"If you write down a verse or a passage that challenges or encourages you, and reflect on it often for a week or more, you will find it beginning to affect your motives and actions. We forget quickly what we read once; we remember what we ponder."
If you've never purchased a LifeChange Bible study by Navpress, treat yourself. The Bible study hints are worth the price.
The above hint is one Ray follows and follows well. Me? Not so much. Sitting still and quiet doesn't work for me. But I have found that when I tape Scripture verses to my bathroom mirror, they seem to find their way into my prayers. And I also find that when I get frustrated with, say, a co-worker, the Holy Spirit brings the verse to my rememberance.
I'm likely, in future blogs, to share some other hints from LifeChange. What hints for Bible study or Devotion times have you read about and hope to try? Or what have you tried that worked? Or didn't work?
Are you growing? Me, too?
Lonnie
LifeChange Series: Isaiah p.7
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Impatient Gardener
" . . . the Word is a seed. Seeds are small and may be long dormant; seeds have to be hidden; and when they sprout, they are of slow growth.
"Because the action of God's Word is hidden and unobserved, we do not believe in its power. . . The Word I study . . . will work in me all I need, and all the Father asks." Andrew Murray*
When I plant a garden, I plant radishes for two reasons: 1) My husbands enjoys them. 2) They sprout and bear fruit quickly. Squash? That's a different story! I have to water, weed, and watch for 3 months. When I don't see edible fruit after 2 months, do I give up and pull out the plants? No. I wait . . . a little longer.
When it seems like our quiet times add nothing to our days; when we don't see changes in ourselves or in the world around us, we need to keep planting. We need to keep reading, praying and watching. God is working in ways we may not see.
"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and WAIT IN EXPECTATION." (emphasis mine) Psalm 5:3 NIV
Always Needy--Ever Growing,
Lonnie
*Daily Experience With God
Andrew Murray (p.35-6)
"Because the action of God's Word is hidden and unobserved, we do not believe in its power. . . The Word I study . . . will work in me all I need, and all the Father asks." Andrew Murray*
When I plant a garden, I plant radishes for two reasons: 1) My husbands enjoys them. 2) They sprout and bear fruit quickly. Squash? That's a different story! I have to water, weed, and watch for 3 months. When I don't see edible fruit after 2 months, do I give up and pull out the plants? No. I wait . . . a little longer.
When it seems like our quiet times add nothing to our days; when we don't see changes in ourselves or in the world around us, we need to keep planting. We need to keep reading, praying and watching. God is working in ways we may not see.
"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and WAIT IN EXPECTATION." (emphasis mine) Psalm 5:3 NIV
Always Needy--Ever Growing,
Lonnie
*Daily Experience With God
Andrew Murray (p.35-6)
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