Modeling Bible Intake

Disciples abide in the Word of God. (See John 8:31-32 for Jesus' wording)
Disciples love one another. (See John 13:34-35 for Jesus' wording)
Disciples bear fruit. (See John 15:7-8 for Jesus' wording)

Some "Doable Practices" for Bible study...

Pray: Ask God to Hear His Voice
Read: Pay attention key words
Examine: How does this apply to your life? How can you act on His direction?
Summarize: Write a KEY PRAYER POINT specific to this study.
Share: Tell some people specifically how you heard from God.

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Romans 5:21

Romans 5:21 (NASS)
so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

(I pray that grace would reign through righteousness in the lives of the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Luke 22:27

Luke 22:27 (NASS)
"For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will serve.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Psalm 94:19

Psalms 94:19 (NASS)
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. 

(I pray that Your consolations will delight the souls of the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 26:13

Jeremiah 26:13 (NASS)
"Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will obey Your voice.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Monday, December 15, 2014

Exodus 6:7

Exodus 6:7 (NASS)
'Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will see themselves as His PEOPLE.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Friday, December 12, 2014

Romans 4:20

Romans 4:20 (NASS)
yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will grow strong in faith.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Luke 21:19

Luke 21:19 (NASS)
"By your endurance you will gain your lives. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will endure.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 92:13

Psalms 92:13 (NASS)
Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be planted in the house of The Lord.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Jeremiah 25:3

Jeremiah 25:3 (NASS)
"From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. 

(I am praying for the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH to listen to the Lord's Word.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Monday, December 8, 2014

Exodus 5:1

Exodus 5:1 (NASS)
And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'" 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will celebrate The Lord.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Romans 3:26

Romans 3:26 (NASS)
for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will have faith in Jesus.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 20:1

Luke 20:1 (NASS)
On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him, 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will teach people.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 89:14

Psalms 89:14 (NASS)
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will live in Your loving kindness and truth.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 24:7

Jeremiah 24:7 (NASS)
'I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. 

(I pray that You give them a heart to know You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 4:15

Exodus 4:15 (NASS)
"You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do. 

(I pray that You teach the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH what they are to do.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Romans 2:7

Romans 2:7 (NASS)
to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will persevere in doing good.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 19:48

Luke 19:48 (NASS)
and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will hang on to every Word God says.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 87:5

Psalms 87:5 (NASS)
But of Zion it shall be said, "This one and that one were born in her"; And the Most High Himself will establish her. 

(I pray that You will establish the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 23:36

Jeremiah 23:36 (NASS)
"For you will no longer remember the oracle of the LORD, because every man's own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH won't pervert the words of the living God.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 3:12

Exodus 3:12 (NASS)
And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain." 

(I pray that You will be with the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Romans 1:1

Romans 1:1 (NASS)
Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be set apart for the gospel.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 18:14

Luke 18:14 (NASS)
"I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will humble themselves.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 86:11

Psalms 86:11 (NASS)
Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will walk in Your truth.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 22:3

Jeremiah 22:3 (NASS)
'Thus says the LORD, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. 

(I pray that the people of Marion Baptist CHURCH do justice and righteousness.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Exodus 2:25

Exodus 2:25 (NASS)
God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice of them. 

(I pray that You will remind the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH that You know them.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Acts 28:23

Acts 28:23 (NASS)
When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will testify about the kingdom of God.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 17:33

Luke 17:33 (NASS)
"Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will lose their life.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 84:4

Psalms 84:4 (NASS)
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will dwell in Your house.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 21:8

Jeremiah 21:8 (NASS)
"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death."

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will walk in the way of life.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Exodus 1:7

Exodus 1:7 (NASS)
But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be fruitful and multiply.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Monday, November 17, 2014

Acts 27:25

Acts 27:25New American Standard Bible (NASB)



25 Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that [a]it will turn out exactly as I have been told.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will keep up their courage.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 16:10

Luke 16:10New American Standard Bible (NASB)

10 He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist Church will be faithful.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 81:13

Psalm 81:13New American Standard Bible (NASB)

13 “Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will listen to YOU).

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 20:12

12 
Jeremiah 20:12
Yet, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous,
Who see the mind and the heart;
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have set forth my cause.

(I pray that You will remind the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH that You see the mind and the heart.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Monday, November 3, 2014

Genesis 50:24

Genesis 50:24 (NASS)
Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob." 

(I pray that You will remind the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH that You, God, will take care of them.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Acts 26:20

Acts 26:20 (NASS)
but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will perform deeds appropriate to repentance).

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Luke 15:1

Luke 15:1 (NASS)
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will come near to Jesus to listen to Him.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Psalm 80:3

Psalms 80:3 (NASS)
O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. 

(I pray that You will cause Your face to shine upon the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist Church).

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Jeremiah 19:15

Jeremiah 19:15 (NASS)
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire calamity that I have declared against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.'" 

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will will not stiffen their necks but will heed the Word of God.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Monday, October 27, 2014

Genesis 49:2

Genesis 49:2
Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
And listen to Israel your father.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will gather together to listen.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Acts 25:19

Acts 25:19 but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will believe Jesus to be alive.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 14:11

Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be humble.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 78:10

Psalm 78:10
They did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to walk in His law;

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will walk in Your law.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 18:6

Jeremiah 18:6 “Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be clay in the Potter's hands.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Genesis 48:20

Genesis 48:20 He blessed them that day, saying,
“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,
‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be blessed and be a blessing.)
Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Acts 24:14

Acts 24:14 But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve 
the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets;

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will serve God because He is the Way.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 13:15

Luke 13:15 But the Lord answered him and said, You hypocritesdoes not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will not be hypocrites.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 76:11

Psalm 76:11
Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;
Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will fulfill their vows to You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 16:12

Jeremiah 16:12 You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH  will not walk in stubbornness.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Genesis 47:27

Genesis 47:27 Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will be fruitful.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Luke 12:31

Luke 12:31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will seek Your Kingdom.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Psalm 73:28

Psalm 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will move toward Your nearness.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Jeremiah 17:7

Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord
And whose trust is the Lord.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will trust in You.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Genesis 46:3

Genesis 46:3 He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will not be afraid to go where You want them to go.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan

Acts 23:5

Acts 23:5 And Paul said, “I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

(I pray that the PEOPLE of Marion Baptist CHURCH will not speak evil of a ruler.)

Encouraging the CHURCH,
Stan