17007 Praying for Greater Intimacy with God - Part 1

INTRODUCTION

We want to welcome you to another podcast where we are praying for God’s will to be done on the Earth as it is in Heaven.   As we pray generally, we invite you to pray very specifically.   We desire as we pray, that you pray specifically for yourself and your walk with the Lord.

Before we begin, we want to prepare with our Faith builder verse.  Just a note here:  All scripture referenced is from the ESV.

FAITH BUILDER VERSE:  Matthew 21:22 

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

 

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

    for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

PRAYER TOPIC :   Prayer for the New Year Moving toward greater walk with Jesus

Luke 10:38-42

38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus[d] entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary.[e] Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

Do The Will of the Father

Doing the will of your Heavenly Father has a great deal to do with your relationship with him.

Here is a critical point,  his will will never be contrary to his written word.  So you need to know what his will is and what his will is not.  You need to know the Word of God, which means reading it, studying it, and or listening to it.

How many times have people in the world made a claim about God and his will that have been totally rebuked by the authoritative written Word of God.  And if you have prophetic Word it will never contradict the written authoritative Word of God.   If it does, it is not from God.   Now if the written Word of God is silent on it, then you will need to dig deeper into God’s Word and will to verify it.

Matthew 12:46-49

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers[a] stood outside, asking to speak to him.[b] 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

 

Meditate on the LORD

Psalm 63:6

when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

Psalm 77:6

I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:

 

Meditate on God’s Works

Psalm 77:12

I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.

Psalm 143:5

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.

Psalm 145:5

On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

Psalm 119:27

Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

 

Meditate on God’s Word and Law

In order to meditate on God’s Word, you have to know God’s word, so you must be spending time studying his word -at the very lease listening to it..

 

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

Psalm 119:48

I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

 

Meditate on God’s Promises

These could be God’s promises through his word or they can be specific promises to you.

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

 

CONCLUSION

There are other things we could discuss in this like worship, prayer, building up faith and giving.   But I want to keep this shop and we may address those at a later time.  Now, let’s pray

 

PRAYER FOR THE LOST

Native Peoples of North America

United States of America 2.9 million

Canada  1.4 million

Mexico 15.7 million

 

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For the second podcast on this topic go to podcast 18002