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a prayer book! You can open to any page of the Bible and start to pray with any portion of the Word. The Bible is the Book, the Holy Book. Every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God is different from anything else, even the best of the world. The world has only the words of human beings, but the Bible has the Word of God! Every word in this Book is the Word of God. Although you may not understand a cer tain passage, still you are nourished while pray- reading it, because there is really something of God in His Word; the Word of God is His very breath. There is no need to explain or expound the Word; simply pray with the Word. Forget about reading, researching, understanding, and learning the Word. You must pray-read the Word. Then eventually you will really understand it. If you will practice this you will receive something so nourishing and strengthening within which will empower you and give you life all the time.
Perhaps you are quite familiar with the entire book of Romans. But even today, you still need to pray-read one or two verses of it. Though we may know all about food, yet we still must par take of some food daily. Regardless of how much we know about it, we still must eat it! To know is one thing, but to eat is another. We must not