DAILY BIBLE READING

“Sword Drill“
(Eph 6:11)
 The Drill
 P ray that you may hear God speaking to
you through your study of the passage.
 R ead the passage carefully (not in a rush!).
 A sk questions about the contents of the
passage. (See below)
 Y ield yourself in pray as you respond to God’s
message for you from the passage.

 Memorize your MESSAGE for THE DAY.

QUESTIONS to ASK yourself
 What is the Passage about?
 Is there anything I find difficult?
 Does the passage teach me anything
about
 God the Father?
 Jesus Christ?
 The Holy Spirit?
 QUESTIONS to ASK yourself
 What does it teach me about the Christian life?
Is there…
 A command to obey?
 An example to follow?
 A promise to claim?
 A duty to perform?
 A warning to heed? (take pay attention to)
 An error to avoid?
 A prayer to echo? (Can I take something from the
passage to apply in prayer to my situation?)
QUESTIONS to ASK yourself

What is the main lesson here

for me?
What six (or less) words from the
passage sums up this
MESSAGE for THE DAY?
 Example
LUKE 11:1-13
 PRAY – for the Holy Spirit to
illuminate my reading of this passage
to enable me to hear what God
wants to say to me through it.
 READ – slowly and carefully, thinking
about each phrase as you read.
 LUKE 11:1-13
Jesus was praying one day in a certain place. When he had finished, one of
his disciples said to him, “Lord, please teach us how to pray, just as John
taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father,
hallowed be your name, may your kingdom come. Give us each day our
daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we also forgive everyone who sins
against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
He then said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him
at midnight and says, ‘Friend, please lend me three loaves of bread; a
friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put
before him.’ Then the person inside responds, ‘Please don’t bother me.
The door is already locked, and I have my children with me in bed. I can’t
get up to give you anything.’ I tell you , though he will not get up and give
him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness
he will get up and give him just as much as he needs. So I tell you: Ask
and it will be given to you; seek and you will find, knock and the door will
be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks will find;
and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. For which of you fathers,
if your son asks him for a fish, will instead give him a snake? Or suppose
he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If you then, though you
are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will
your heavenly Father give the Holy spirit to those who ask him!”
 ASK – yourself the following
questions about the content of the
passage.
 What is the passage about? Is it
about
 Asking for things we need?
 How to pray to God?
 The purpose of prayer?

 What did you find difficult to

understand?
(Your answer)
 ASK – yourself :

What does the passage teach about:

 God the Father?
 He is our heavenly father
 His name should be hallowed
 He is King who should rule us and our world
 He provides for our daily needs
 He forgives sins
 He gives the gift of His Spirit from heaven
 ASK – yourself :

What does the passage teach about:

 Jesus Christ?
 He found it necessary to pray like us
 He was a good teacher, using easy
illustrations
 The Holy Spirit?
 He is a good gift from our heavenly God
 ASK – yourself :

Is there in this passage:

 A command to obey?
 “Say” the prayer Jesus taught (i.e. use
its method)
 We must forgive others
 Ask, seek and knock on God’s door
 ASK – yourself :

Is there in this passage:

 An example to follow?
 If your don’t know how to do something in your
spiritual life, ask Jesus to show you
 Pray for God’s honour to be recognized
 Pray for daily needs (not current greeds!)
 Pray for forgiveness for your shortcomings, etc
 Pray for protection from evil spiritual influences
 Be bold in your asking
 ASK – yourself :

Is there in this passage:

 A promise to claim?
 If we ask God (for the above kind of
things) He will provide
 Especially He will give us His Holy
Spirit if we ask Him
 A duty to perform?
 We surely have a duty to pray
regularly and in the right way
 ASK – yourself :

Is there in this passage:

 A warning to heed?
 Not apparent in this passage
 An error to avoid?
 Being slow to answer the requests for
help of others
 A prayer to echo?
 The whole pray that Jesus taught his
disciples
 MESSAGE for THE DAY

Which is the most appropriate for you?

(Or have you found another one?)
 Seek and you will find!

 Lord, teach us to pray!

 Everyone who asks receives.

 How much more will your Father!

 YIELD
Give yourself up to God afresh
in prayer
as you ask for His help
to enable you
to
put into practice
what your have learnt from this passage
and
what he has been saying to you through it.
The End