Read after "If I Press".
Opening Thoughts: I must be intimate with God more than wanting to be used. I can’t be a vessel and take people of God to a place that I haven’t been to myself. I have to be intimate with God and rest in His presence so that I can be used. But the prayer isn’t to be used. The prayer is to dwell with God. The rest follows. Introduction
“God use me," And less “God, I surrender. Have Your way and do Your Will,” “God, give me You.”
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:1-2 I am reminded of the woman at the well in John 4. Verse 11: “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:11-13 Continuing at Verse 23: “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” John 4:23-26
Once I receive God, I will never be without. Once I receive God, I give Him permission to come and purge anything out of me that isn’t like Him. Once I receive God, who is the greatest promise, the rest—the blessings, the purpose manifestation— will follow. If I Make Room to be Accessible
The rest— His promises to me— will follow as I draw near Him daily. If I Make Room for God's Voice If I make room for God and cast down negative thoughts, God will have room to show me revelation about my circumstance. He’s not going to speak to me in my chaos. He's not going to fight to speak over me. He’s going to wait and speak to my spirit when I submit and surrender. “Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.” I King’s 19:11-12 “Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction. It's the child he loves that God corrects; a father's delight is behind all this.” Proverbs 3:6-12 I recognize God’s voice by pressing into the Word a little deeper each day. This is why making room for intimacy with God is so important— so I will know and discern what are His thoughts and reject any thought that isn’t His. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” 2 Timothy 3:16–17
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23: 1-4 If I Make Room for Jesus “Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” Hebrews 7:25 “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5
Prayer: I don’t want to block my blessings, God. I want to submit. I want to make room for You to move, dwell, and abide in me. Above all else, I want to be intimate with You. I confidently know that the rest will follow because You are a promise keeper. You are El Roi— the God who sees me. You know what bothers my heart and keeps me from rest. I want to know what You’re thinking. God, I pray that I learn how to count small victories as victories, still. I know that any move of God is still a move of the Most High God. God, help me to cast down negative thoughts as they come, and since You’re always working for me, teach me to celebrate and praise You when I don’t feel my best. Because I know that if there is still breath in my lungs, You are not finished moving. God, even though I doubt, and carry worry, still, flaws and all, I know that You make room for me, so I must make room for You. Help me to always make room for You. God, help me to trust that You will move. I know that You give me power to declare and decree a thing and it be so. So, I need Your presence. I declare Heaven to touch my heart. In Jesus’ Name. I know that Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God interceding for me like He’s always done— since You’ve always purposed Him to do. Right now at this moment, I declare breakthrough over me. I want to receive You and all that You are in this prayer, whether that is patience, love, joy, peace, or any other fruit that You bring. I want to receive Your wisdom. Make me holy. Make me new. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Jacqueline
1/5/2019 12:08:36 pm
I am in agreement with your prayer. My heart has been touched by your writings.
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