Prayer Bootcamp Week 4

October 23rd, 2024

Prayer Bootcamp Week 4

What we did in the session this week:

There was a great surprise testimony from Linda at the beginning of class--check it out if you weren't there! It's right at the beginning of the recording.

Then we had small group with ACTS prayer and checking in on how your prayer time is going, followed by a 13 minute video on formed.org about the origins of the Bible

Try Acts Prayer this Week--Click for a Full Explanation

Where Did the Bible Come From on Formed.org (be sure have your Free subscription set up first in order for link to work!)

PowerPoint Slideshow with Catechism Passages and Lectio Divina Instructions from Fr. Alex

THIS WEEK'S BOOTCAMP CHALLENGE: Add Lectio Divina to your prayer time. Here are 7 very beautiful scenes in the Gospels to pray with. I will put a matching clip from the Chosen next to some (be sure to pray with it before watching the clip though...no cheating:0)

7 Gospel Passages for this week:

Day 1: Luke 5: 1 -11
Day 2: John 2: 1-12
Day 3: Mark 2: 1-12
Day 4: Matthew 9: 27-32
Day 5: Luke 10: 1-22
Day 6: Luke 19: 1-10
Day 7: John 9: 1-40

Correlating Scene from The Chosen (*Series about Jesus)....watch only after you've had prayer time with the passages above.

Day 1: The Catch of Fish
Day 2: Mary and Jesus at the Wedding of Cana, The Miracle of turning Water into Wine
Day 3: Jesus heals the paralytic
Day 4: No equivalent scene
Day 5: No equivalent scene
Day 6: No equivalent scene
Day 7: Healing of the Man Born Blind

Check out some Chosen Trailers & explanation below...

The Chosen is a series about Jesus made by Christians that you can tell are praying with the Bible!! It's become an crazy successful hit all around the world. Starting in 2019 as the most crowd-funded show ever, it has now reached hundreds of millions of people. It's free to watch on many different platforms. The scenes above are just snippets, and it is highly recommended to watch The Chosen in sequential order --starting with Season 1 Ep 1 (they are now up to and about to release the 5th season).

While the Chosen is art and does not purport nor is meant to be a replace for the Bible (of course), it does do an excellent job of getting to the heart of the Gospels and depicting Jesus and the disciples in a very beautiful and realistic/relatable way. Don't let it replace your prayer time, of course, but it might just help to enhance it and can be a good replacement if your used to and want to quit watching a series that is perhaps not glorifying to God....

Find Out More & Watch the Chosen for Free on thechosen.tv (also available on many other streaming services)

Give some out loud scripture reading a try with some new verses and/or stick with one that your repeat every day of this week over and over (you might even accidentally memorize it:-)

Scriptures about scripture
Hebrews 4: 12
2 Timothy 3: 16
Psalm 119: 105
On Salvation and Gospel Message
Titus 2: 11
John 3: 16
Galatians 4: 7
Acts 4: 12