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Betsy · 07-15-2016, 10:04 PM

Thank you for the prayers ALL, they are much needed.

I was able to read 2 chapters from a real Bible with my daughter yesterday, 2 Peter 2, 3, but then she became restless and wanted to pray read, which repetition seems more like self-hypnosis. I objected, but she then kind of pray read a chapter from Colossians and did it very nicely -- not all the overlapping repeated phrases, but rather explaining it as she read it.

Then she said something about doing it in anyway the hearer will enjoy as when in Rome, do it the Roman way etc. This reflected Paul's teaching in 1 Cor 9:21 "To those without the Law I became like one without the Law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the Law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some of them. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings...."

07-15-2016, 10:04 PM	#38
Betsy Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 57	Re: From a concerned parent Thank you for the prayers ALL, they are much needed. I was able to read 2 chapters from a real Bible with my daughter yesterday, 2 Peter 2, 3, but then she became restless and wanted to pray read, which repetition seems more like self-hypnosis. I objected, but she then kind of pray read a chapter from Colossians and did it very nicely -- not all the overlapping repeated phrases, but rather explaining it as she read it. Then she said something about doing it in anyway the hearer will enjoy as when in Rome, do it the Roman way etc. This reflected Paul's teaching in 1 Cor 9:21 "To those without the Law I became like one without the Law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the Law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some of them. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings...."