The Bible Study Evangelista

What if, when the disciples said to Him, “Teach us to pray,” Jesus knew they were looking for something “special,”some new prayer that was particular to Him and His followers? What if He surprised them by telling them to simply continue praying the prayer they had been praying all their lives? Thank you to my Friends of the Show for loving and lifting me! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. L – Listen (Receive the Word.) O – Observe (Choose one or more of the following personality approaches to connect the passage to your life and recent events.) F | Franciscan – Pray an Our Father, facing East, with feet planted firmly together! I | Ignatian – Using all your senses, imagine you are in the group when Jesus “teaches” the disciples the Our Father, either at the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5 & 6), while Jesus is alone praying “in a certain place.” What do you see? Hear? Smell? Feel? Wh

LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. L – Listen (Receive the Word.) O – Observe (Choose one or more of the following personality approaches to connect the passage to your life and recent events.) F | Franciscan – What do you learn about suffering by watching these sheep being shorn? <span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> I | Ignatian – When have you had an experience like Job, where suddenly you “saw” God rather than “hearing about” Him? What were the circumstances of that experience ? A | Augustinian – I found it interesting that sheep naturally relax for shearing once they’re on their backs. What does that say about how God “shears” you through suffering? Why is it more important that we know God , rather than k

In highly poetic symbolism, in Job 41, and elsewhere throughout the Bible, Leviathan is presented as different from an ordinary sea monster, because it cannot be captured; at least not by man, as Job exemplifies. God, however, is aloof and unaffected by the terror with which He ascribes to Leviathan. Through the context of the Book of Job, we understand that He alone possesses the power to conquer it (41:10-11).

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