February 12, 2007

The Question:  After the Bible and church attendance, what are your primary sources of spiritual meat?

The Answer:  “Daily devotion of prayer and reading the Word. It does not need to be intense moments, although they are necessary at times, but small disciplines count in the long run. A few nuggets from Scripture through the day and a few prayers to keep the connection with God alive. Picture Him as there all the time, and purpose that I will do the will of God today.”

The Answer:  “Prayer, private study, fasting.”

The Answer:  “The joy of the Lord is my strength. If the angels rejoice more over one soul and we were commissioned to go teach all nations, then we should learn that the rest and refreshing in the Holy Ghost comes from soul winning, not sitting on the pew collecting dust for 20-50 years!”

The Answer:  “Fellowship, Christian Music, 90&9.com!”

The Answer:  “Communication with God, one-on-one in prayer.”

The Answer:  “Reading--and not just the Bible and books from PPH. Also, meditation.”

The Answer:  “Time with my wife and family.”

The Answer:  “Ahhh, ‘Spiritual Meat’...I love it. The Daily Word of God read by our eyes and absorbed by our spirit, tasted and swallowed as it is offered up. It becomes part of who we are, just like food. So many try to go days, weeks, and months without Spiritual Food and expect to stay healthy. I use a devotional and ask the Lord to bless it, facilitate the Word to nourish my soul in order to face what comes this day. Praying daily in the Spirit is so very necessary in my life. I believe He is programming me for the day! It works, too.”

The Answer:  “Books.”

The Answer:  “Fellowship with other Apostolics.”

The Answer:  “Prayer and Christian music.”

The Answer:  “Listening to preaching podcasts on the Internet.”

The Answer:  “Books.”

The Answer:  “Sermons on the Internet.”

The Answer:  “The best Bible teaching I can find on non-Apostolic radio stations, particularly Dr. David Jeremiah. Yes, I have to ignore the occasional Trinitarian phrase that comes out of his mouth, but they are few and far between. I've learned more about the scripture from him in the last five years than from 57 years of going to my church.”

The Answer:  “I get a lot (pick out the good and throw out the bad) from radio speakers and good Christian books!”

The Answer:  “90&9.”

The Answer:  “Christian fellowship.”

The Answer:  “Books by Apostolic authors.”

The Answer:  “Personal devotion.”

The Answer:  “Discussing the Bible with friends and from books, both commentary and fiction. I guess I should also add from Internet sites (such as this one). Plus I receive an email every day with a scripture reading for the day.”

The Answer:  “Friendship with my spiritual mentors . . . people of vision . . . people with a heart panting after Jesus . . . people who will use whatever method they need to reach a dying world in simplicity and love.”

The Answer:  “ThinkChristian.net, Discipleship Journal and New Life.”

The Answer:  “Articles by Kent d Curry.”

The Answer:  “The phenomenal instructors at Gateway College of Evangelism.”

The Answer:  “Fellowship with friends, such as a weekly Bible study breakfast or just hanging out for game night on Tuesdays. This mag every week Monday morning (woo-hoo), and I also have a daily devotional calendar on my desk at work.”

The Answer:  “Devotionals and fellowship with other believers.”

The Answer:  “Personal prayer time and reading the Bible every morning.”

The Answer:  “Conversation with friends.”

The Answer:  “Christian radio and music CDs (I assume we can't count the preaching CDs I keep in my car).”

The Answer:  “Preaching tapes, reading God's Word, and prayer. I wish we had a ladies Bible study.”

The Answer:  “ninetyandnine.net.”

The Answer:  “Prayer, of course. But I enjoy the benefit of listening to online Apostolic preaching. It sure is a wonderful resource for midweek encouragement!”

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