Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Matthew 6:6, “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
With the eyes of our heart and with our spirit, we can cultivate our beholding of the Lord with songs, with the Word, and with prayer.
This is the way to enjoy and behold the glory of the Lord passing before our spiritual vision.
We need to nurture this kind of spiritual exercise.
We have our home life, our family life, our school life, and our work life.
We meet people, we talk to people, we are occupied daily with many things.
Although we have this kind of life outwardly, we also need to preserve a secret life in a private room with the door shut, spending time with the Lord.
Here there is no one else but ourself and the Lord.
Here we can behold His glory by praying, by singing, and by reading the Word.
Spending time with the Lord is revolutionary in our experience.
We may think our need is a little more gritting of our teeth to say, “Lord, this time I am going to make it through as a victorious believer.”
This kind of resolution, no matter how sincere, is nothing but our own energy and effort.
Actually, we only need one thing–time with the Lord in a private place.
Take the initiative and reschedule your life to go along with that still small voice within you that is prodding you to spend time with the Lord.
And then just position your heart before the glory of the Lord.
Simply expose yourself to this transforming element.
Do not worry about what is not yet under His feet (Heb. 2:8-9).
We see Jesus!
Just let the Lord’s Person and work pass before your eyes.
You can behold Him because you are in the cleft of the rock, in the crucified One.
You are under the precious blood.
So you and I can enjoy all that the Lord is.
Then we will be transformed into the same image from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:18).
Find a hymnal and sing, making melody in your heart to the Lord.
Take the verses of the Bible and pray with them.
At other times just open yourself to the Lord and tell Him you love Him.
Get acquainted with the blood of the Lamb in the book of Revelation and how everyone is singing about it in the heavens (Rev. 5:9-12; 7:9-14; 12:10-11; 14:2-4).
Join in with the heavens and sing about His precious blood.
Speak to the Lord about His wonderful Person and work.
Your beholding and enjoying of Him in this kind of way will become your transformation.
Oh, may the Lord give us such a personal, secret, and intimate life with Him.
Then we will be solid, then we will grow, then the devil will be defeated, then we will discover that the Lord will take us up into His own intercessory life to carry out His purpose and His plan.
All of this issues from our spending time daily with the Lord and letting the glory of His Person and work pass before us.
Until Tomorrow,
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
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TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Bill Lawhead
Brandon Black
Debra Roberts – Much Prayer Needed
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
Jeanie & Joanie’s Mom
Joe Johnson – Recovering
Linda Hodge’s Sister
Liz Knight
Marli & Sarah Page/Payne – Mission Trip
Marynell Ford – Pray For Guidance
Nancy Fair
Amy Garner’s Mother
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad & Grandmother
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom –Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Don Slate Family
Donna Gourley
Doug Fritzel
James Garner’s G’Son
Joyceann – James Garner’s Daughter
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Mary Sims
Mary Williams Son – Mike
Michael Stanley
Nancy Brown’s G’Daughter
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Lisa’s Cousin
Sharon Blalock
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Tom Witcher