How do you know if you are praying with the right motivation? I was recently asked the following question… We are hung up on praying that God allow us to save money for a bigger house in the future. We are afraid, “Is that selfishly motivated?” We’re both confused as to what we’re allowed to …
Author: Steve
I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges.
Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
iPray: core elements of prayer
F–A–C–T–S of Prayer Fellowship (Communion) (Exodus 33:11; 1 John 1:3-7) Encounter: Meeting with God, seeing who He is, and what He does for you. It is thankfulness focused on the source. Adoration (Worship, Celebration) (Hebrews 13:15; Revelation 4:11) Expression: Celebrating what God has done, who God is, based on your encounter with Him. Confession …
iPray
I’m currently teaching a short series on prayer. The first week we looked at conditions and commands for prayer, you can listen and see the summary notes. This week we are looking at the pattern or structure of prayer. Asking the question, should our prayer have a specific pattern or core elements? What do you think? …
Contrast: Character Determines Influence
On Sunday at Calvary Church, Pastor Beau Eckert started our series, Contrast, with a look at Matthew 5:1-16. The Beatitudes in the first section focus on the Character of the Righteous. The list of characteristics together form a progressive picture of what those rightly related to the King look like. And by correlation, they serve as an encouragement …
Walk by Faith
WALK BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT 2 Corinthians 5:7 Faith sets no limits on God’s power and submits itself to God’s will.
ROADS for Bible Study
A simple guide to you can keep handy as you read and study the Bible. A method I use on a daily basis as well as the method I teach.
Bible Reading in 2013
In the past I’ve tried to post reading suggestions, https://stevekilgore.com/185/reading-the-bible-in-2009/ https://stevekilgore.com/551/bible-reading-plans/ https://stevekilgore.com/175/listening-to-the-bible/ https://stevekilgore.com/1655/overview-of-the-bible-in-two-weeks/ But this year, I’m just reposing a comprehensive list of reading suggestion by Justin Taylor. Do you want to read the whole Bible? If the average person reads 200 to 250 words per minute, and if there are about 775,000 words in …