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I just discovered this today. E-Sword http://www.e-sword.net/ is an extremely powerful Bible study software. As a user of the logos software for years, I can honestly say that this has almost all of the features at none of the price. Check it out. You'll love it!!
With this recent revelation of being the "bride of Christ" God has now been working on me in my prayer life in the matter of consistency, and again how I approach him. It used to be I would somehow correlate my security in the effect of my prayers with how "hard" I prayed them. Mind you, I never, ever, get worried or depressed when I pray. That's NOT what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the constant, almost beating of a prayer until I was sure it would be answered either my way, or if not, that it would be God's will regardless. I still don't have any concrete thoughts on this (after all, Jesus sweated blood at the garden, and "the effectual, fervent prayer of a rightous man effects much"), but I am wondering tonight if maybe it is the obedience combined with faith that is the powerful part of prayer? But then again, those "feelings" of just knowing God's going to come through also sometimes produce the same emotions that get me excitedly riled up in prayer anyway. So really, maybe it's not how it looks or feels, but probably whether the look and feeling is the result of, or the means to that powerful prayer? I guess in that case as long as the goal is that powerful assurance of faith when we pray it doesn't matter anyway. Whether we start there or work up to there, the goal is achieved the same way.
This is why you don't download Bible software for an hour and then write a blog at 3:25a.m. lol.
God bless you all!
Justin.
With this recent revelation of being the "bride of Christ" God has now been working on me in my prayer life in the matter of consistency, and again how I approach him. It used to be I would somehow correlate my security in the effect of my prayers with how "hard" I prayed them. Mind you, I never, ever, get worried or depressed when I pray. That's NOT what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the constant, almost beating of a prayer until I was sure it would be answered either my way, or if not, that it would be God's will regardless. I still don't have any concrete thoughts on this (after all, Jesus sweated blood at the garden, and "the effectual, fervent prayer of a rightous man effects much"), but I am wondering tonight if maybe it is the obedience combined with faith that is the powerful part of prayer? But then again, those "feelings" of just knowing God's going to come through also sometimes produce the same emotions that get me excitedly riled up in prayer anyway. So really, maybe it's not how it looks or feels, but probably whether the look and feeling is the result of, or the means to that powerful prayer? I guess in that case as long as the goal is that powerful assurance of faith when we pray it doesn't matter anyway. Whether we start there or work up to there, the goal is achieved the same way.
This is why you don't download Bible software for an hour and then write a blog at 3:25a.m. lol.
God bless you all!
Justin.
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