“The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results.” James 5:16
Father God,
Because of Your Son we are now allowed to enter the Most Holy Place where You dwell. May I just say what an absolute honor it is to be in Your presence. Father may I just sit here and breathe You in for a moment…
Not only did Christ tear the curtain for us to enter but He cleared space and enlarged the room-the Most Holy Place so that we could all enter in. And I pray that at this very moment there are a million other brothers and sisters in Christ filing in to breathe You in and bask in Your presence.
Lord You don’t require a sophisticated prayer, or even a prayer that flows, makes sense, or sounds nice. All You want is a genuine and sincere heart that fears and loves You. Lord You even go beyond that and look past the mumble jumble of our words and look straight to our heart. Thank You for creating my heart and for understanding all that it does and says and for loving me in spite of it.
Thank You for getting me when I have no words and just sit in Your presence in silence. Thank You for the times such as these when I come knelt before You broken, humbled, and desperate for Your touch that You give that to me plus so much more. Thank You for understanding every little thing about me that no one else gets but You. Thank You for allowing me to lay out my anger, frustration, fear, sadness, worry, and doubt so plainly before You and You take it all in and away, all while replacing them with Your love, mercy, comfort, and reassurance.
O’ Lord God why do we not pray more, soak You up more, search for You more? Lord You have never once left me disappointed, alone, or feeling completely helpless. The joy I have in You goes so much deeper than I could show or express, and You see that even when others might not.
Your word within me is my source of food-it fills me up and satisfies my every craving. Your mercy and grace provide me with my every breath. Your unfailing love is what allows my body to function. The covering of Your Son’s blood O’ God is what has given me life. My first breath of life did not come when I was born but when Your Son came and lived in my heart. That Lord was and is my first and forever breath.
God just the mentioning of Your Son’s Name alone brings peace to my weary and worn out soul.
Merciful and gracious Father it is because of Your Son I am even able to enter the throne room and speak with You. It is because of Christ Jesus that I can not only enter the Most Holy Place and spend quality time with just You and me, but that I can enter and spend time interceding in prayer for every human that walks on the face of the earth. Thank You!
Thank You for being so real, personal, and ever so present, but most of all thank You that each and every time You literally come face to face with me. O’ God I pray that all people would experience such closeness as I have with You. Lord if they would just taste of Your sweetness I know they would never want anything else. I just know it because I have tasted it and I want nothing else but more of You.
Please Lord, please come face to face with someone today. I want them to experience Your greatness, Your love, Your desire for them. Reveal Yourself God. Amen
