On Sunday night, the youth of our church were given the wonderful opportunity to listen to a powerful speech on the topic of prayer. The message of the speech was simple yet powerful. Prayer has the power to change people. It changes the person who is praying and the person they are praying for. There was so much in the speech that I don't know where to start in outlining the amazing message which she had to tell us (which I'll use as my excuse for not posting all week).
At the beginning of the speech we were given the example of a GPS or Tomtom which needs a good strong signal in order to direct you to your destination accurately. A Christian who is too far away from Jesus, is like a Tomtom which is too far away from the signal. It is important that we spend time getting to know Jesus and reading our Bible so that our signal becomes stronger, and we don't get lost. God has given us his word in the Bible. We have to listen to God in order to grow in wisdom and knowledge of what to pray for.
If we study the Bible and learn more about God. If we continue to listen to God, then we will want to also have contact with him and talk to Him. We do this by prayer. The more we learn about God. The busier we are with his word each and every day, then the more we want to pray and talk to God. The Bible is full of promises, if we learn more about these promises then we will also want to pray for the fulfillment of these promises.
Each of the people who went to the speech were also given a bookmark outlining 5 questions to ask during our Bible study.
- What does the passage say about the Lord Jesus, the Christ of the scriptures?
- Is there a warning?
- Is there a promise?
- What part do you like the most?
- What can you use as encouragement for your prayers?
That was only just a little bit of the amazing message which we received that night. I hope that I have shared enough of it so that it makes sense and that others feel inspired also.
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