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THE ABIDING WORD IN PRAYER

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Reading the Bible is an integral part of my prayer life.

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I have set a current goal of reading at least 12 chapters in the Bible everyday. I break my BIble reading up throughout the day to read a few chapters in each of my prayer sessions.

Over the years I have tried all kinds of different reading and study plans. The pattern I am currently following is reading the Bible sequentially from the beginning straight through to the end. Each time I finish book of the Bible I read one book of the Bible before I move on to the next. Currently my chosen book for rereading between books is Genesis; so my current reading looks like this: GENESIS, EXODUS, GENESIS, LEVITICUS, GENESIS, NUMBERS, GENESIS DEUTERONOMY, GENESIS….This means by the time I reach Revelation I will have read Genesis 66 times.

WHY IS READING THE BIBLE NECESSARY FOR PRAYER?

John 15:7,8 reads, “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

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To abide means, to be continually present with. the Bible verses from John indicate that if I want my prayers to be answered or my life to bear its greatest spiritual fruit, the Word of God must be continually present in my life. It is not enough to read it once a day and be done with it. I find the Word of God (like my prayer times) must be peppered throughout my day to create greater effectiveness for my life and ministry.

MINISTRY LIFE AND TWR

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I think the most important work a minister does is the work of prayer. Without the work of prayer everything else we do is devoid of power. I try to spend between three and five hours a day in prayer around the rest of my schedule. If you have read my blog before you know that much of that is restorative prayer. “They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.” Isa. 40:31

But restorative prayer is needed corporately as well as privately. I believe that the prayer ministry is perhaps the most corporately neglected ministry in the church, and if the church is to have power in the days ahead then the people of the church not just the pastors must learn to pray deeply.

One of the ways I am encouraging that in my own church is by encouraging people to attend The Worship Room House of Prayer in our town.

According to its website. “TWR is a missional ministry where singers, musicians, and intercessors lead live prayer and worship meetings with a focus on growing in intimacy with the Father as well as doing the work of missions from the place of prayer. This Worship Room is open to the public providing a place to pray and be in the presence of God. We believe the Lord is strategically calling His Bride to walk out the prophetic promise of Isaiah 56:7 that declares, “Gods’ house shall be called a house of prayer”

I feel so strongly about this I spend two hours of my prayer time each week at the worship room. One of those hours is spent leading the devotional hour on Mondays from 5-6 P.M.

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