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Memorize a Verse

  • Read the verse several times to get the meaning.
  • Start with the topic and reference, "Assurance of Salvation, John 5:24," and say it several times with the first phrase of the verse.
  • Then when you can say that by heart, add the next phrase, and say the topic and reference together with both phrases.
  • Continue phrase by phrase until you can say the entire verse from memory.
  • Then each time you review the verse, state the topic, the reference, the verse, and the reference again at the end.
  • By repeating the reference before and after the verse, it helps you remember the location of it in the Bible.

The key to successful Scripture memory is daily review. Review the verse every day until it becomes part of you. Carry cards with you so that they are handy for use during your spare time. Scripture memory can become a lifetime habit that will give you blessing and strength as you learn to apply the verses to your life.
 

Timothy Training: Lesson Three
 

Devotional Life and Prayer
 

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The Devotional Life

Daily devotional time alone with God helps you grow in personal fellowship with Him. God loves you and wants you to spend regular time communing with Him. When you converse with a friend, you get to know that person better. God is a PERSON, not just an abstract influence.

Determine to keep Christ in the center of your life. Set aside a daily PERIOD of time to spend with God and His Word in a regular PLACE (Mark 1:35). Instead of skipping around in the Bible, have a PLAN for reading it regularly and consecutively. Start with the New Testament. It helps to write each day in a notebook some thought or blessing that results from your "Quiet Times" with God.

We need to balance our time in the Word with time in prayer. Make prayer lists so that you can be more specific in praying to the Lord. As you see God's answers, your faith will increase.
 

The Hand of Prayer

Just as we compared the hand to 5 methods of getting a grip on the Word, we will compare the hand to 5 phases that should be built into a prayer life. You have the privilege of reaching up to the very throne of thrones and touching God as you pray.

These 5 phases are:

CONFESSION Isaiah 59:1,2
1 John 1:9
THANKSGIVING 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Ephesians 5:20
INTERCESSION Job 42:10
James 5:16
PETITION Matthew 21:22
1 John 5:14,15
PRAISE Psalm 107:8,15,21,31
Psalm 71:8

We begin by confession so that we can get on praying ground for God to hear our prayers. Confession means to agree with God, admitting our sins rather than trying to cover them.

Then we offer thanksgiving to God for things that He has done for us. We thank Him at all times and in all circumstances--even in trials and difficulties--for this is God's will for us.

We should not just pray for ourselves but we should pray for others in our intercession:

  • for authorities
 1 Timothy 2:1,2
  • for lost souls
James 5:20
  • for the sick
 James 5:16
  • for laborers to preach the gospel
 Matthew 9:36-38
  • for unsaved relatives
 Romans 10:1
  • for outsiders
 Romans 15:20
  • for missionaries
 Ephesians 6:19,20
  • for church members
 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

To be effective in our prayers, there are 3 things to remember when we petition:

  1. Ask in Jesus' name
 John 16:24
  1. Ask in faith
 Matthew 21:22
  1. Ask according to God's will
   1 John 5:14-15

Praise: We thank the Lord for things He gives to us. We praise God for Who He is. We praise and worship Him because He is the true God who is full of mercy, love, truth and holiness; and He is the Source of all life and light and love.

Praise should link with other forms of prayer, just as the thumb with the fingers, to hold on to things.

  • We praise Him for His forgiveness.
  • We thank and praise Him for His great gift of salvation.
  • We praise Him as we intercede for others and as we voice our petitions.
The Hand of Prayer
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Complete the Following Bible Study

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  1. The real center of the prayer life of an individual is carried on in what way? (Matthew 6:6)


  2. What is an excellent time to seek fellowship with the Lord? (Psalm 63:1; 5:3)


  3. For whom is it our special privilege to pray? (Colossians 4:12; Ephesians 6:18; James 5:16)


  4. What should be our attitude and response regarding our enemies? (Matthew 5:44; Luke 23:34)


  5. John 17 is the great intercessory prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ. At least 8 definite requests (petitions) are made in verses 1, 5, 11, 17, 20, 21 and 24. List as many of the 8 as you can.


  6. What is one of Christ's definite commands for us to request of God? (Matthew 9:37,38)


  7. What importance did group prayer have in the early church? (Acts 1:14; 2:42; 12:5)


  8. Read through one or more of the following chapters by Paul the Apostle, and list the verses that show that Paul interceded for the saints. (The Bible refers to those who have trusted Christ as Savior as "saints.")
    Romans 1   Colossians 1
    1 Corinthians 1   1 Thessalonians 1
    2 Corinthians 1   2 Thessalonians 1
    Ephesians 1   2 Timothy 1
    Philipians 1   Philemon
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The Next Step...
  • Memorize 1 Peter 3:18 & John 3:16

The Cross

1 Peter 3:18 (NIV)

For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.

1 Peter 3:18

Believe

John 3:16 (NIV)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

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