SPEED UP LOGOS FOR WINDOWS ONLY
GROUND ZERO: PRAYER
COLLECTIONS:
Collection Name: L7-00-Prayer (Step 0)
Collection Rule: title:prayer OR subject:prayer OR type:devotional OR subject:devotional OR title:devotional OR subject:worship OR title:pray OR subject:pray -type:commentary -type:magazine
Collection Name:Logos: Glossary
Collection Rule:type:glossary -shakespeare
Collection Name:Logos: Glossary & Manuals
Collection Rule:type:glossary OR type:manual -fallahee -"quick start" -title:help -libronix -shakespeare
Collection Name: Entire Library (No Bibles)
Collection Rule:edition:logos OR edition:ebook OR edition:"user created" -type:bible
Collection Name: Preaching & Sermon Preparation Resources
Collection Rule:subject:communication OR subject:preach* OR title:preach* OR subject:homil* OR subject:clergy OR subject:"sermon preparation" -subject:illustrations -type:"bible commentary" -type:devotional -subject:quotations -subject:prayer -tag:illustration -subject:"pastoral theology" -subject:criticism -subject:biography -subject:"pastoral counseling" -subject:voacational -subject:management -subject:"conduct of life" -subject:"clergy--religious life" -subject:doctrinal -subject:"clergy--Office" -subject:creeds -subject:"church leadership" -subject:ethics
Collection Name: Inductive Bible Study, Hermeneutics, and Exegesis
Collection Rule:subject:hermeneutic OR title:hermeneutic OR title:"Study the Bible" OR subject:"bible as literature" OR subject:exegesis OR title:exegesis OR title:exegetical OR title:inductive OR subject:"Bible--Study and Teaching" -type:media -type:commentary -apparatus -type:lexicon
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NOTES:
Who (God, Angels, People, Animals, Nature)?
What (Idea, Argument, Thing)?
Where (Place)?
When (Time)?
Why (Reason, Explanation)?
How (Action / Means)?
1. Bibliology / Bible
2. Theology / God the Father
3. Christology / Jesus Christ
4. Pneumatology / Holy Spirit
5. Cosmology / Material and Spiritual Realms
6. Angelology / Angels
7. Demonology / Satan and Demons
8. Anthropology / Man
9. Hamartiology / Sin
10. Soteriology / Salvation
11. Israelology / Israel
12. Ecclesiology / Church
13. Eschatology / End Times
Purpose/Result Statements: So that, in order, because, then, for..., to...
Contrasts: but, or, otherwise, nevertheless, contrary, besides, however, unless, now
Comparisons: like, as, similar
Lists
Parallel Ideas
Arguments
PRAYER JOURNAL
Praise / Thanks / Adoration - Psalm 150, Psalm 136
Illumination - John 14:26, Ephesians 1:17–18
Confession of Sin - Psalm 32, 1 John 1:8–10
Submit - James 4:7–10, Colossians 3:8–17
Bear Fruit - Colossians 1:10, Galatians 5:22–26
Witness - Philippians 2:14–16, Matthew 28:16-20
R.E.F.L.E.C.T.
R.emember the Glories of God
E.xamine Your Motives, Manners & Confess sins
F.ace Life through the Scriptures
L.ove God
E.ntreat God on Behalf of Others
C.oncern Yourself with the Kingdom
T.ake Every Opportunity
01-Family
02-Local Church
03-Co-Workers
04-Friends
05-Extended Family
06-Missionaries
07-Ministries
08-Government
09-Unbelievers
10-Countries
11-Recent Events
12-Personal/Private/Unspoken
HIGHLIGHTING TOOL
Adoration;Worship;Praise;Thanksgiving;Confession;Lamentation;Penitential;Entreaty;Petition;Intercession;Meditation;Supplication;Vows;Oath;Asseverations/Declaration;Invocations;Benedictions;Curses/Imprecatory
FINDING PRAYERS OUTSIDE THE BIBLE
SearchBible Search > {Section <Culture Prayer>} OR {Section <Culture Hour of Prayer>} OR {Section <Culture Intercession (prayer)>} OR {Label Figurative Language WHERE Source ~ <FigurativeLanguageTerm House of Prayer>} OR {Label Figurative Language WHERE Source ~ <FigurativeLanguageTerm To Knock on Door>} OR {Label Figurative Language WHERE Source ~ <FigurativeLanguageTerm To Make Long Prayers>} OR {Section <LiteraryTyping = Prayer>} OR {Section <LiteraryTyping = Prayer of Thanksgiving>} OR {Section <PropositionalOutline = Prayer>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Confession>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Prayer>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Confession>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Prayer: Intercession>} OR <PreachingTheme = Prayer: Petition>}
Search > Basic Search > {Section <Culture Prayer>} OR {Section <Culture Hour of Prayer>} OR {Section <Culture Intercession (prayer)>} OR {Label Figurative Language WHERE Source ~ <FigurativeLanguageTerm House of Prayer>} OR {Label Figurative Language WHERE Source ~ FigurativeLanguageTerm To Knock on Door>} OR {Label Figurative Language WHERE Source ~ <FigurativeLanguageTerm To Make Long Prayers>} OR {Section <LiteraryTyping = Prayer>} OR {Section <LiteraryTyping = Prayer of Thanksgiving>} OR {Section <PropositionalOutline = Prayer>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Confession>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Prayer>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Confession>} OR {Section <PreachingTheme = Prayer: Intercession>} OR <PreachingTheme = Prayer: Petition>}
INTGERATING NOTES INTO YOUR MESSAGE
Write down all observations, questions, anything that is unique. Remember, DO NOT ANSWER these questions at this point in the process. Just simply document what you observe.
OPENING AND CLOSING PRAYER GUIDELINESS
S.T.A.R.T.
Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached
Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached
Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached
Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached
Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached
E.N.D.
Exalt God in relation to the Biblical truths that were just taught
Name the Biblical principles preached and ask God to help the local church body to obey these truths
Draw people to the cross of Christ by proclaiming hope and help in the person and work of Christ for salvation and sanctification
FRAMEWORK: OUTLINING
COLLECTIONS:
Collection Name: L7-01-Outlining (Step1)
Collection Rule: subject:"Sermons--Outlines" OR subject:"Outlines, syllabi, etc." OR title:"Expository Outlines" OR title:"Sermon Outlines" OR series:"outline form" -"text creation partnership" -subject:history -economics
Collection Name: Outlining: Discourse Analysis
Collection Rule: subject:"discourse grammar" OR title:"discourse grammar" OR (title:discourse AND type:grammar)
FIRST LOOK: OBSERVING
COLLECTIONS:
Collection Name: L7-02-Observing (Step 2)
Collection Rule: (subject:"bible--study" AND title:"Bible study") OR (title:discourse AND (glossary OR introduction)) OR ("how to study your bible" AND arthur) -"text creation partnership" -type:bible
LOUW-NIDA
Who: (<LN 92> ANDEQUALS (I, we, he, she, you, we, they, them, him, her, us, it, my, our)) OR <ln ~ 93.1-93.388> OR <ln ~ 9.1-9.48> OR <LN ~ 10.1-10.61> OR <LN 11.1-11.97> OR <LN 12.1-12.42>
What: <LN 89.39–89.54>
Where: <LN 93.389–93.615> OR <ln 1.1-1.105>
When: <LN 67.1-67.208>
Why (Purpose): <LN 89.55-89.64>
How: <LN 89.76–89.86>
Why (Cause): <LN 89.15–89.38>
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: WORD STUDIES
COLLECTIONS:
Collection Name: L7-03-Word Studies (Step 3)
Collection Rule: type:lexicon OR author:wuest OR title:"word pictures" OR title:"word studies" OR title:"anchoryale" -title:grammar -type:bible
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: GRAMMAR STUDIES
COLLECTIONS:
Collection Name: L7-04-Grammar Studies (Step 4)
Collection Rule: type:grammar OR (title:grammar AND subject:grammar) OR "biblical greek exegesis" -publisher:"text creation"
SOLA SCRIPTURA: CROSS REFERENCING
COLLECTIONS:
Collection Name: L7-05-Cross Referencing (Step 5)
Collection Rule: subject:"bible--indexes" OR subject:"Bible--Cross References" OR type:"bible Concordance" OR title:"quick scripture reference" -thesaurus -lexicon -publisher:"text creation"
THE PAST: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Collection Name:L7-06-Historical Background (Step 6)
Collection Rule: subject:"Church History" OR subject:"Jews-History" OR subject:"Church History" OR subject:"Bible--Handbooks" OR title:survey OR subject:"bible--dictionaries" OR subject:archaeology OR subject:"bible--encyclopedias" OR type:encyclopedia -type:lexicon -type:commentary -type:concordance -type:grammar -type:manual -type:theology -publisher:text -subject:language
DOCTRINE: THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
Collection Name: L7-07-General Theological Resources
Collection Rule: subject:"theology, doctrinal" OR subject:"Bible--Theology" -"Systematic" -journal -dogma
Collection Name: L7-07-Systematic Theology
Collection Rule: (title:"systematic" AND subject:theology) OR title:dogma
Collection Name: L7-07-Historical Theology
Collection Rule: subject:"Theology, doctrinal--History"
Collection Name:L7-07-Theological Journals
Collection Rule: subject:"Theology--Periodicals" OR title:vital OR type:journal -type:commentary -type:magazine
Collection Name: L7-07-Theological Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
Collection Rule: (subject:encyclopedias AND title:theology) OR subject:"Theology--Dictionaries" OR subject:"doctrinal--Dictionaries" OR (subject:"Bible-Theology" AND title:theology) -Lexicon -dogma -type:commentary -type:magazine -type:journal -subject:"Theology, doctrinal--History"
CROSS CHECKING: COMMENTARIES
Collection Name: L7-08-Commentaries (Step 8)
Collection Rule: type:”Bible Commentary”
Collection Name: L7-08-Commentaries (Concise) (Step 8)
Collection Rule: type:"Bible Notes" OR "Bible Knowledge Commentary" OR "New bible commentary" OR "Believer'sBible Commentary"
Collection Name: L7-08-Commentaries (Expositional) (Step 8)
Collection Rule: "MacArthur new testament" OR "the pulpit commentary" OR "Holman New Testament" OR "Preaching the word" OR "baker new testament commentary" OR "Boice" OR "New American Commentary" OR "the college press niv commentary" OR "Daily Study Bible Series" OR "IVP new testament commentary" OR "Barnhouse" OR "interpretation, a bible commentary" OR "The Bible Speaks today" OR "A handbook" OR "Believers Church" OR "Horae" OR "Crossway Classic" OR "CLASSIC COMMENTARIES ON THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT" OR "Calvin's Commentaries" -type:devotional -type:theology -type:grammar -type:monograph
Collection Name: L7-08-Commentaries (Exegetical) (Step 8)
Collection Rule: title:ICC OR "Word Biblical Commentary" OR "Baker Exegetical" OR "A Commentary on the holy scriptures" OR "Hermeneia" OR "New international Commentary on the Old Testament" OR "New international Commentary on the New Testament" OR "Pillar New Testament" OR "NIGTC" OR title:"ICC" OR "Evangelical Exegetical Commentary"
ILLUMINATING THE TEXT: ILLUSTRATIONS
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations (Step 9)
Collection Rule: subject:illustration OR subject:hymn OR subject:quot* OR subject:anecdote OR type:devotional OR subject:"homiletical illustrations" OR subject:sermons OR title:"christian history magazine" -type:systematic -type:harmony -type:notes -type:commentary
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Biblical Examples (Step 9)
Collection Rule:title:"topical analysis" OR title:"thematic bible" OR subject:"bible--indexes"
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Devotionals (Step 9)
Collection Rule: type:devotional OR subject:devotional OR title:devotional -type:commentary -publisher:text
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Hymns, Lyric, and Music (Step 9)
Collection Rule: (hymn OR subject:poetry OR subject:carols) AND language:english -subject:hebrew -type:bible -type:commentary -type:lectionary -publisher:text
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Images (Step 9)
Collection Rule:subject:"bible--illustrations" OR subject:"Pictorial works" OR title:illustrated OR type:"Bible--Photgraphs" -type:commentary -type:lexicon -type:grammar -publisher:text
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Magazines (Step 9)
Collection Rule:type:magazine
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Quotes, Anecdotes(Step 9)
Collection Rule:title:quot* OR subject:anecdote OR subject:maxims OR subject:axioms-subject:bible -subject:criticism -publisher:text
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Stories (Step 9)
Collection Rule:subject:"homiletical illustrations"
Collection Name: L7-09-Illustrations: Sermons (Step 9)
Collection Rule: title:sermons OR subject:sermons -title:illustrations
TRANSFORMATION: APPLICATION OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT
Collection Name: L7-10-Application (Step 10)
Collection Rule:title:application OR subject:application
Collection Name: L7-10- Application/Devotional (Step 10)
Collection Rule:type:devotional OR subject:devotional -type:commentary
Collection Name: L7-10- Application/Sermons (Step 10)
Collection Rule:title:sermon OR subject:sermons OR type:sermon -title:illustrations -type:commentary -type:"bible Notes" -type:"Bible Concordance" -type:devotional -type:theology
Collection Name: L7-10-Application/Commentary (Step 10)
Collection Rule:title:application AND type:commentary
EXCEL STILL MORE
Collection Name: L7-Preaching Resources
Collection Rule:subject:preach -publisher:text -subject:century -title:sourcebook
Collection Name:L7-Bible Study / Hermeneutic
Collection Rule:subject:hermeneutic OR title:hermeneutic OR title:"Study the Bible" OR subject:"bible as literature" -type:media
SYNTAX SEARCHES
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Repeated Words in a Sentence
Word of the Lord Came
First Class Conditional
3 Repeated Words (OT)
BONUS COLLECTIONS
Collection Name:All Resources (No Bibles, Lexicons/Dictionaries, Grammars, Commentaries, Journals)
Collection Rule:edition:logos -type:bible -type:lexicon -type:"Bible Commentary" -type:grammar -subject:commentaries -subject:"Criticism, interpretation" -type:journal -publisher:perseus