Pray-Reading is Scriptural

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by micah6v8

My view is that scripture can be used as a basis for conversation with God since scripture is God's spoken word.

But simply plucking one verse to pray-read (e.g. just selecting the one or two bible verses that appear in the daily portion of a Morning Revival book) probably might not be helpful unless you already are familiar with the verse and its context.

Of course we need to know the context. And it depends on the particular verse too. How many times is John 3:16 quoted by itself, but the meaning is fully contained in that verse? The main thing is God giving light and life through any verse - apart from getting His light and understanding, all of it is just dead to us anyway! Pray-reading is just another way to take it to Him in prayer and to be nourished thereby in our spirit.

And I second Raptor's motion regarding the dead-horse-beating on this subject!
I move to affirm that it's a good and scriptural practice (again, of course not in the mechanical/mindless LC way of doing it).