SUNDAY MESSAGE BE STILL AND KNOW PS.46: 10 “BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD”
- THIS EXHORTATION TELLS US THAT WHEN WE ARE QUIETLY DWELLING IN GOD’S PRESENCE THERE WILL COME A KNOWING OR EXPERIENCING OF GOD.
- THERE IS A WEIGHT OR GLORY TO HIS PRESENCE THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE AS WE ARE STILL BEFORE HIM.
- IT IS HARD AT TIMES TO COME TO THE PLACE OF DWELLING QUIETLY IN GOD’S PRESENCE,
- BECAUSE OUR FLESH IS VERY ACTIVE AND OFTEN TAKES A WHILE TO SETTLE
- WHAT WE DO WITH OUR BODIES HOWEVER IS A POWERFUL DECLARATION IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT.
- FOR EXAMPLE , WHEN WE LIE DOWN IN GOD’S PRESENCE IT IS A STATEMENT OF SURRENDER AND A POSTURE OF REST THAT THE LORD WILL HONOUR.
- IT ALWAYS HELPS TO PLAY SOME WORSHIP MUSIC AS YOU START TO WAIT ON THE LORD AND SEEKING TO EXPERIENCE HIS PRESENCE.
- MUSIC SETS THE ATMOSPHERE AND WORSHIP MUSIC OPENS OUR HEART AND CAUSES OUR SPIRIT TO RISE IN LOVE AND ADORATION FOR THE LORD .
- WORSHIP IS THE LOVE CALL OF THE SAINTS AND AS WE SIMPLY LOVE AND ADORE HIM
- WE WILL EXPERIENCE THE RICHNESS OF HIS PRESENCE IN EVEN GREATER DEGREES.
- WAITING QUIETLY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD SILENCES THE FLESH AND ALLOWS OUR SPIRIT TO ASCEND.
- AS THIS HAPPENS, WE BECOME CONSCIOUS THAT WE ARE A SPIRIT THAT LIVES INSIDE A BODY.
- AS OUR SPIRIT STARTS TO RISE UP IN ADORATION AND COMMUNION WITH THE LORD
- WE CAN GET TO THE PLACE WHERE OUR BODY AND SOUL ARE TOTALLY AT REST
- BUT OUR SPIRIT IS AWAKE AND RECEIVING FROM THE LORD
- WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF BEING IN HIS PRESENCE?
- REVELATION IS OFTEN THE FRUIT OF DWELLING QUIETLY IN WORSHIP IN GOD’S PRESENCE.
- THE LORD DELIGHTS IN REVEALING THE SECRET COUNSEL OF HIS HEART TO THOSE WHO SEEK HIM DEUT 29:29
- HE WILL BE DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED
- HE WII BRING WISDOM AND DIRECTION TO OUR SITUATION AND NEEDS.
- SEEKING THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND KNOWING HOW TO WAIT ON HIM IS HOW YOU BECOME PROPHETIC
- IT IS HOW YOU BECOME CONFIDENT IN THE LORD AND GROW IN GRACE AND IN FAITH
- ALL THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO US, AS WE REGULARLY WAIT UPON THE LORD,
- DAVID DECLRES IN PS. 27: 14 “WAIT ON THE LORD; BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART; WAIT, I SAY, ON THE LORD!”
- THE EXHORTATION TO WAIT ON THE LORD IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING THAT DAVID EXPRESSES HERE IN THIS PSALM IN
V.1-3 CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH IN FACING THE ENEMY
V. 4 – 5 HIS DESIRE TO DWELL IN THE HOUSE OR PRESENCE OF GOD ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE - V. 6 – 8 SACRIFICES OF JOY AND THE SEEKING OF GOD’S FACE
V. 9 – 13 VICTORY OVER THE ENEMY AND SEEING THE GOODNESS OF GOD - ALL THESE THINGS FLOW FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND ARE LAID HOLD OF THROUGH WAITING ON GOD .
- ISAIAH. 30: 15-17 “FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL: “IN RETURNING AND REST YOU SHALL BE SAVED; IN QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE SHALL BE YOUR STRENGTH.” BUT YOU WOULD NOT, AND YOU SAID, “NO, FOR WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES” – THEREFORE YOU SHALL FLEE! AND, “WE WILL RIDE ON SWIFT HORSES”- THEREFORE THOSE WHO PURSUE YOU SHALL BE SWIFT! ONE THOUSAND SHALL FLEE AT THE THREAT OF ONE, AT THE THREAT OF FIVE YOU SHALL FLEE, TILL YOU ARE LEFT AS A POLE ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN AND AS A BANNER ON A HILL.”
- THE LORD ENCOURAGES US HERE BY SAYING THAT SALVATION AND DELIVERANCE , COME BY RETURNING AND RESTING IN HIM.
- THIS IS A PICTURE OF DWELLING IN HIS PRESENCE AND IT SPEAKS OF TRUSTING IN WHAT HE ALONE CAN DO.
- THE FRUIT OF RESTING IN HIM IS QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE. THIS BECOMES THE SOURCE OF OUR STRENGTH.
- UNFORTUNATELY OUR FLESH IS VERY STRONG AND WANTS TO RULE. AND FRET AND WORRY ALL THE TIME
- OUR TENDENCY IS TO WANT TO DO, DO, DO. AND DO.PRAY ,PRAY AND PRAY
- DWELLING QUIETLY IN GOD’S PRESENCE IS AN INSULT TO THE FLESH BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED TO DO NOTHING.
- THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE DESCRIBED BY PROPHET ISAIAH STRUGGLED WITH,
- AND SO THEY REFUSED TO RETURN AND REST IN GOD.
- AS A RESULT THEY DISCOVERED THAT THEIR FLESHLY ABILITIES WERE NOT EQUAL TO THE ASSIGNMENT AGAINST THEM.
- THEY THOUGHT THAT THEIR “HORSES” WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO GET THEM THROUGH AND WHEN THEIR EFFORTS FAILED, THEY DID NOT TURN TO THE LORD, BUT DOUBLED THEIR EFFORTS
- . THE RESULT WAS THAT THEY WERE LEFT AS A POLE ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. LITERALLY ALONE AND FRUSTRATED
- IT MEANS THAT THEY WERE A TREE STRIPPED OF ITS BRANCHES. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAD NO FRUIT AND APPEARED LIFELESS.
- VERSE 18 SAYS “THEREFORE THE LORD WILL WAIT, THAT HE MAY BE GRACIOUS TO YOU; AND THEREFORE HE WILL BE EXALTED, THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY ON YOU. FOR THE LORD IS A GOD OF JUSTICE; BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM.
- HOW GRACIOUS IS THE LORD ! BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT WAIT, HE WAITED UNTIL THEY WERE WILLING TO SEEK HIS PRESENCE THEN HE COULD MINISTER TO THEM.
- HOW MUCH BETTER IT IS FOR US TO WAIT ON HIM! BRETHREN IT IS TIME TO WAIT.
- WHEN WE CHOOSE TO BE THE ONE THAT WAITS, THEN THE LORD IS ABLE TO BE GRACIOUS,
- THEN THE LORD IS ABLE TO HAVE MERCY,
- THEN THE LORD IS ABLE TO REVEAL HIS JUSTICE AND BLESS OUR LIVES
- . WHAT WONDERFUL FRUIT, AND ALL BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO WAIT ON HIM. RATHER THAN FRET
- WAITNG QUIETLY ON THE LORD IS WORTH THE EFFORT. IT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES DYING TO SELF
- BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT. NOT ONLY DO WE INCREASE OUR AWARENESS OF THE LORD’S PRESENCE, BUT ALL THE FRUIT OR BENEFITS OF HIS PRESENCE ARE RELEASED INTO OUR LIVES.
- NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST TO OPERATE IN THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD
- IT IS TIME TO PRAY FOR GOD’S DIViNE PRESENCE IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES
- MOSES PRAYED FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IN EXODUS 33:12-15
- IN MATT.6:10 JESUS TEACHES US TO PRAY “THY KINGDOM COME ,THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN”
- RATHER THAN FRET AND WORRY BECAUSE OF EVIL PRESENCE ON THE EARTH
- WE MUST RELEASE GOD’S HANDS AND PRESENCE ON THE EARTH BY LEARNING TO WAIT ON HIM AND HEAR FROM HIM
- GOD HAS GIVEN US THE MANDATE AS WELL AS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.WE DON’T HAVE TO BE WEARY
- WE DON’T HAVE TO LET THE EVIL WE SEE AROUND WEAR US OUT
- APOSTLE PAUL SAYS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO
- HE SAYS THAT IF WE WANT TO AVOID SEEING THE EVILS IN THE WORLD TODAY,THEN WE MUST DIE AND JUST GO TO HEAVEN
- HE SAYS IF WE DON’T WANT TO SEE THE FORNICATORS,THE COVETOUS,THE EXTORTIONERS AND THE IDOLATERS OF THIS WORLD
- THEN WE MUST GO OUT OF THE WORLD COMPLETELY 1 COR.5:9-10;
- MEANING THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FIND THEM AROUND YOU.
- THEY ARE SO MANY THAT THEIR PRESENCE AND THE EVIL SIMPLY WEAR US OUT.DONT LET EVIL SCARE AND DISCOURAGE YOU
- IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE PRESENCE OF EVIL CAN BE EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED AS WE WAIT ON THE LORD FOR WISDOM AND DIRECTION
- IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT SATAN IS NOT OMINIPOTENT
- NEITHER IS HE OMNISCIENT NOR OMNIPRESENT ONLY GOD IS HAVING ALL THESE POWERS REV.19:6
- SATAN CANNOT BE PRESENT EVERYWHERE AT ONCE LIKE GOD
- HE CAN ONLY DELEGATE HIS AGENTS,BUT OUR GOD RULES THE WORLD LIKE A BLOCK PRAISE GOD
- HIS IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER AMEN
- IN JOHN CHAPTER 17 JESUS BEGAN TO PRAY FOR HIS DISCIPLES AS HE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE EARTH
- THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT POINTS IN THIS PRAYER THAT WE NEED TO NOTE:
- JESUS PRAYED FOR THE FATHER’S GLORY TO BE ON HIM
- HE SAYS GOD THE FATHER GAVE US TO HIM FROM T HE WORLD
- HIS BURDEN WAS THAT THOUGH WE ARE STILL IN THE WORLD WE NO LONGER BELONG TO THE WORLD
- THAT GOD THE FATHER SHOULD KEEP US FROM THE EVILS IN THE WORLD HATES US BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD
- HE EMPHATICALLY SAYS HE IS NOT PRAYING FOR THE WORLD BUT FOR HIS OWN WHOM THE FATHER GAVE TO HIM FROM THE WORLD
- THAT HIS JOY MIGHT BE FULLFILLED IN US,IN OTHER WORDS,SO THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED AND FRUSTRATED
- BUT HE SAYS THAT GOD THE FATHER SHOULD NOT TAKE US OUT OF THE WORLD BUT RATHER HIS PRAYER IS THAT GOD SHOULD PROTECT US FROM THE EVIL THAT IS IN THE WORLD
- THAT GOD SHOULD SANCTIFY US THROUGH HIS WORD,AND THAT HE HAS SENT US TO THE WORLD LIKE GOD THE FATHER SENT HIM TOO
- THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME GLORY AND POWER THAT JESUS HAS IN THE FATHER IN THIS WORLD AND BE ONE WITH HIM AND THE FATHERSO THAT THE WORLD MAY SEE THAT GLORY AND BELIEVE IN HIM
- THE WORLD NEED TO SEE GOD’S GLORY IN YOUR LIFE AND FEAR
- ELIJAH CARRIED THAT GLORY AND THE WORLD RE SPECTED HIM 2 KINGS:9-15
- IN ACTS 12 PETER WAS SUPERNATURALLY DELIVERED FROM PRISON
- IN ACTS 16 PAUL AND SILAS WERE ALSO RELEASED BY DIVINE INTERVENTION
- THE LORD WAS IN THE FIRY FURNACE WITH SHEDRAC MESHAC AND ABEDNEGO
- ALL THESE MEN WERE DELIVERED FROM THEIR ENEMIES THEY GOT THE VICTORY
- HOW DID ALL THESE PEOPLE GET POWERFUL TESTIMONIES?.
- THEY LEARNED TO WAIT ON THE LORD AND TO HEAR FROM HIM
- PSALM 114 SAYS THE SEA FLED AT THE PRESENCE OF GOD;THE RIVER JORDAN RAN AWAY AT HIS PRESENCE
- THE MOUNTAINS SKIPPED LIKE RAMSAND THE LITTLE HILLS LIKE LAMBS LET US READ PSALM 114
- THE EARTH SHOULD TREMBLE AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD WHO TURNS ROCKS TO WATER
- ISAIAH 19 SAYS ALL THE POWERS OF EGYPT SHALL FAIL IN HIS PRESENCE VS 1-3
- 1 CHRONICLE 16:33 SAYS GLORY AND HONOUR ARE IN HIS PRESENCE
- PSALM 16:11 SAYS THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY IN HIS PRESENCE
- IF THIS IS THE YEAR OF OUR LAUGHTER ,VICTORY AND GREATNESS THEN WE HAVE HIS DIVINE PRESENCE AND JOY
- WE MUST STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD AND PRAY DOWN THAT PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES
- GOD IS OMNIPRESENT, MEANING THAT HE IS EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES. DAVID SAID IN PSALM 139:7, “
- HIS INDWELLING PRESENCE IS GIVEN TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16. SAYS WE ARE GOD’S TEMPLE
- HOWEVER, HIS OMNI-PRESENCE, AND THE INDWELLING OF HIS SPIRIT, DOES NOT STOP US FROM LONGING AFTER THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
- HOW CAN WE LONG AND HUNGER FOR SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY ALL AROUND US AND DWELLS WITHIN US?
- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCING THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE REALIZATION OF THE NEED OF ABIDING IN GOD’S PRESENCE –
- THE REALIZATION OF BEING ABLE TO PERCEIVE HIS PRESENCE AND BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF HIM.
- IT IS A DESIRE IN US TO INCREASE HIS PRESENCE IN US AND AT THE SAME TIME BE AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE IN US
- ALTHOUGH GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HIS PRESENCE IS WITH US IN GREATER MEASURE
- WHEN WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S INTIMATE PRESENCE IN A GREATER CAPACITY THEN WE ARE READY FOR SERIOUS MIRACLES.
- THE AWARENESS OF GOD’S THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF GOD IS WHAT BRINGS POWER.
- WHY WAS DAVID SO SURE THAT HE COULD BRING GOLIATH DOWN? WHY WERE SHEDRACH MESHAC AND ABEDNEGO SO CONFIDENT IN THE POWER OF GOD?
- THEIR FAITH IN GOD COULD NOT BE SHAKEN?
- AWARENESS AND CONFIDENCE GOD’S AWESOME PRESENCE IS WHAT CHANGES OUR LIVES
- IN INCREASES OUR BOLDNESS ,REVEALS THE GLORY OF GOD AND RELEASES THE VICTORY
- WE MUST ALWAYS WALK IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO ALWAYS WAIT ON HIM IN WORSHIP AND PRAYERS
- ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS WE CAN DO THIS IS THROUGH DEEP WORSHIP. BY PLACING OURSELVES BEFORE HIM IN A PLACE OF ADORATION,
- BUT ALL THAT TAKE S TIME
- WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR HIM IN OUR BUSY SCHEDULES
- ,WE HAVE TO DELIBERATELY START TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON HIM
- WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT OUR AWARENESS OF BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES.
- LEARNING HOW TO DWELL IN GOD’S PRESENCE THROUGH WORSHIP IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH OUR TIME
- . GOD HAS PROMISED THAT AS WE DRAW NEAR TO HIM, HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO US
- WE WILL EXPERIENCE HIS PRESENCE WITH US IN EVER INCREASING MEASURES.
- ,WE MUST PRACTICE ABIDING IN HIS WORD AND IN WORSHIP ADORATION AND PRAYERS
- JESUS SAID, “IF YOU ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHATEVER YOU WILL AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU.”
- THIS IS BECAUSE ABIDING IN HIM MEANS WE WILL ASK ACCORDING TO THE FATHER’S WILL.
- JESUS IS ALWAYS PRESENT WITH HIS WORD. ABIDING IN THE WORD OF GOD WILL ALWAYS BRING AN INCREASE IN THE AWARENESS OF HIS MANIFEST PRESENCE.
- DO YOU HUNGER TO LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD? DO YOU YEARN TO KNOW THE FATHER’S HEART IN AN INTIMATE WAY?
- DO YOU DESIRE REVELATION AND PASSIONATE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ALMIGHTY?
- DO YOU LONG TO SPEND TIME IN THE SECRET PLACE, GETTING TO KNOW THE FATHER IN A DEEPER WAY?
- DO YOU WANT VICTORY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY? DO YOU WANT TO STOP FEELING LIKE YOU ARE DEFEATED?
- THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS MEANT TO BE MORE THAN JUST AN OCCASIONAL EVENT DURING SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP
- YOU ARE MEANT TO LIVE IN GOD’S PRESENCE!YOU ARE MEANT TO FEEL WHAT YOU FELL ON SUNDAY MORNING EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE
- WHY IS THE ART OF PRACTICING GOD’S PRESENCE LOST IN TODAY’S CHURC H?
- TODAY’S CHRISTIANITY HAS BECOME SUPERFICIAL AND FULL OF THE CARES OF LIFE
- REMEMBER THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER? MATT 13:18-23
- WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE KEYS TO DEEPER INTIMACY WITH CHRIST JESUS.
- REMEMBER MARY AND MARTHA IN LUKE 10:38-42
- IF YOU LEARN TO SOAK YOURSELF IN GOD’S PRESENCE IT WILL BE EASY FOR YOU TO WORK WITH CHRIST INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR HIM.
- BRETHREN CHRISTIANITY MEANS FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS ,GOD THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH ALL YOUR HEART
- .BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE LOVE TOO MANY THINGS
- BIBLICAL MEDITATION, CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER, AND WAITING ON THE LORD AND LEARNING TO HOW TO APPLY HIS WORD IN YOUR OWN LIFE WILL BECOME EASY.
- MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU WILL GAIN INSPIRATION FOR YOUR OWN INTIMATE WALK AND THE COURAGE TO SPREAD THE FIRE OF HIS PRESENCE TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU!
- NOW GOD’S CHILDRENN DO YOU LONG TO FEEL GOD’S PRESENCE AND EXPERIENCE HIS POWER?
- IS SOMETHING MISSING FROM YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE? DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW GOD.?
- DO YOU WANT TO DISCOVER HOW TO HAVE A DYNAMIC, JOYFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
- DO YOU WANT TO DISCOVER HOW TO LIVE EVERY DAY EVERY HOUR, IN INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.?
- NOT ONLY CAN YOU HAVE AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF THE LOVE AND POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT,
- YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A BLAMELESS HEART, AND ABSOLUTE POWER OVER SIN.
- THE SUPERNATURAL LIFE GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AS YOU BEGIN TO PRAY TO LIVE IN GOD’S PRESENCE TODAY
- DO YOU STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN A DAILY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
- LEARN TO CONTINUALLY BE FOUND IN THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD
- LEARN HOW YOU CAN RECEIVE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, AS YOU DAILY EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
- ONCE YOU START TO SERIOUSLY WAIT ON THE LORD,YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU HIS HOLY SPIRIT WITHOUT MEASURE
- BUT THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SETS THE LIMITS OF THAT MEASURE.YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF GOD YOU REALLY WANT
- ALL MEASUREMENTS IN THE KINGDOM EXIST FOR US TO PURSUE THE INCREASE.
- THE WHOLE KINGDOM IS BASED ON THIS PRINCIPLE: THE FAITHFUL USE OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN IS WHAT QUALIFIES YOU FOR MORE.”
- NOTE THAT WHATEVER YOU WILL JEALOUSLY GUARD, THAT IS THE MEASURE YOU WILL HAVE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
- TODAYS PRAYERS WILL LEAD YOU INTO THAT PLACE OF REVELATION, THE PLACE THAT WILL SATISFY YOUR HUNGER FOR MORE OF GOD.
- IF YOU LONG TO EXPERIENCE A GREATER INTIMACY WITH THE FATHER, LET US BEGIN RIGHT NOW TOSEEK HIM GREATLY IN SERIOUS WORSHIP AND PRAYERS
MINISTERATION :WORSHIPS” SONGS HOLY SPIRIT BE MY COMFORTER” “ DRAW ME CLOSE TO YOU”
PRAYERS ON HOW DO WE GET INTO GOD’S PRESENCE?
YOU MUST PRAY THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART
- THE FIRST THING IS TO REALIZE THAT HIS PRESENCE IS EVERYWHERE AND THAT WE NEED HIS PRESENCE “WHERE CAN I GO FROM YOUR SPIRIT? OR WHERE CAN I FLEE FROM YOUR PRESENCE?” PSALM 139: 7
2) THE SECOND THING IS TO REPENT ACCORDING TO THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER MATT 13:18-23
“REPENT THEREFORE AND BE CONVERTED, THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE BLOTTED OUT, SO THAT TIMES OF REFRESHING MAY COME FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. ACTS 3: 19
- THE THIRD THING IS TO BEG GOD TO DRAWS US CLOSE AND KEEP US IN HIS PRESENCE
DAVID PRAYS:” DO NOT CAST ME AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENCE, AND DO NOT TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME”. PSALM 51: 11
- THE FOURTH THING IS TO LEARN TO ALWAYS TO REJOICE IN HIS PRESENCE AND BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENCE “SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS; COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH SINGING. PSALM 100: 2
- THE FIFTH THING IS TO LEARN TO BE SILENT IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD SO YOU CAN HEAR HIM
“ BE SILENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD; FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND, FOR THE LORD HAS PREPARED A SACRIFICE; HE HAS INVITED HIS GUESTS. ZEPHANIAH 1: 7”
- FINALLY CLAIM THE BENEFITS THAT COME FROM HAVING GOD’S PRESENCE
- “HONOR AND MAJESTY ARE [FOUND] IN HIS PRESENCE; STRENGTH AND JOY ARE [FOUND] IN HIS SANCTUARY”. 1 CHRONICLES 16: 27(AMP)
- “AND HE SAID, “MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.” EXODUS 33: 14
- “YOU WILL SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE; IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY; AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE”. PSALM 16: 11
- “YOU SHALL HIDE THEM IN THE SECRET PLACE OF YOUR PRESENCE FROM THE PLOTS OF MAN; YOU SHALL KEEP THEM SECRETLY IN A PAVILION FROM THE STRIFE OF TONGUES.” PSALM 31: 20
- “THE MOUNTAINS MELT LIKE WAX AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD OF THE WHOLE EARTH.” PSALM 97: 5(NKJV)
- “WHEN MY ENEMIES TURN BACK, THEY SHALL FALL AND PERISH AT YOUR PRESENCE. “PSALM 9: 3
- THE EARTH SHOOK; THE HEAVENS ALSO DROPPED RAIN AT THE PRESENCE OF GOD; SINAI ITSELF WAS MOVED AT THE PRESENCE OF GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. PSALM 68: 8(NKJV)
- “NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM STUMBLING, AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY, TO GOD OUR SAVIOR, WHO ALONE IS WISE, BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER, BOTH NOW AND FOREVER.” AMEN. JUDE 1: 24-25(NKJV)