Comment some!! I want to know what you think of these verses too, not just my take of it.
Genesis 24
Key Verse(s): 12
“O Lord, God of my master, Abraham. Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master. See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water. This is my request, I will ask one of them, Please give me a drink from your jug, and if she says Yes, have a drink and I will water your camels too — let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife.”
I’ve always wondered about Prayer and how I should go about doing it. Of course, it’s you talking to God.. requesting thing, talking with him, etc. But I’ve never realized how specific people can be. If you want something? pray EXACTLY that. God know’s whatt you want and what you don’t want.. It’s not going to change the outcome, but praying exactly what he want expresses an openness and a very developed relationship. Whoa
Psalm 27:
Key Verse(s): 7-8
“Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me! My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, Lord I am coming.”
Again, with prayer. You don’t physically hear God, talking to you (that’d be kinda creepy.. like when I swim in the pool with underwater sound.. It sounds just like you’re hearing in directly into your brain and not through your ears… freaky) He replied immediately “Lord, I am coming”.. without hesitance.. How many times do I miss God talking to me and instead of going to Him, I go to other’s who cannot do anything about it.. To burden them with stupid things that mean nothing.. Harsh
Matthew 17
Key Verse(s): 20
“You don’t have enough faith…. even as small as a mustard seed….. nothing would be impossible”
I cut out the little parts in between to get the main idea across. I love this verse and I’ve seen it many times. If someone had faith even as small as a mustard seed nothing would be impossible.. What could I do with that faith? What WOULD I do.. I would definitely tell everyone about God, (even though I’m working on that…. yeah!) Awesome.
Trying to get back into the habit of reading daily. On sunday I realized I was too comfortable with my relationship with God and need to move forward..
Genesis 13
Key Verse(s) 10-11
“Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jodan Valley in the direction of Zoar, The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the gardenof the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. Lot chose for himself the whole Jodan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and aprted company with his uncle Abram.”
When we stop making choices in God’s direction, we start making the wrong choices. Lot chose the better land, even though he knew it was dangerously close to a sin filled city.
Genesis 14
Key Verse(s): “They also captured Lot– Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom- and carried off everything he owned.
Well I knew this was coming, It’ s different to see from a 3rd person what greediness get’s you.
Psalm 17
Key Verse(s): —-
I couldn’t pick a key verse from this because i didn’t want to talk about one thing but rather the WHOLE. A lot of times when i go to pray i run out of things to say, I stumble — I sit in quiet thinking of things to pray about. David in this chapter is just praying on and on, fluently and coherently. This prayer also gives me inspiration. i want to be able to resite this prayer and have it be true.. “My steps have stayed on your path; I have not wavered from following you.”
Matthew 9
Key Verse(s): 9
“As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. Follow me and be my disciple, Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
How crazy does a man have to be to get up, leave his job and follow a stranger. He didn’t know Jesus, yet I do — Why is it so hard for ME to get up and follow him when He asks me to?.
