Bible Method #5 – Practical Application (11.10.24)

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Dear St. Paul family,
 

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The gospel is from Lk. 8:4-15, the parable of the Sower and Seed.

The parable of the Sower is explained by Christ explaining to us that the Sower is God, the Seed is the Word of God and they were spread on four soils.

Well, there are also great methods to read the bible. In fact. Fr. Dauoud Lamei mentions 6 of them.

Method #5 is to get a practical application from every time I read my bible.

“But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience” (Lk. 8:15). So we are to keep it and bear fruit, meaning to apply it to our lives. Let’s look at a few examples

Example #1:    Raising son of widow

• Jesus cares

• Jesus is near the brokenhearted

• Jesus’ power to heal

Example #2: Wedding of Cana

• How to approach Christ

• Jesus’ readiness to help

• Power of  intercession

Example #3: Samaritan Woman

• Jesus has no barriers

• Jesus’ approach

• Samaritan woman’s evangelism

Example #4:   Raising Lazarus

• The timing of God

• Jesus has His reasons

• Voice of God

Example #5: St. Paul – Thorn in Flesh

• God says no

• Amazing things that God does in spite of

• St. Paul’s acceptance of “no”

Example #6: King David

• No giant is stronger than God

• Repentance of David

• Forgiveness of God

• Consequences of sin

Example #7: Job

• God allows trials, even for the righteous

• Be careful to not be so over righteous

• God does not answer why

Method #5 is to apply what I just read to my day. Now imagine I did that for one week, that is 7 applications, would that change me a little? How about 30 days or 1 year, 365 days. If I do that for one whole year, don’t I think that I would be transformed. Let’s try this method and apply what we read, practically to our day.

Fr. James

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