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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>African Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>We all know the story of George Mueller, the 19<sup>th</sup>
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yes"> </span>all through the power of prayer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>He sincerely sought God's
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>He waited patiently on God
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lacking honesty of heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Impatience to wait for God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Preferring the counsel of men over the
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way he entered into a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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with God, and learned to discern God's voice:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
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|
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>1.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it
|
||
has <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>no will of its own</i> in regard to a
|
||
given matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>90% of the trouble with
|
||
people generally is right here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>90% of
|
||
the difficulties are overcome, when our hearts are ready to act on the
|
||
knowledge of what His will is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
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0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>2.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Having done this, I do <u>not</u> leave the result to <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>feeling </i>or <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'>simple impression</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If so, I
|
||
leave myself open to great delusions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>3.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I seek the Will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection
|
||
with, the Word of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Spirit and the Word must be combined.</i><span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If I look to the Spirit alone without the
|
||
Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>If the Holy Spirit guides us at all, He will do it according to
|
||
the Scriptures … and <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>never</i> contrary to
|
||
them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>4.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Next I take into account <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>providential
|
||
circumstances</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These often plainly
|
||
indicate God's Will in connection with His Word and Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>5.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I ask God in <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>prayer</i></b> to reveal His Will to me, as <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>He chooses.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>6.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Thus,<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>a.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>through prayer to God,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:
|
||
2'> </span>b. <span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>the study of the Word,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:
|
||
2'> </span>c.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>reflection,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>“I come to a deliberate
|
||
judgment according to the best of my ability and knowledge, and if my mind is
|
||
thus at peace, and continues so after two or three more petitions, I proceed
|
||
accordingly.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>God<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Speaks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>through<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Prayer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Memory verse – try to
|
||
memorize this short verse right now:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'>He who <u>belongs</u> to God, <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>hears</b>
|
||
what God says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The reason you do <u>not</u>
|
||
hear, is that you do <u>not</u> belong to God.<span style='mso-tab-count:7'> </span><span
|
||
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>John 8:47 (NIV)</span></i><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Prayer is a relationship,
|
||
not just a religious activity.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>If you are not keeping a
|
||
spiritual journal or diary, you may want to consider starting one.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If the God of the universe tells you
|
||
something, you should write it down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>When God speaks to you in your quiet time, immediately write down what
|
||
He said before you have time to forget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Then record your prayer response.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>You could write down the verse of Scripture He uses, and what God has
|
||
said to you about Himself from that verse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Write down the prayer response you are making;<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>so you have in place<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>a)
|
||
the encounter with God,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>b) what God
|
||
said, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>c) how you responded to
|
||
Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You could also write out what you
|
||
need to do to adjust your life to God, so you can begin to experience Him
|
||
relating to you in this way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>Note:
|
||
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you are not keeping a spiritual diary,
|
||
you may want to use<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>MasterLife Day by Day:<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Personal Devotional Guide</i><span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>by Avery T. Willis, Jr.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It gives brief instructions on how to
|
||
cultivate a daily quiet time, how to memorize Scripture, how to take sermon
|
||
notes, and how to use various kinds of prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Using it will provide you with a day-by-day record of your
|
||
spiritual life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>Truth is a Person.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>Carefully read the following paragraphs and fill in
|
||
the blanks in the key statements that follow.</p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The Holy Spirit reveals
|
||
truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Truth is not just some concept
|
||
to be studied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Truth is a Person.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jesus did not say, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'>"I will teach you the truth."</i><span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>He said<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>, "I am … the
|
||
truth"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(John 14:6).</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>When God gives you eternal
|
||
life, He gives you Himself (John 17:3).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>When the Holy Spirit reveals the Truth, He is not teaching you a
|
||
theoretical concept to be thought about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>He is leading you to a relationship with a Person.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>He</i>
|
||
is your life!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When God gives you
|
||
eternal life, He gives you a Person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>When you became a Christian, Jesus didn't give you some <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>thing</i>;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>He gave you Himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the
|
||
previous paragraphs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>1.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit reveals<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>_____________.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>2.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Truth is not just some<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>_____________
|
||
to be studied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>3.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Truth is a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>_______________.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>4.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit is leading you to a<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>__________________ with a person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Here is a summary of how I
|
||
have tried to live out my relationship to God:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
|
||
style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
|
||
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||
</span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>God
|
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creates in me the desire to participate in His mission to reconcile a lost
|
||
world to Himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
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0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
|
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style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
|
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
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</span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>I
|
||
respond and come to God seeking to know His will.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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||
|
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
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0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
|
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style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
|
||
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
|
||
</span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>When
|
||
God reveals a truth to me, I know He is trying to alert me to what He is doing
|
||
in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>When God reveals truth to me
|
||
through His Word, that doesn't <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>lead</i>
|
||
me to an encounter with God<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>–<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>that <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>is</i>
|
||
the encounter with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When He does
|
||
reveal truth to me, I sit in the presence of a living Person.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He is the Author of the Scriptures.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Author is telling me what He is doing in
|
||
my life, and He uses His Word to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The Spirit of God knows the
|
||
mind of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He will make the will of
|
||
God known to me through the Word of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>I must then take that truth and<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>
|
||
immediately</i> adjust my life to Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>I do not adjust my life to a concept or a philosophy <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>but</i> to a person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Have you ever read a
|
||
Scripture you have read many times before, but suddenly you see something in it
|
||
for the first time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That truth is not a
|
||
concept for you to figure out how to work into your life.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>God is introducing you to Himself and
|
||
alerting you that He is wanting to apply this truth to your life right
|
||
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When God is ready to do something
|
||
in your life, the Spirit of God uses the Word to make that known to you.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then you can adjust your life to Him and
|
||
what He has just revealed of Himself, His purposes, or His ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>Prayer is a Relationship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Prayer is a two-way
|
||
fellowship and communication with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>You speak to God and He speaks to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>It is not a one-way conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Your personal prayer life may primarily be one-way communication<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>you talking to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Prayer is
|
||
more important than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Prayer
|
||
includes <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>listening</i> as well.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In fact, what God says in prayer is far more
|
||
important than what you say.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Prayer is a relationship,
|
||
not just a religious activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Prayer
|
||
is designed more to adjust you to God than to adjust God to you.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>God doesn't need your prayers, but He <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>wants</i> you to pray.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>need</i>
|
||
to pray because of what God wants to do in and through your life during your
|
||
praying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>God speaks to His people by
|
||
the Holy Spirit through prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Here is a diagram of how God
|
||
speaks through prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>MAN <span style='mso-tab-count:
|
||
2'> </span>HOLY SPIRIT<span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>MAN<span
|
||
style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>MAN<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>ADJUSTS<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>MAN<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>OBEYS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>PRAYS<span style='mso-tab-count:
|
||
1'> </span> - WORD<span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>HEARS<span
|
||
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>TO<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>GOD<span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>GOD<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>WORKS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:
|
||
2'> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>-
|
||
TRUTH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>This diagram illustrates an
|
||
encounter with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When the Holy
|
||
Spirit reveals a spiritual truth to you in prayer, He is present and working
|
||
actively in your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Genuine prayer
|
||
does not lead <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>to</i> an encounter with
|
||
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'>is</i> an encounter with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>What happens as you seek God's will in prayer?<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>The sequence is like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>1.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>God takes the initiative by causing you to <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'>want to pray.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>2.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit takes the Word of God, and <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'>reveals to you the will of God.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>3.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>In the Spirit you <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>pray in
|
||
agreement</i> with the will of god.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>4.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>You <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>adjust your life</i> to
|
||
the truth ( to God).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:42.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-42.55pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>5.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>look
|
||
and listen</i> for confirmation or further direction from the Bible,<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>circumstances, and<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>the church (other believers).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>6.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>You <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>obey.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>7.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>God works</i> in you and
|
||
through you to accomplish His purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>8.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>You <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>experience Him,</i>
|
||
just as the Spirit revealed, as you pray.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Read back through the previous list and circle a key
|
||
word or phrase in each statement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>I believe the Spirit of God
|
||
uses the Word of God when you pray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I
|
||
find that when I pray about something, Scripture often comes to my mind.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don't see it as a distraction.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I believe He is trying to guide me with
|
||
Scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have found that, as I pray
|
||
about a particular matter, the Spirit of God takes the Word of God and
|
||
testifies to my heart <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>and</i> my mind –
|
||
encouraging me, revealing truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I
|
||
often open my Bible while I pray, and allow God to speak to me through various
|
||
passages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>Praying in the Spirit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The Spirit of God will take
|
||
the Word of God to guide you in the area of your praying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Read the following passage and answer the questions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:42.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-35.45pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>"The Spirit helps us in our weakness.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We do not know <u>what</u> we ought to pray
|
||
for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot
|
||
express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And He who searches our hearts
|
||
knows the mind of the Spirit, because the <u>Spirit intercedes</u> for the
|
||
saints <u>in accordance with God's will</u>."<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:360.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Romans 8: 26-27.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>1.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Why do we need the help of the Holy Spirit
|
||
when we pray?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>( v.26)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2>_____________________________________________________________________</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
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skip'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>2.<span
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What advantage does the Holy Spirit have
|
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that we do not have?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>( v.27)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
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skip'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>_____________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
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skip'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>3.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What does the Holy Spirit do for us?<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
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skip'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>_____________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
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|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>We are weak and do not know
|
||
how we ought to pray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit
|
||
has an advantage over us<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>–<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He already knows the will of God.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When He prays for us, He is praying
|
||
absolutely in agreement with the will of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>He then helps us know the will of God as we pray.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>What happens when you
|
||
pray?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit knows what God
|
||
has<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>"at His disposal."<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is already there.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit’s task is to get you to want
|
||
it<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>to get you to ask for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What
|
||
will happen when you ask for things that God already wants to give to you, or
|
||
to do? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You will always receive it.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Because you have asked<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>according to the will of God.</i><span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When God answers your prayer, He gets the
|
||
glory and your faith is increased.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Is it important to know <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>when</i> the Holy Spirit is speaking to
|
||
you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Yes!<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>How do you know <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>what</i>
|
||
the Holy Spirit is saying?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I cannot
|
||
give you a formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I can tell you that
|
||
<u>you will know His voice</u> when He speaks (John 10:4).<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You must decide, however, that you <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>only want</i> His will.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You must dismiss any selfish or fleshly
|
||
desires of your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then, as you start
|
||
to pray, the Spirit of God starts to touch your heart and cause you to pray in
|
||
the direction of God's will.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'>"It is God who works in you to will and to act according to His
|
||
good purpose."<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:288.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:skip'><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'>Philippians 2:13<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>When you pray, anticipate
|
||
that the Holy <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Spirit already knows</i>
|
||
what God has ready for your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He
|
||
does not guide you on His own initiative;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>He tells you only what He hears from the Father.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He guides you when you pray.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:skip'><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'>"He will not speak on his own;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to
|
||
come." <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
|
||
0cm;margin-left:288.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:skip'><i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'>John 16:13<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>I try to write down what God
|
||
is saying to me when I pray, and as I read His Word.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I write down what I sense He is leading me to pray.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As I begin to see what God is telling me
|
||
about Himself, His purposes, and His ways, I often see a pattern begin to
|
||
develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As I watch for the direction
|
||
the Spirit is leading me to pray, I begin to get a clear indication of what God
|
||
is saying to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This process calls for
|
||
spiritual concentration!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>You may be asking the
|
||
question:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But how do I know the
|
||
thoughts and directions I am praying are the Spirit's leading and not my own
|
||
selfish desires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Do remember what
|
||
George Mueller said he does first in seeking God's directions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Look back at item #1 on the first page.<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What did Mueller do in the beginning?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>______________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Empty yourself, deny selfish
|
||
desires/thoughts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>–<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>In all honesty with yourself and before God, come to the place where you
|
||
are sure that your only desire is to know God's will <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'>alone</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then check to see
|
||
what the Holy Spirit is saying in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Ask yourself:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>* What is He saying to me
|
||
through His Word?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>* What is He saying to me in
|
||
prayer?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>* Is He confirming it through
|
||
circumstances?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>* Is He confirming it
|
||
through the counsel of other believers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>God will <i
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>never</i> lead you in opposition to His
|
||
written Word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If what you sense, in
|
||
prayer, runs contrary to Scriptures, it is wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>For instance, God will never, never lead you to commit
|
||
adultery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He is always opposed to
|
||
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Watch for God to use the written
|
||
Word to confirm what you are sensing in prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Don't play games with God, though.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Don't just look for a Scripture that seems to say what you
|
||
selfishly want to do, then claim it is God's will.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>That is very dangerous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Don't do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Look back at the diagram and try to summarize what
|
||
it illustrates. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Write a summary of how God might speak through
|
||
prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
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|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Write the following key words in the correct
|
||
sequence: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-align:center;
|
||
mso-list:skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
|
||
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>adjust,<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>confirmation,<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>Word,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>initiative,<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>agreement,<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>obey.</span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>If you need help, look at the list following the
|
||
diagram.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>1.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>God takes the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>____________________<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>by causing me to want to pray or need to
|
||
pray.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>2.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>The Holy Spirit takes the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>__________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of God and
|
||
reveals to me the Will of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>3.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I pray in the Spirit in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>___________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>with the
|
||
will of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>4.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>____________________<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>my life to the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoBlockText>5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I look and
|
||
listen for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>___________________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>or
|
||
further direction from the Bible, circumstances, and the church (other believers).</p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>6.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>_________________ .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>7.<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span>God works in me and through me to accomplish His purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Has God spoken to you by the Holy Spirit through
|
||
prayer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style='text-transform:
|
||
uppercase'>Yes</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></b><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:
|
||
"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'><span
|
||
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'></span></span></b><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>or<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span><span style='text-transform:uppercase'>No<span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
|
||
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
|
||
Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
|
||
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-char-type:
|
||
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'></span></span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
|
||
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>If He has, describe below what you sensed He was
|
||
saying in one of the times He has spoken. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>If you do not think He has spoken to you, ask Him to
|
||
reveal to you the reason.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Has He given you any confirmation through the Bible,
|
||
circumstances, or the church (other believers)?<span style="mso-spacerun:
|
||
yes"> </span><span style='text-transform:uppercase'>Yes</span><span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
|
||
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
|
||
Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
|
||
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-char-type:
|
||
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'></span></span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
|
||
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span
|
||
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span
|
||
style='text-transform:uppercase'>No<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></span></b><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:
|
||
"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'><span
|
||
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'></span></span></b><b
|
||
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
|
||
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>If so, what did you sense He was saying?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Review this worksheet. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Pray and ask God to identify one or more statements
|
||
or Scriptures that He wants you to understand, learn, or practice. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt;mso-list:
|
||
skip'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Underline it/them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
||
</span>Then respond to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>What was the most meaningful
|
||
statement or Scripture you read today?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Reword the statement or
|
||
Scripture into a prayer of response, from you to God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
|
||
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
|
||
|
||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip'><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Review your Scripture memory
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verse, and be prepared to recite it to another member of the African Fellowship
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sometime this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
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10.0pt'>He who <u>belongs</u> to God, <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>hears</b>
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what God says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The reason you do <u>not</u>
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hear, is that you do <u>not</u> belong to God.<span style='mso-tab-count:7'> </span><span
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style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>John 8:47 (NIV)</span></i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip;border:none;
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yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
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style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>Summary<span
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Statements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;mso-list:skip;border:none;
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<div style='border:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt;
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background:#F2F2F2;mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern:gray-5 auto'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
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0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
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style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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10.0pt'>When the God of the universe tells me something important, I should </span></i></b><b
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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10.0pt'>write it down.<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Truth<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
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normal'> is a </i>person.<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;margin-bottom:
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0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
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style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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10.0pt'>Prayer is </span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>two-way communication<i
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||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> with God.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
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style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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10.0pt'>Prayer is a </span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>relationship,<i
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||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> not just a religious activity.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
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</span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
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style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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10.0pt'>I need to make sure that my </span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
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normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>only desire<i
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||
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> is to know God's will.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
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normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Experiencing
|
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God:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Knowing and Doing the Will of God,</span></i><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> <span style="mso-spacerun:
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yes"> </span>by Henry T. Blackaby & Claude V. King;<span
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>LifeWay Press, Nashville, TN (revised
|
||
1993);<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ISBN<span style="mso-spacerun:
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yes"> </span>0-8054-9954-7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
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