(Fifth part)
Memory verse (Phil4: 6): " Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God ".
Prayer is like a cake; it takes a lot of ingredients to make it complete, healthy and delicious. Our prayer life needs to iced and creamed with thanksgiving. Thanks giving spice-up our prayers and make them a sweet aroma unto our heavenly Father.
As the Spirit of God leads us deeper and deeper in the river of his presence in prayer, our hearts are flooded with joy, peace and presence of God; the Holy Spirit draws us nearer and nearer to God. The closer we get to God, the more his presence permeates the deeper fibers of our lives and this brings healing of our emotions, body, our minds are renewed and we become more aware of God more than ourselves. The more you lose sight of yourself and see God more and more (2Cor3: 18), the more you lose sight of your needs, problems and conditions. Then worship begin to flow out of your heart unto God, this dimension of prayer is full of praise, worship and thanksgiving.
When you see God for who he is, you directly realize that he is all you have ever needed. The more you draw near to God, you lose sense of time and space, you just want to stay there forever Matt17: When the glorious presence of God enveloped Jesus and the his disciple i.e. Peter, James and John, Peter said: “ Lord it’s good that we stay here ”
The deeper you get in God’s presence the longer you stay there. The deeper you get in God’s presence the deeper his impact in your heart, and the deeper his work in your heart the greater the dimension of joy that flows out of your heart, and the greater the joy the greater the thanksgiving that flows out of your heart to God. Thanksgiving is not faked but it’s the direct product of the impact of God’s presence in your life. Beloved saints, the Spirit of the Lord is beckoning us to allow him to draw us deeper and deeper into God's presence. There is another place in God where everything in this world lose meaning to you and God becomes your precious treasure. God wants to bring you to that place full of life and joy i.e. full of thanks. God wants you to get drunk of the Holy Spirit and you will be bananas for Jesus!!!!
Tomorrow’s subject, “ Dimension of seeking God’s face ”
