House of Prayer

Prayer more than ever has been stirring in my spirit. It could be because I am an intercessor (LOL). I have been reading this book about becoming a prayer saturated church. I have been desiring to lead in a better way as the prayer director at our church. Anyhow, the author pointed out that our churches needed to become houses of prayer. Just reading that and seeing the verse again sent shivers all over me. I knew this was God. Today, I do not want to point out the church but ourselves. God not only wants the places we go and worship together to become houses of prayer He want us; his sons and daughters to become houses of prayer.

That means that prayer must become bread and water to us. It must be essential for living and not just something we use in case of an emergency. God wants to abide in us just as much as he wants us to abide in Him. But Saints we have got to be the people that long after His presence. We have got to be people that relentlessly seek after Him. We have got to be the people that are willing to live for Him just as sure as we are ready to die for Him. We cannot get more of His presence, more of His peace, more of His grace, more of His power, and just more of HIM unless we are willing to spend time with the Father in heaven who desires to hear from us.

We can’t do drive by prayers all the time with the Lord. We have to want to cultivate a relationship with Him. We have to hunger after the Lord more than the things of this world. The pull to become engulfed in the things of this world are strong. But our God is bigger and stronger. However, He will NOT overpower your will because He gives us free will. Would you ever want anyone to be in love with you because you made them, or you wooed them with extravagant gifts, and they felt obligated to love you?

Geez I hope not! Our Father in heaven does not want your love for Him like that neither.  God gave His one and ONLY Son to die for you and I and the best thing we can do is worship Him with our lives. You must want to! You must begin to see how important connecting to the Father through prayer is. Its life changing. It will shake you up for good and for His glory.