Intimacy
Generates POWER
Have faith
in God, Mark 11:22b.
• Lovingly…
• Affectionately…
• It’s Personal!
There is something very special about
setting aside time to be intimate with God every day. To have this quiet time
in His Presence doesn’t have to take a long time. However, once this becomes a
routine in your daily life; the time will increase out of your longing desire
to be with Him.
I think I can safely say, we all want to pray Powerful
Prayers. We want to know that our request is handled personally by God Himself.
So, what is one of the key ingredients? We know faith is essential to answered
prayers, because without it we can’t please God, Hebrews 11:6. I think developing
an intimate relationship with God is another important factor. Being intimate
with God makes Him seem more approachable, and approachability creates Trust.
Faith then becomes inevitable.
When we develop
this kind of close relationship with God and trouble hits, we don’t have to try
and conjure up some faith, or hope and wish for some, faith is already there ready
to perform.
I know this to be true from my own personal
experience. When I became a principal in one of the roughest areas
in Chicago, I would get to work before anyone else; go to my office with a
cup of coffee, lights off, and pray. Spending time in the Presence of God was the Only way I survived. As a result, every challenging situation I
encountered, God Fixed It.
When I first started working at that school, I
was the assistant principal. God put in my spirit to just show up, treat people
right, and that He would do the job for me, because I was His ambassador
disguised as an assistant principal. I knew through that awareness that my
purpose was to bring prayer into that school.
Spending
this alone time with God gives Him the Recognition He Highly Deserves. This
is a form of worship. He is our Creator. He loves us and knows what’s best for
us. It’s the wisest thing we can do to start and end each day. I’m
Living Proof That It’s Worth It!
© 2014
References: Psalm 23 Psalm 31:15 Mark 4:39 I Corinthians 10:13
II Corinthians 12:9 Hebrews 11:6 Hebrews
13:5
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