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WHEN SCRIPTURE BECOMES YOUR PRAYER PART 4: THE SCRIPT AND THE SPEAKER

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WHEN SCRIPTURE BECOMES YOUR PRAYER PART 4: THE SCRIPT AND THE SPEAKER 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV) “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” In the first three parts, we have been building a simple picture. Scripture is God’s written message. Scripture is God’s blueprint. Prayer is our response to that blueprint. But there is something important we need to understand. Before you speak a script, you need to understand the script. Imagine an actor receiving a script for a movie or drama. The actor does not simply open the script and start saying every word without understanding what is happening. The actor studies the character. The actor understands the story. The actor understands the meaning behind the words. Why? Because the goal is not merely to say the words . The goal is to communicate the message . The same principle applies when we pray Scripture. Sometimes we find a ver...
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WHEN SCRIPTURE BECOMES YOUR PRAYER PART 4: THE SCRIPT AND THE SPEAKER

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WHEN SCRIPTURE BECOMES YOUR PRAYER PART 4: THE SCRIPT AND THE SPEAKER 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV) “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” In the first three parts, we have been building a simple picture. Scripture is God’s written message. Scripture is God’s blueprint. Prayer is our response to that blueprint. But there is something important we need to understand. Before you speak a script, you need to understand the script. Imagine an actor receiving a script for a movie or drama. The actor does not simply open the script and start saying every word without understanding what is happening. The actor studies the character. The actor understands the story. The actor understands the meaning behind the words. Why? Because the goal is not merely to say the words . The goal is to communicate the message . The same principle applies when we pray Scripture. Sometimes we find a ver...
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