The Wait: Praying and Abiding

 

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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WE TRANSFORM BY ABIDING

To understand these next few days it is so important that you listen to the first one called Jealousy. It sets the stage for the levels of abiding in God. 

So after yesterday we talked about praise and worship… and next is the Word of God. 

 

 

Prayer (Praying scripture, praying in tongues)

Making our requests known. Prayer of petition, 

But the most powerful prayers are just conversations where you talk, and listen. Remember prayer is simply talking to God… but IT IS GOD we are talking to. So even though it is simple- it is profound and don’t forget that. 

If you had the chance to talk to your hero…how much time would you want and how serious would you take it? lets treat prayer with God the same.

We call it prayer because it is to denote that we are conversing with a deity, but again it is just conversation.

What makes a good conversation? Ever talk to someone who just won’t shut up, who interrupts and the conversation is always about them?

Welcome to my prayer time - ok kidding, not kidding. We can make prayer all about us, but its really all about the Father in heaven. 

He is our Daddy, we have open heavens to commune with him… so talk

 

Also prayer is never just a piece of my day- its the filler. Smith Wigglesworth said “I rarely pray more than 30 minutes a day, but I rarely go 30 minutes without praying”. What did he mean? Prayer is to be thought of as continual communion with Jesus through out the day. yes, we have set times of prayer, but he should always be a part of our thought process and conversation through out the day. 

 

Finally what we have been really trying to get at is the idea behind abiding… and that is simply waiting.

 

You must understand that God does want to talk to you. He does want to be in your presence… but it comes down to waiting and how much do you want it, or him! 

Waiting on the Lord is an act of faith. 

     Quiet your phones, cut out all distractions, quit praying, settle your soul and just wait on God. For his move, his word, his love. Remember he is a jealous God… give him your full attention and just wait.

I like to have a journal in hand, and a pen and I just wait. I don’t ask questions, I don’t sing, I don’t let my mind wander, I just say speak to me God… and you would be surprised at just how much he wants to talk to you. 

 

 

John 7:38, 39 38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” 39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.…

 

If you really believe in him, then you will make it a habit, a discipline to wait on him…. and Rivers of living water shall flow out of you- not just a river, but rivers… his spirit will touch every area of your life!