Speaking The Word
March 28, 2008 – 7:46 amSome thoughts by Justin Taylor:
In listening to an old lecture recently by J. I. Packer, he made the comment that it was not until after the 17th century (as far as he could tell) that people started doing silent prayers and reading as opposed to praying and reading out loud.
For most evangelicals, silence represents the vast majority of our reading and praying. But I wonder if that’s to our detriment. One of the great enemies to Bible reading and praying is a wandering mind–and one of the great ways to make your mind wander is to do everything in your mind without involving your voice and ears!
(his original post is longer)
I think he’s spot-on. My mind wanders way too much. I bet yours does too.
-Ben
2 Responses to “Speaking The Word”
try this. get an audio bible. pick a gospel, or acts, or something long like that.
find some 2.5 hours or so of free time.
and just listen. pause it if you have to write something down. but otherwise just listen through.
its amazing. i wish i could do it more.
By john sullivan on Mar 28, 2008
Praying out loud keeps my mind from wandering. Reading out loud keeps my mind from wandering. I agree completely.
By Daniel on Mar 29, 2008