One day a disciple approached his Master and asked him to teach him to pray. The Master answered; “Give me your Bible!” After receiving the Bible he opened it and started reading from the first verses of the letter to the Ephesians. He lifted his eyes to heaven as he said; “This is the way to pray.” First he read the first verse out loud. After a few moments of silence, he slowly repeated every word two or three times. Then he read the entire verse once more, was silent, read the second verse, lifted his voice, asked for mercy, sung the same verse, spoke it, lifted the arms towards heaven, he was so gripped by the word that tears ran down his cheeks. ….. Then he continued to read as he prayed, sang, and spoke the words back to God. He totally forgot the disciple standing by his side.

If we read and sing, utter and pray the Word of God, allowing it to grip us, we will experience something similar to the Master. The Word from God in our mouth and heart has a wonderful ability to strengthen us in our innermost being, as well as to take us out of our