'Coming Into The Presence Of God.'
Hebrews 10:22.
a) Let us draw near with a sincere heart
b) In full assurance of Faith,
c) With our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience,
d) And our bodies washed with pure water.
(Through this QT I find how I should be Coming Into The Presence Of God)
PRAY: For our cleansing, so that we can really be Coming Into The Presence Of God.
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'A Powerful Protective Prayer.'
Psalm 40:14.
a) Let all who seek to end my life
b) Be frustrated, completely confused and completely humiliated.
c) Let everyone who desires my ruin
d) Be turned back and disgraced.
(This Second one is A Powerful Protective Prayer)
PRAY: This Powerful Protective Prayer Whenever we are led to do so by the Holy Spirit.
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Chris.
Every True Believer is invited, and sometimes especially called, to come into the Presence of God. If we receive this call, or invitation, it is usually at some significant time for ourselves, our family, our Church, or our Nation. When this call occurs, we need to prepare ourselves to respond to it. We need to make sure that our heart is pure and sincere. We need to repent of all known sin, especially sins of the attitude and body. If we do these things, we are preparing ourselves well.
There is a way in which Emmanuel, God with us, is with us all the time, and we should be very grateful for that! There is, however, another way, when we are especially invited into His Presence, that is so precious. In my observation and understanding, it is usually those people who hunger and thirst for Righteousness and hunger and thirst for God who are called into God's Presence.
Those of us to whom God has entrusted His Ministry need to value very much the times we spend in God's Presence. It seems that the New Testament pattern was that the Servants of the Lord gave themselves to Prayer and the Word of God. Maybe, in our days, sometimes God's Servants are spending (and enjoying) their time too much with the responsibility of deacons.
This means that practical matters of the Church, and 'people pleasing' are given priority over the spiritual ministry of the Church, therefore the Church becomes weaker and begins to lose its main purpose and meaning.
