I’m going to experiment with posting some of my Sunday School lessons; not because I think I can do better than Jim does, but because he asked me to post them!
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\nThese are the notes that I teach from, not a handout for the class, so it may seem a little disjointed. Also, I generally pick a short passage and go over it with the class in depth; this week, I will do Enos 1:1-12, and not much else.<\/p>\n
The Prayer of Enos: A Blueprint
\n\tIntroduction: imagine that you get a new electronic toy (Tivo, Palm Pilot, etc.). You use it and think, \u2018how did I ever survive without it?’ Only months later do you discover that it has a few features that you had never even imagined! Prayer is like this: we all know how to operate the basic machinery, but there are \u2018special features’ that we haven’t even imagined. As we study Enos, think about some of the features that he discovered and how those features might enrich your prayer life.<\/p>\n
v1: \t“nurture and admonition” and parenting
\n\t\t\u2013\u2018nurture’: that which nourishes and encourages growth
\n\t\t\u2013\u2018admonition’: \u2018gentle reproof’, instruction, counsel, caution
\n\t\t\u2013Read Ephesians 6:4. Why is the opposite of nurture and admonition wrath and what would \u2018nurture and admonition’ look like in a family?
\n\tv2: \tAsk: What does Enos do to draw you into this verse?
\n\t\t\t\u2013point: this is very personal
\n\t\tAsk: Why’ wrestle’? What can you learn from this word choice?
\n\tv3: \tAsk: What truths do you glean from verse 3?
\n\t\t\t\u2013he was going about his \u2018daily work’
\n\t\t\t\u2013his father had taught him
\n\t\t\t\u2013he remembered learning of joy and life, not negatives
\n\t\t\t\u2013Enos was pondering
\n\t\t\t\u2013he wasn’t ready until now
\n\tv4\tAs we read, notice the verbs. What do you learn about prayer?
\n\t\tOn the continuum of Really Lame Prayers to Really Powerful Prayers, what would be some of the characteristics that distinguish prayers on one end from those on the other?
\n\tv5\tWhy didn’t the voice come right away?
\n\tv6\tIs guilt a good thing or a bad thing?
\n\t\tv7\tAsk: Does this verse surprise you? What do you learn from this verse about the kinds of questions that we should ask God?
\n\t\tPoint: You don’t need complete knowledge to proceed.
\n\tv8\t“thy faith hath made thee whole” three times in the NT:
\n\t\t\t\u2013Mark 5:34 (bleeding woman)
\n\t\t\t\u2013Mark 10:52 (blind man received sight)
\n\t\t\t\u2013Luke 17:19 (thankful leper of ten cleansed)
\n\t\tAsk: What do these people have in common and what should we learn from them?
\n\t\tv9\tNotice pattern emerging: v2 (self), v9 (brethren), v11 (enemies\u2013but notice that they are \u2018my brethren the Lamanites’), v15 (future people)
\n\t\tAsk: What does showing love for your enemies mean in the context of your life?
\n\tv10\t“came into my mind”
\n\t\tAsk: How is revelation received? (If time, read 1 Kings 19:11-13).
\n\tv11\tAnother pattern: guilt\/pondering (v2), faith makes whole (v8), faith begins to be \t\t\tunshaken (v11).
\n\t\tPoint out: direction is more important than speed.
\n\tv12 \tAsk: How would you define \u2018labored’ in this context?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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