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Walking And Talking With God – Introduction
1. Why Talk? This book began with a deep urge to write about conversational prayer – prayer that is two-way and involves listening as well as talking. As Christians, we talk to God in many ways both formally and informally. The differences reflect not only our variety of culture, tradition and personality, but also the […]
Walking And Talking With God – Job
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers xiv. Job Thinking Job has to be one of the high points of conversation with God. The book is mysterious to many, but about a man of whom God said, “There is no one like him on the earth; a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns […]
Walking And Talking With God – 2. Preparing
On November 5th, 1987, I flew from Melbourne to Manchester via Bangkok, Bahrain, and London. It was just before the days of long-haul jets, so we stopped in Bahrain in the middle of the night to refuel. It was a good time to have a leg stretch. Every doorway seemed to have a soldier holding […]
Walking And Talking With God – David In The Psalms
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers xv. David in the Psalms Thinking We know from the Psalms that David had a deep devotional life. Many of the Psalms are object lessons in how to pray, how to lay out one’s humanity before God, and how to restore a right relationship with God. David knew what […]
Walking And Talking With God – 3. The Remit
Listening My son, I want you to write a book so that you can share with people the lessons I have taught you about listening to my voice and the practice of conversational prayer. Praying Lord, I have never done anything like this before. My writing style is fairly formal and scientific – and I […]
Walking And Talking With God – The Prophets
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers xvi. The Prophets Thinking God spoke to Isaiah as recorded first in Isaiah 7: 3 and then on many other occasions. God also spoke to King Ahaz (Isaiah 7: 10), although this may have been through Isaiah. The scriptures then go on to report how God spoke to Jeremiah […]
Walking And Talking With God – Adam And Eve
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers i. Adam and Eve Thinking Before digging deep into the Bible, it is important to remember what it is and how it comes to us. The Old Testament is a Jewish book. The early books (Genesis to Deuteronomy) were written down several hundred years after Abraham and Moses, but […]
Walking And Talking With God – Check On Progress – 1
5. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers Check on progress – 1. Praying Is this what you had in mind, Lord? How am I going? And where do I go now? Listening Yes, my son, you are on track. Now reflect back over these people in the Old Testament with whom I walked and talked, and […]
Walking And Talking With God – Cain And Enoch
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers ii. Cain and Enoch Cain Thinking The next conversation we hear about is one with Cain. The Lord said, “If you do well, will you not be accepted?” (Genesis 4: 6). Cain chose not to heed God’s voice. Then followed the killing of Abel, the second conversation, and inevitable […]
Walking And Talking With God – Noah
4. Old Testament Walkers and Talkers iii. Noah Noah Thinking Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God (Genesis 6: 9). The Bible records that God spoke to Noah on five occasions. These are recorded in chapters 6 – 9 of the book of Genesis and […]
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