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Posted by barrykind (Member # 35) on :

WHEN YOU PRAY
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"Pray after this manner: 'Our Father in heaven, may Your Name be
hallowed, may Your Kingdom come, may Your Will be done: as in heaven, so in
earth '"(Matthew 6:9,10).

Prayer does not begin on the earth, it begins in the heavens. It does
not begin with man, it begins with the Father. It does not begin with
man's need, but with God's will. Our praying is ineffectual because we
pray as earthly men with an earthly perspective concerning earthly
things. See how far and above this manner of praying is when compared to the
hypocrite, praying in public to be seen of men! Prayer ought to bring
us up into the heavenlies, not bring us down deeper into the earth. It
ought to focus our vision on the Father, not on man, or the problems of
man. Spiritual prayer begins in the Spirit; heavenly prayer begins in
the heavenlies.

When we pray "after this manner" we are transported and elevated beyond
flesh-and-blood, beyond the natural, beyond the earthly, beyond the
seen-and-felt universe in which we live. We are at once brought into
alignment with Someone larger than ourselves, Someone higher, Someone
greater. This Someone has an agenda, and is working all things together in
one accord towards this agenda. What is the agenda? It is the Will and
the Kingdom. So what is the Will and the Kingdom? The Will is "all things
in Christ" and the Kingdom is the fulfillment of that Will, when Christ
has the preeminence. All of God's movements are towards this End.

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Infinite Supply

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by Chip Brogden

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