Here we are at the start of a new month, and spring well into full swing. We have looked at our regular prayers. I’m sure we each have our own time and way of speaking to our Lord, and I know this can vary according to circumstances.
It may be quite helpful to read a section of the Bible and then pray about it. I know quite a few do this and have tried it myself. It can be good to do this and perhaps get a better understanding of God’s words. Maybe I should do that more often. It will certainly bring a new perspective to both the reading and the praying, and bring us closer to our Lord. We know that we can ask anything of him and he will listen and act according to his will.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him. 1 John 5:14-15 [NIV]
So it will be encouraging to read the Bible regularly, and in some order, for random reading is not always too beneficial I am told. So I will remember that! Therefore we should be encouraged to read the Bible thoughtfully and speak with our Lord about that which we have just read. I have no doubt that quite a few of you already do.
Jim Finch
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