Communication With God Part Four

By Johnny Angel

We can improve our communication with God when we try different methods. For example, I picked up "The Picture Bible" a few days ago at a Christian bookstore. It puts the entire Bible into comic book format. This morning, I read several of the stories in it. It helped me to develop a new understanding of Old Testament history that I never had before because it condensed several chapters of the Bible into about 20 pages of easy to follow comic book pages. Another way we can try different methods is to look at different translations of the Bible. For example, you may only have a New International Version or a King James Version. Perhaps you could talk to the people at your local Christian bookstore about a translation you do not yet have that may help you to understand the Bible even more. Just remember that the important thing is that you can hear God speaking to you. We can get wrapped up in doing our quiet time the same way all the time or always doing a routine. But God wants to speak to us in new, fresh ways. Let us allow Him the freedom to speak however He wants to.

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prayer requests:

~ PRAY FOR A STUDENT WHO IS RUNNING INTO TROUBLE WITH NON-CHRISTIANS--PRAY THAT SHE CAN BE A STRONG WITNESS TO THEM

~ PRAY FOR A CHURCH THAT IS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR A MISSION PROJECT

~ KEEP MY YOUTH GROUP IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEKEND AS WE HIT THE ROAD SATURDAY TO SEE A CHRISTIAN DRAMA, HAVE FELLOWSHIP AT A PIZZA PARLOR, AND DO SOME GROUP SHOPPING

~ PRAY FOR ME AS I PRIORITIZE THE MINISTRIES THAT I SHOULD DO FOR GOD--I MAY HAVE TO SPEND LESS TIME AT SOME THINGS IN ORDER TO DO OTHER THINGS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS



N Prayer,
Johnny <*}}}><