Becoming Bible Studying & Praying Church

After reviewing your dreams, burdens and visions certain trends are beginning to emerge. First and most obvious is your desire to be the Bible Studying and Praying Church.
Jesus challenged people in his days to "Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life." (John 5:39) Those who love God love also the Word of God. Those who seek to be in the Kingdom of God are those who read the Scriptures most.
By reading and searching out scripture references, you will see the chain of truth, and will see new beauties in the word of God. While you make the Scriptures more your study, and become more familiar with them, you will be better fortified against the temptations of Satan. When inclined to speak, or act, wrong, some scripture will come to arrest you, and turn you right. (Ellen G. White, An Appeal to the Youth, 79)
The Spirit of Prophecy also warns us that those who “…have no interest in Bible study. Their moral power becomes enfeebled. Sin appears less and less repulsive. There is manifest an increasing unfaithfulness, a growing distaste for life's practical duties. As the mind becomes perverted, it is ready to grasp any reading of a stimulating character. Thus the way is open for Satan to bring the soul fully under his domination. (Adventist Home, 414).
Since we do not have the benefit of a Church School where our children would receive instructions in the Bible, it is duty of parents, grandparents and older siblings to nurture younger generation in the Word of God.
At times we are so absorbed in business that some have no time for prayer, no time for the study of the Bible, no time to seek and serve God. Communion with God through prayer and a study of His word is neglected. They forget that Christ has said, "Without Me ye can do nothing." John 15:5. They walk apart from Christ, their life is not pervaded by His grace, and the characteristics of self are revealed. Their service is marred by desire for supremacy, and the harsh, unlovely traits of the unsubdued heart. Here is one of the chief secrets of failure in Christian work. This is why its results are often so meager. (Christ Object Lessons, 52)
As we begin our journey toward the preferable future keep these two perspectives in mind: Bible Studying and Praying.