PROGRAM AREAS
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CHRISTIAN FORMATION
A Call to Prayer is a continuous exhortation to become very serious about our walk with God. We must make relationship with God a priority, and this requires us to commit time and energy to earnest prayer. An active private prayer life is the sure foundation of a victory over sin and fellowship with God. Without prayer, we will inevitably backslide, and we must ultimately ask if we in fact know God (are we truly saved?). The unsaved are advised to quit making excuses and just talk to God: ask Him for mercy! The saved are counseled about how to pray more effectively, especially in intercession for others, the results of which are refreshment and joy in service. The course ends with assurance from the scriptures that God has already provided all things needful for us to pray.
The Hidden Life of Prayer assumes the believer is serious about going further with God, and proceeds from there to give an in-depth review of how to pray, step-by-step. The first portion of “How to Pray” is devoted to preparations for prayer, in place, time of day, circumstances, heart vulnerability, and in a mind focused on God and totally honest before Him. The second portion is very specific about several useful steps in effective prayer: worship and adoration, confession of all sin from deep sorrowful repentance, and supplication (our petitions themselves). The course concludes with the results of prayer: holiness, growth, peace, increased usefulness and service, and God’s specific answers.
The Lamb of God is not only our Savior, but as sheep in His sheepfold, He is also our daily Shepherd; following in Jesus’ footsteps is the key to practical aspects of daily living. The Lamb’s way is the path He has set before us, and the path that He Himself walked on the earth. We in fact struggle in useless and defeated self-effort, whenever we step out of His way. It is His strength for His will that sustains us, not our strength or our will. He teaches us to love with His love, to serve, to deny ourselves, to suffer, and to walk by faith. There is in lesson two a particularly helpful dealing with “self” as the great opposition to the Lamb. The last part of the course is devoted to the outworking of walking in the way of the Lamb: a love for the salvation of others, and an expectant hope for His return that sustains us in all things.
NOTICE: This Institution offers diplomas for the sole purpose of religious study and/or religious vocation and operates under Section 1713.02 (E) of the Ohio Revised Code. Horizons Bible College is not certified by the Board of Regents or the State of Ohio.