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Chewing the cud of the Word of God by "Pray-reading" !!
Lesson 8 Second Series
Eph. 6:17 By all means of prayers and supplications to receive...the Spirit which is the Word of God;
"Pray-reading" the words in the Bible is like "chewing the cud", just like the animal assimilate the food from its stomach back into its mouth to chew again deeper and deeper for more nutrients. Likewise, chewing the cud is to exercise "our spirit" deeper and deeper to dig out God as gold in the Bible. Using your mind can only dig out the Bible as knowledge as carbon.
【Turning the words in the Bible into prayer "to God"]
Eph. 6:17 indicates that we can use the words in the Bible as our prayers to God. The prayer-reading is biblical.
【To read the Lord’s words through prayer is the best way to read the Bible】
The way to let the words in the Bible go deeper and deeper into our heart is by the spirit, to turn the literal words in the Bible into prayers. The mind is a wrong organ in reading the Bible shallowly.
【"Personal " pray-reading method 】
If you don’t understand the Bible, it's still ok to pray-read. Pray-reading the Bible verse is like eating a big beef which needs to be divided into 2 or 3 parts.
1) Pray-reading each part "repeatedly & literally"
2) “emphasizedly repetition” for each part you think is important for pray-reading, 3) and then turn it into a "living" prayers to God.
Example _ "Grow into the dwelling place of God in spirit"
1) Repeat this sentence twice. 2) Repeating a word: Example - to grow into, to grow into, in spirit, in spirit
3) Turn it into a "living" prayer Example_"O Lord Jesus, I need a spiritual growth, I need to exercise my spirit more and remain in my spirit, so that I can truly grow into the dwelling place of God in spirit"
【"Corporate" pray-reading 】
In prayer-reading, the individual angle is limited, and the group's angles is unlimited.
【Four Tips for Prayer-Reading - Fast, Short, True, and New】
Pray-reading needs to be fast, short, and without hesitation, no time for brainstorming and long essays.
Pray-reading needs to be sincere, not fake, and fresh and not old that is not using our own words to pray, but to directly use the words in the Bible.
Many people testify that prayer-reading has digged out God as gold to transform them. In the beginning we may not dig out God like gold. Just keep digging the Bible deeper , you'll at last dig out God like gold to also transform you.
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"反芻"聖經！？
第八課 第二系列
"禱讀"神的話
弗 6:17 藉著各樣的禱告和祈求，接受...那靈就是神的話；
"禱讀"神的話就是"反芻",它是指動物將胃內的食物倒流回口腔內再次咀嚼,磨碎食物。這樣再次磨碎食物,就能更深又深消化糖類而得更營養。同樣,反芻是用"靈"來"更深又深"的挖出聖經中如金子般的神,不要用頭腦敷淺地讀聖經,就只挖出知識如碳,一定要"用靈"才能深而又深挖出聖經中如金子般的神。
【用聖經的話化作"對神"的禱告】
從弗6：17指明我們可以用聖經的話化作我們對神的禱告。禱讀是合乎聖經的。
【用禱告來讀主的話，就是用靈禱讀主的話，乃是最佳讀經】
要使聖經的話深而又深進入內心就是"用靈"把字面上聖經的話直接化為禱告,不需要去用頭腦思考或擠出禱告詞。
【"個⼈"的禱讀方法】
禱讀主話如吃大牛肉,須要把它分成2,3段,暫時不明白是沒關係，1)每段先按"字面重複”禱讀, 2)"加重重複"某重要的詞來禱讀,3)再化作"活的"禱告。
例 禱讀"要長成在靈裏的神居所”,1)重複此句兩次。2)重複某詞：例-要長成,要長成,在靈裡,在靈裡。3)化作"活"的禱告 例_"哦主耶穌,我要有屬靈的長大,我要更多操練靈,而常在靈裡,才能真正長大成為在靈裡的神的居所"
【"團體"的禱讀】
如拍攝大景點,個人的角度是很有限,團體的角度是無限的。
【禱讀四訣—快、短、真、新】
禱讀須要快,短，不要猶豫,就沒時間用頭腦思考及作長文章。
禱讀須要真心,不裝假,且要新鮮，不老舊。要新鮮最好的路是，不要用我們頭腦所編出的禱告詞,只要用聖經的話。
許多人證實禱讀是深又深地挖出神如金子般有效地改變了他們的生活和屬靈生命。雖剛開頭不一定馬上挖出神如金子,只要不斷,深而又深地挖聖經，你至終也會挖出神如金子,而使你屬靈生命及生活有革命性的變化。
