'False Expectation.'
Acts 3:5.
a) The beggar fixed his attention on Peter and John.
b) The beggar expected
c) To receive something from them.
(This QT reveals a problem that most missionaries face: False expectation)
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'Paying Attention.'
a) Acts 8:6 & 10. To Philip.
b) Acts 13:24. To John.
c) Acts 27:11. Wrongly, to the captain and owner of the ship.
d) Mark 4:24. To what you hear.
e) Acts 2:14. To the Words of Peter.
f) Ephesians 5:15. To how we live.
g) Philippians 3:17. To those people who are living examples for us.
h) Colossians 4:17. To the Ministry which we have received from the Lord.
i) 1 Timothy 4:13. To:-
1-Public Reading. (of Scripture)
2-Exhortation.
3-Teaching.
j) 1 Timothy 4:16. To our life and teaching as we serve the Lord.
k) Hebrews 2:1. To what we have heard.
l) 2 Peter 1:19. To the prophetic Word which we have received.
(This Second one reminds me of the importance of Paying Attention)
PRAYER: That we will pay attention to the good Teaching of God's Word that we receive. We may listen to it or read it.
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Chris.
There are times, not too frequently I hope, that we may be given 'prophetic words' that may be from the Lord. If that is so, those words will come to pass. We are not to depend on 'spiritual manifestations' to build our Faith, rather we are to depend on the Word of God.
