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Identify contemporary situations, problems or question that are truly comparable to those faced by the
original audience. Because contemporary situations are rarely identical to those faced in the original
text you must look for analogies (a thing which is comparable to something else in significant respects)
that you can make life applications to the ancient text.
Look for personal applications but think beyond private concerns and look to society and culture at
large. Always remember that there may be several legitimate ways to make application of a passage to
contemporary life. But you will need to avoid making application in a general way which fails to bring
about change to life and the culture.
A practical application of this section would be to take people on a journaling exercise together learning
how to pray the Lord’s Prayer for spiritual breakthrough.
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