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DEVOTED TO PRAYER
Vol. 5 Testimony p.112
Those who will put on the whole armor of God and devote sometime every day to meditation and prayer and to the study of the Scriptures will be connected with heaven and will have a saving, transforming influence upon those around them.
Devote – to give all or a large part of one’s time or resources to (a person, activity, or cause)
SOME THINGS WE’RE DEVOTED TO
YOUR HUSBAND, WIFE, CHILDREN
YOUR PETS
CAMPING/HIKING
RUNNING
TELEVISION
YOUR JOB
PASSIONATE ABOUT A PARTICULAR CAUSE
EATING
FOOTBALL – BASKETBALL – BASEBALL - SOCCER
Rom. 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual (resonable) service of worship.
Rom. 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Rom. 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
v. 10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;
Rom. 12:11
Not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
Prov. 20:4
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
Rom. 12: 12
Rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,
(3) Injunctions here;
In hope rejoicing
In tribulation enduring
In prayer persevering
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Rom. 12:13
Contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
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Christ’s Object Lesson, p. 172
…Pray moves the arm of Omnipotence. Prayer has “subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouth of lions, quenched the violence of fire.”