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This morning as I read my morning devotional it posed a thoughtful question regarding the Holy Spirit. This is a question that those who diligently seek God and holiness undoubtedly ask themselves as their journey matures. It asked: "If the church is making advances on the lines of deep spirituality - if we are praying people, and if our people are hungering after holiness, why do we have so few mighty outpourings of the Holy Spirit?"
How persistent are we in prayer? Today our message is in regard to praying persistently and not neglecting our desires and those of others as we pray. In my morning reading Pastor E.M. Bounds referred to this as "a mighty move of the soul toward God." Jesus taught persistence in a parable to demonstrate the importance of being dogged in our prayers, and we either call it “The Parable of the Persistent Widow”, or, because it is so basic to praying, we refer to it as “the Parable on Prayer”.
04/01/2024
Passion, desire, and prayer are the topics of our devotional study this morning. In my morning reading E.M. Bounds wrote that he found them to be interrelated to one another, and he called prayer "the verbal expression of desire." He went on to say that "Without desire, prayer is a meaningless mumble of words."
This morning I was moved by the Spirit into a time of passion and devotion that led me into a special time of prayer. Passionate prayer brings us close to God and allows us to feel his power and glory like nothing else. Every hair on our body stands up when this happens, sometimes we cry, sometimes we laugh, and sometimes we simply can’t speak at all or just moan in prayer. If there are some among us who need an example of passionate worship we can turn to Revelation 4 where we find an illustration of passionate worship and praise. Do you worship, praise, and pray passionately to the Lord?