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Explain how Bible study, fellowship, and prayer can be called different forms of spiritual communication.
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Bible study is a pathway to growth and God speaks to us through His word.
Fellowship is a pathway to growth in the right context with the right people and opens the door to spiritual communication in a group setting. Also, there is fellowship with God as we spend time in meditation upon His word.
Prayer is a pathway to connecting with God via praying according to His will. God responds to His word and will always answer prayers that are done in the proper context.
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Through the Bible, God reveals Himself to us and speaks to us . We communicate with Him through prayer. We fellowship with other believers and grow together encouraging each other, iron sharpens iron we mature.
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All three are very important in our spiritual growth. The Bible study make us to know the will of our heavenly Father and what he want us to do; fellowship with other believers make us strong and practice our faith, and prayer connect us with God by asking him to be with us, forgive us, protect us, and strengthen us faith.
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EAch of these is a different way God can communicate to us. His Word is direct and timeless. However, fellowship He can often speak through other believers. And prayer is a two way conversation guided by the Spirit.
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Fellowship is how we communicate with believers. Prayers is how we communicate with God. However, I would contend that God communicates with us through the Holy Spirit. Yes, the Scripture is there for us to know and see God and discover who He is, but it is the Holy Spirit God has given us to reveal Himself through the Scriptures. And God also speaks to us through the Holy Spirit outside of our time just reading the Bible.