OMT! (Oratio, Meditatio, Tentatio) - Week 1 - Oratio

In 1539, Martin Luther wrote about understanding spiritual truth. He describes the use of three rules based upon Psalm 119. The rules, Oratio (prayer), Meditatio (meditation), and Tentatio (testing), describe the life of faith. This is a cycle that begins with prayer for the gift of the Holy Spirit, concentrates on the reception of the Holy Spirit through meditation on God's Word, and results in spiritual attack. This in turn leads a person back to further prayer and intensified meditation. May God lead us all through this cycle as we yearn to understand scriptural truth more deeply.