The Essentials

Prayer

Prayer

Ask about their prayer life

What works

What doesn’t work

ACTS Model and how it is unique to show the various areas in which you can pray, not just supplication

Adoration

Praising God for who he is. Acknowledging the things you love about Him, his character and the world he created.

Confession

Telling God the truth. Confession and repentance are crucial aspects of our prayer life.

Thankfulness

Thanking God for whatever you are thankful for. Breath, Friends, Life, Family, Job, whatever

Supplication

Making your requests known to God. Telling Him what you need and asking for provision. This is the most common thoughts of Prayer but its only one part.

Fasting

Fasting is an act of worship. When we fast we are telling God he alone is our source, He alone is our Provider, our Sustainer.

Fasting is a purposeful withholding of something in order to gain a better reliance on God

Story about friend fasting while he was struggling (Taylor)

Sexual sin and fasting as a wonderful weapon against it.

Fasting from food shows our commitment to God as our provider, we really need four things to live, food, water, air, and God. Can’t really fast from Air, and water is incredibly drastic, so food is the best thing to show that devotion

Joel 2:12 Even now declares the Lord return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.

Before Paul and Barnabas were sent out they fasted. Acts 13:3-4 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus

Fast based decision making

Fasting from other things aside from food (TV social media)

Regularly fasting, not just for Men’s Encounter and Restore but trying to find time too fast yourself.

Greg Tipton story about fasting for his partners on Friday

My story of fasting quarterly from various things, Soda, Social Media, Video Games, etc. and making fasting something as easy to do as praying.

Sabbath

Background, its not a day off, biblical not anti-biblical, etc.

1. SRDW

Stop

This is the root meaning behind the Hebrew word Shabbat

Pray about what God is asking you to stop doing

b. Rest

This one is probably what most of us think of. However, when you are resting what does that mean? Vegging out? Or are you spending time with God and trying to delight in him

c. Delight

Delight vs. Desire

How we have been shaped to desire

d. Worship

Pretty explanatory, take some time to worship God!

2. Don’ts

Chores

Staff Report

Really anything “productive” (generally)

In one of the SRDW categories go for it.

3. Do’s

Sleep in

Eat really good food

Treat yo self, eat that sugar

Practice some gratitude and contentment

Be off your phone as much as possible

Read your bible

Journal about your week

Cultivate intimacy, with your spouse if you have one

Community

4. “Best Practices”

Don’t shop, this is for me but I find it hard to be really gracious while shopping

Have a prep day

Be gentle

Make mistakes

Reading/Studying the Bible

Begin with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUXJ8Owes8E&list=PLH0Szn1yYNedn4FbBMMtOlGN-BPLQ54IH&index=3

That was a great summary of the literary styles of the bible. I would highly recommend going through the other videos of that series on how to read the bible as well.

Now why do you guys think it is important that we know each type of literary style when studying the Bible? (1ish minute for response)

Why would it be important for us as campus ministers to know the various types of styles when teaching our students how to read the Bible? (1ish minute for response)

Respond to those answers.

Context and why it’s important.

So to begin with.

Studying The Bible

1. Narrative 43%

What is narrative? A narrative simply put is a story, it has a setting, a plot, characters and usually follows an arch of (drawing) opening -> conflict -> rising intensity -> climax -> resolution -> ending.

Why are stories so ingrained into our souls?

Historical Narrative, Parable Narrative, Biographical Narrative

2. Poetry 33%

Psalm 1 example and how it tells us to read our Bible.

Chapter by chapter and how to read each of these and study them.

Trying to read poetry as narrative going to have a hard time, same with the reverse of everything.

3. Discourse 24%

What is discourse? It is a presentation of language in its entirety, while performing an intellectual inquiry in a particular area or field. Paul used this a lot.

Understanding keywords, therefor, so that, etc.

4. Studying the Bible vs. Reading the Bible

More time

Different fruit

What the Bible is trying to say, not necessarily what Holy Spirit is doing in you (though they can overlap)

Reading the Bible

SOAP (Active Reading of the Bible) Ask for people to explain the various letters. (1 minute response)

1. Scripture

The piece of scripture you are looking to dive into.

2. Observation

The tiny part of studying scripture in the reading of your Bible, where in the story are you? What did you notice about God/God’s character, or about this story in particular?

Ezra-Nehemiah Example, and Job Example

3. Application

How does this work in your life? Really what is a good response from you to what the Bible is saying? What is holy spirit doing through you after reading this particular scripture?

Lev 13 Example

Just built a new computer how can I praise God through that? Not just for it but through it?

4. Prayer

Go back through ACTS and see which is most applicable to what you just read.

Logos

Why its good

Logos comparison. Bible app = iPhone, Logos = Quantum Computer

ASOT and you can get help from me.

Service

Bringing Faith and Establishing the Environment

Don’t be a debbie downer.

We are owners

See a problem solve a problem

WE are the staff (don’t look for others to fix things that you could easily solve)

Finding a Place to Serve and Bringing Others with You

What it means to bring people along side you in areas that you serve

How to find a place to serve (Refer to Nancy)

Talent

Need