Dearest Holy Father,
Bless the Words of Scriptures -grant me a loving discipline with Your Word Lord God. Teach me to search for correct meaning and hold You
accountable to Your promises and attributes. Teach me O Holy Spirit to
receive what's on the page and not what I want the pages to tell me. I live differently because Your instruction contained in the Scriptures.
Keep
me teachable Holy Spirit because I haven't been called to follow my
heart or to respond out of emotion. I must respond to Your Word. Your
Word is more reliable for life than my own heart, my own understanding,
my parents ways, or submission to obeying every law.
To
know You is to pursue You, Jesus, AKA Word of God. As I chase you, Holy
Spirit sanctify. Fuel this partnership until Christ returns. Your Bible
speaks to me: causing me to underline, pray and envelope your
declarations. Your plan is made famous in Scriptures, where else should I
look for the direction of my life than in your Masterpiece?
But
now at Moody, so much of your Word can be compartmentalized, tallied,
cross-referenced, trended and extracted by the advancement of
technology... Keep me from study habits that offer Scripture without
Your revelation! No other moment in time has the possibility of studying
your Word been so easy. Hold me God to a higher accountability for what
I know about your grace and mercy and the Truth that never changes.
Give
me application of faith when reading your Scrolls. Refine my study
methods, apologetic and teachers. Gift your Holy Spirit's authorship
over all my spiritual understanding. Help me conform to you Lord Jesus.
That I would decrease and You increase.
Thanks for Your Word,
Nic
