Spirituality training

Acts 19:17~22 After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.” (21)

♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #195 Holy Spirit, Hear Us (#175 in previous version)

Spirituality training trains the children of God to spiritually communicate with God, the Father. It also trains them to be victorious with spiritual strength and to be unshaken when alone, regardless of the place, situation, circumstance, or problem. If the saved children of God turn their focus toward God and communicate with Him in their lives, nothing can be a problem. What is the spirituality training that we must experience?

1. Training in prayer

First, tremendous spiritual changes will occur when you spend even a little bit of time meditating on the Word. Designate a quiet time to read the Bible and examine the meaning and background of the passage. Then, write down the Word that touched your heart most specifically and contemplate what it is that God wants you to hear through that Word. Come before God to focus on Him and, with the Word, ask Him questions regarding your current circumstance, problem, and situation. This is an important prayer to pray.

2. Training in specialty

To communicate with God means that you will discover God's will and plan. In particular, you will discover God's plan, answers, and future which He has prepared for you. And what you will discover within this is your sense of specialty. God has already prepared everything for His children. If you discover, prepare, and challenge your specialty in prayer, you will receive the answer of uniqueness that God gives. If you receive the blessing of uniqueness that God has prepared, you will experience the answer of reaching the summit.

3. Vision trip

From a young age, Joseph enjoyed the mystery of being with God through prayer and went on a life vision trip within the covenant. Likewise, David did not rest in the vision trip to save his nation and the world with the mystery of being with God within the covenant. In prayer, Paul went on the vision trip toward the evangelization of Rome. We face many hardships. Instead of being discouraged, however, we must begin the vision trip of answers as we communicate with God through prayer and grab hold of what God has prepared for us as our vision.

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When do you quietly meditate on the Word? Ask God, "What is it that You want of me?" In prayer, embark on a vision trip toward the field and answers that are already prepared for you.

Business & Industry Missions Message / 2013.8.3