March 12, 2019 Spirit Meat Daily Devotional ; Topic - HOW TO ENTER INTO YOUR CLOSET TO PRAY (1) - MATTHEW 6:6
March 12, 2019 Spirit Meat Daily Devotional ; Topic - HOW TO ENTER INTO YOUR CLOSET TO PRAY (1) - MATTHEW 6:6
In the passage we have been considering for the past two days, Jesus is teaching principles that should govern your prayer time, else you may not get answer to prayers.
While Jesus described hypocrites in verse 5, He described a child of God coming to the Father in verse 6. When Jesus said “Enter into thy closet,” he was referring to a chamber on the ground floor in some houses used for privacy or for storing things. That is, it is a place where you can be alone and you can pour out your heart without fear of somebody eavesdropping or disturbing and distracting you.
In practice and transposing that on our prayer life, your closet will be a place or a time that you are free from distractions of life, that you can have privacy with your God and your Father to interact, discuss and share your heart with Him; and hear what He has to say to you without anything restraining you.
Have you been in a church service before where the man of God says God is telling him that everybody should make three requests and whatever they ask God will answer? People will usually turn away from every other person and say things they don't want any other person to hear. That is, many times when we are praying and people are there, we may be saying things that we don't really mean – things that we want to say to impress people – and prayer is never for the sake of another person or for impressing another person.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the opportunity to come into your presence; deliver me from wandering thoughts and distractions in the place of prayer in Jesus’ name. Amen!
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Numbers 16:41-18:32, Mark 16:1-20, Psalm 55:1-23, Proverbs 11:7
March 12, 2019 Spirit Meat Daily Devotional ; Topic - HOW TO ENTER INTO YOUR CLOSET TO PRAY (1) - MATTHEW 6:6
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