Sunday, April 30, 2006

Week 1 May 1- May 6 Genesis 1-6

I thought we would start at the beginning of the bible and read 1 chapter each day. I will post every day to every other day with what I see in the text and we can discuss it that way if you desire to post. I will also share what I get from my daily psalm, proverb and revelation.

Be Blessed.
Chosen

Here are some links to the sites where I get my yearly charts from for my daily reading:

www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html

www.rejoicing.com

www.Bible-Reading.com

www.oneyearbibleonline.com

All of these sites offer printables

How I study

To start things off I thought I first just tell a little about how I study. This is no way how I expect to for us to study together, but it's just a model of what I do for reference and for sharing purposes.

Every book of the bible carries a different anointing. For example--if you need something to begin in your life you read Genesis. If you want to come out of something you read Exodus, psalms are prayers--they literally alert you to a model of prayer. David was honest in what he told G-d. He held nothing back but respected who G-d was in what he said. Leviticus carries the anointing of purity, the genealogies they carry the anointing of making an unknown person significant. Esther--hidden wisdom, Revelation carries the barach blessing, Proverbs wisdom. I could go on and on.

The point is, in my study time I ask father what he wants to show me today and whatever first pops in my mind, that's what I read. It's amazing how he will drop a words within your spirit for exactly what you are going through.
I also have charts that allow me to go through the book in their entirety throughout the year. (You would literally be amazed at how many people who have never read it all the way through) But everything in its own time. I remember I used to read every book but revelation. Preachers put a spirit of fear over the book that causes people to thin they won't understand it and that it's something scary. But the book says "blessed is he who reads and hears...Revelation 1:3. There is a blessing in it. He never said that you would always understand it. In time you will understand everything that is within the word, but it doesn't always start out that way.


So everyday In addition to my charts and what Father gives me, I read 1 chapter of the psalms, 1 chapter of proverbs, and 1 of revelation.

I know that may seem like a lot of reading, but it really is very little.

Introduction--Understanding Worship

This is a weekly bible study. The purpose of the study streams out a need to practice teaching the word in any form. I wouldn't do it if I didn't first love the word enough to dig deep in it and pull out any hidden gem that may be hid within the text. May we both learn something from one another.

I start off by saying that study is the highest form of worship. Study helps you to delve deep into the very character of G-d that is hidden within the context of his love letter to us--John chapter 1 says that

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He is his word. Studying father causes you to think about him all the time. You end up talking to him in your mind. Eventually you speak to him audibly throughout the day. You then enter into another area of worship because worship is what you think about all the time. People get worship mixed up with the experience they have when they are listening to music. That's worship, but a lower form of it. It's too temporary to be anything less than a low form. You have to elevate your worship to another level. Begin to concentrate on the character of G-d--who his name says he is. Every name of G-d denotes a different aspect of his nature and his character. It teaches us a part of him and his covenant to us.

And finally, worship is a lifestyle. It becomes who you are. I read the book G-d Chasers by Tommy Tenney when I was a relatively new saint and at the core of his book he is referring to worship--thirsting after G-d so much that nothing else satisfies you like your relationship with him. Desiring to see his hand in every area of your life. You can become bored easily with anything else when you enter the stage of worship in your walk with G-d. Like any lifestyle it has to be built on daily practices. You have to seek him earnestly daily.
It's like any other relationship--I remember when my husband I were dating, we would talk on the phone for hours even after spending time with one another--we were blindly in worship of one another. We called one another all throughout the day just hear each others voice. That's the place the Father wants to occupy in our life. He reminds us time and time again in his word not to allow anything nor anyone else to occupy that place in our lives. If something else does, just know that it won't be long before it will be removed.

Now that I have said all that, I hope you join me in this study.
Be Blessed. Chosen.