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.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

PRIVATE AND POWERFUL PRAYER

This is probably the greatest need of the church today. Yes, it is good to pray together, with your family, spouse and your church.

But this is the blueprint for us as individuals to spend time in prayer.

First of all, we have to go into our closet. If you have seen the film War room, it may be a special room that Miss Clara had or you may have to make one like the heroine in the story. Even if you don’t have a specific room,  it is good to have a special place, where you can get away from everything and everyone. This may mean you have to turn off the computer, tv or goodness me, your cell phone.  [The point is to focus on the Lord.]

You need to spend time alone with God, you are following your Master, as He arose a great time before the day began and went to a desert place to spend time with his Father. You will be rewarded by God, He will speak to you, not only will you be able to speak to Him, but He will speak to you, your communion with God will be sweet. What is your reward? It is the presence and communion of God.

When we pray, we don’t have to say many words, as so often we go on and on and on. But we need to say things once and leave it at that. Do we think God is forgetful or deaf, or both?

When we come into God’s presence, He knows exactly what we need, before we ask Him. He knows our hearts and is pleased to answer our prayers according to His will.

Coming into the closet or special place is one of the most amazing things. Your closet may be by your bedside (for me it is). When I lived Back in Heysham Uk, I used to have a special place where I would just sit/walk and talk to God. I used to spend time sitting/walking on what is called Heysham Barrows, which overlook Morecambe Bay.

Spend much time in prayer, because not only do we get our prayers heard and answered, but our biggest reward is that we feast on the presence of Lord. We get to know Him better as he communicates with us one to one.

Moses had a closet time with God, up on the mountain for forty days and what happened?

His face shone like the sun.

When you spend private time with God, it is never wasted. Half an hour will fly by, you will drink of the glory of the Lord.

Take time today and every day to find that special place and spend time in communion with your Father.

[And remember that the Bible is part of our communion with Him too.]

God bless you

Kk