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[__ Prayer __] Not Sure Which?!

Bonairos

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This morning was awesome with the Lord, so I guess this is a Praise Report! Yet it was also an awakening. Perhaps now a Prayer Request.

Not sure which. Praise Report? Prayer Request?

I was writing this morning when a bible story came to me. But for some reason, its' exact place I couldn't recall.

As if by habit, I found myself turning to the internet to do a "quick search" and find exactly where it was.

Before logging on, I stopped and realized, "Recently I've done a few of these. A quick search of the scriptures to save time and/or my chain of thought."

This time I decided to look for it in my bible instead. Perhaps it would take a little longer to find the story, but my bible is marked. I know it was on the top of the page, right side and circled in red ink, highlighted in yellow! HAHA!

As I started skimming through the pages, I would stop at certain markings. Hearing the Lord speak (on different topics), I would then move on; looking for that story. It was an awesome journey. So yes, a Praise Report!

Yet it hit me. To save time and/or my chain of thought, I started using the "bible look-up" websites and type in key words to get specifically what I'm looking for. And there's nothing wrong with that.

But this morning I didn't do that. If I did (and got the exact location), I would have missed out on opening my bible, searching the Scriptures, and the journey it took . . . to get what I was looking for.

I too attest. Jesus does take us on some awesome journeys when we let Him lead.

And it's for that purpose I ask that you would every so often lift me in prayer. I don't ever want the internet to replace my familiarity with God and His Word. Technology makes it easy.


Thank you.


Be blessed, Stay blessed, and be Bold!
 
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It is a praise report and valuable lesson for us all, there is definitely something to be said about searching through God's word, everything you read should speak to you in some way. Like you said there is nothing wrong with searching and finding exactly what you are looking for, the thing you learned was that spending time in the word always reaps its rewards and what you were robbed from before was merely spending time in the word. Instead of spending 5 minutes because you looked it up and discovered the truth you were looking for you spent 30 minutes and instead of 5 minutes of God's truth and hearing him speak to you, you got thirty. It isn't the process that rewarded you as much as it was simply the time with God. Every minute you spend with God reaps its rewards in wisdom, in answers, in truth.

God Bless Brother,

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