Prayers in Pursuit of God Part 4 of a 11 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Psalm 34:8 (KJV) How can we worship our Father when in truth we cannot comprehend even who He is? For most people our heavenly Father is and inference not a reality. Many say they know him but have only heard about him, from others, to them our heavenly Father is nothing but another name for goodness, or beauty, truth or nature, or He is some mystical force or even worst the cause of any event which we cannot explain. These people see Him this way because they do not know Him personally. The reality of an intimate relation with Him has never crossed their minds, while admitting He exist they will intellectually say He is not knowable, not as one person can know another. For millions of Christians, our Heavenly Father is no more real than He is for non-believers; they attend church, bible study and prayer meeting without fail, yet find themselves trying t...

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus - Heb. 10:19(KJV) Prayers in Pursuit of God Part 3 of a 11 Consider the tabernacle of the Old Testament while it stood only the high priest could enter. Drenched in blood he would push back the curtain and enter into the Holy of Holies. The blood was for the remission of sin, the lamb offering a sacrifice for the sins of his people and himself. Through the veil he passed into the holy place where no natural light could come, but the golden candlestick which spoke of Jesus the Light of the World. It was this veil that was permanently rend by the blood of Yehoshua [1] on the hill of Golgotha. It was this veil that open the way for every worshipper in the world walk directly into the presence of our Father. Yet though the veil has been rend, not even one of us desires to be in His presence (Romans 3:11). Because being in his presence means giving up our self. The Passionate desire that ...

Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6 Prayers in Pursuit of God Part 2 of a 11 We come piously before our Father in prayer; saying those things we think we should pray, holding back the truth of our heart. Yet our Heavenly Father knows even the most secret things of our heart. And there is nothing which we can kept from Him. So we pray a lie, or we pray those things which are not our true desires, hopes, feelings, angers, and thoughts. Though the Apostle Paul tells us “ In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” , this is not a validation that our Father will fulfilling our every whim, but is given that we might come before our Father honestly. Just as a best friend whom we tell our deepest secrets, much greater must the revealing of our heart before our Father in prayer and supplication. We must be careful ...