Before there was sin to confess. Before there was spiritual warfare to engage. Before ther e was the need for intercession. Before there were demons to cast out. Before there were things to believe God for... Before there was all that kind of content which now fills & defines our prayer time. Before all this, prayer was primarily about communion with God. And there was intercourse in the discourse, & communion in the communication. The parties involved exchanged ideas, talk of the day's experiences, the highs & lows, shared thier secrets, & bore their hearts there in the prayer context of "I want to be with you...I want to be near you... I want to know you. ". There, prayer was the conduit for knowing & understanding & companioning each the other. These sturdy foundations of prayer have all but been removed & replaced by, well... ya know. Would that we began to seek out communion with God again as our chief pursuit in prayer. Not to the exclusion of requests & warfare & intercession, but to the betterment of them. Powerful God... Lonely God. You can do something about the latter. We are God's delight. Yep. But is He ours. God is our friend. Yep. But are we His? Many reach out to touch God's wallet, few reach out to touch His heart. Ub1
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- Living & dying daily to know God intimately - And in radical obedience & kamikazi servanthood, to carry out His life's work. ________ Having all these words be more than just words as I soul-press, excuses-crucify, life-surrender & present my body to embody the message of my friend Jesus.
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need Him.
i want Him.
cant live another minute without Him.
dont want to...
thanks again L.
Posted by: maryann | April 25, 2007 at 05:25 PM
it is good to hear the passion in your words again. not sure i have ever thought about "before" concerning prayer. good stuff.
can you unpack this...
'Lonely God'
just a bit intrigued by that.
Posted by: jeff | April 25, 2007 at 09:55 PM
i like jeff love to hear the passion for him in your words.....they inspire me and release me to pray my own....shouldn't need examples but i take all the modeling i can get....
Posted by: becky | April 26, 2007 at 11:12 AM
thanks for the reminder of the man in the garden...LONG to know HIM more...
Posted by: bek | April 30, 2007 at 09:19 PM