“I am perfectly confident that the man who does not spend hours alone with God will never know the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The world must be left outside until God alone fills the vision…God has promised to answer prayer. It is not that He is unwilling, for the fact is, He is more willing to give than we are to receive. But the trouble is, we are not ready…”
–Oswald J. Smith
this resonates within me, as i see men and women in the church rush after ambition and power and popularity with people but forgetting that the true way to fulfill the call of God is to obey where God calls us and to know him.
Daniel 11:32 says the people that know their God will be strong and do exploits.
to me i read this and i see that my empowerment to do exploits comes from my knowing God and that true knowing God is done in the secret place of prayer and worship and devotion and surrender….it is when we are alone with God and in prayer and listening that he transforms us and changes us and challenges us and shapes us.
God empowers us to serve him and demonstrate his love and glory.
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August 9, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Larry Who
Leonard Ravenhill said in one of his books that we should ask every pastor just one question. “How much time do you spend praying?”
August 9, 2009 at 7:27 pm
fireball3316
bet its not asked that often nowdays… which is a shame! someone once said (i dont know whether it is their quote or one they read, but they preached it at our church) that your public authority will only be a reflection of your private intimacy with God.
October 1, 2009 at 3:26 am
mike42lan
I beleieve that we need time alone with God,even Jesus spent time alone with God.Jesus prayed to the father when the disciple were asleep before the guards took him away and arrested him.I have plenty of time with the lord when I am riding on a bus when I meditating on the word of God.