Topic: The Presence Of God In Prayer

To have the presence of God in prayer, you must be where God is instead of asking Him to be where you are. By being where He is, His amazing grace can be experienced, not just sung about. Prayer needs to be a relationship, just as a friendship is a relationship. If you knew someone who was always coming around wanting something (like people always want something in their prayer time) you wouldn't have much of a friendship. A friendship is a relationship where two people just enjoy being together. A friendship is a time when two people spend time together and they have something in common. Friends have memories they share, they have mutual interests, they are loose and free with each other, they share happiness and joy, they share sadness and pain, and they share everything without restraint. We cannot be friends with someone if all we want them to do is provide us with things, fill orders for us, answer our requests, bring us our requests as we provide our request on a shopping list, or solve our problems. Does any of this sound familiar? Hmmm! We have a friend in Jesus. Jesus, like any friend, should not be someone we feel we can use to get what we want.

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These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
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