift of the Bible.Īdmit: Know your own set of insecurities and weaknesses as you set out to study, and lay them before the Lord. If you are in the midst of a book, praise him for specific attributes that your study has already revealed. Praise: Begin by praising God for giving us the revelation of his will and character in his Word. Thank: give thanks to God for who he is and what he has done. Request: ask God to forgive your sin and to meet your needs. Praise: glorify God for who he is and what he has done.Īdmit: confess to God where you have fallen short. You may be familiar with the acronym PART as a memory prompt for the key elements of prayer: Prayer is what changes our study from the pursuit of knowledge to the pursuit of God himself. With prayer, it is a means of communing with the Lord. Without prayer, our study is nothing but an intellectual pursuit. Prayer is the means by which we implore the Holy Spirit to take up residence in our study time.
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