Touching the Heart of God

" Prayer enables a believer to know God and

fall in love with Him. A relationship in which

the bride shows up with a want-list for her

husband is absurd.



We need a relationship in which we come to

know the husband's heart.

Having an appointment with God every

morning can become mechanical. We may

find that we meet the printed pages of the

Bible instead of Him.



Also in prayer, when the relationship with God

is not there, that means that we've eliminated

God and are praying to ourselves. The

outcome of a formula or mere mechanics is

that something comes into our mind that is

not from the Holy Spirit. We have an

imagination rather than a revelation from the

Lord.



We must not try to twist God's arm. A love

relationship can not be based on

manipulation



Have you ever known someone who acted like

a friend just because they wanted to use you?

And it turned out they just wanted money or

favours. I call this the rape of a friendship.

But we do this to God every day. When we say
' I don't want you, I want you to move for me'.

Sometimes we hear sermons saying that if we

stand on God's word and say it often and loud

enough, without backing down- God will have

to comply. But God wants our love. A people

who enjoy being with Him. Prayer cannot be

separated from love.

Remember:

WE ARE BORN AGAIN TO BE A BRIDE!

THE BRIDE IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL LIKE JESUS

BRIDE PREP!!!

As a bride there are a few things that we must

do. We must live right and have a different

value system from the world. James 4:4

Let us concentrate on knowing our husband

John 17:3.


Read Psalms 42:1-5 to see an e.g. of the deep

longing and hunger of the Psalmist.

instead of reducing God's greatness to a

formula that twists His arm, We'd be better

off if we just said "I love you"


Only those who are in union with God will

know His heart.

Union is not superficial. It involves spirit, soul

and body.



Prayer requires an intimate love relationship

with God- Talking to, clinging to, and trusting

God.



Prayer is being Jesus' beautiful bride- pleasing

and beautiful to Him. It means that Jesus,

the heavenly bridegroom, looks out of heaven,

sees your character and your quality of life,

and smiles because He is so pleased

and delighted. Touching His heart means that

we, his church, are a great source of

satisfaction to Jesus.

'But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in

a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being

transformed into the same image from glory

to glory just as from the Lord, the spirit'
2 Cor 3:18 "

- Adapted from Erniest J Gruen's 'Touching the Heart of God'

Remember...
1) Prayer is not a formula


2) Prayer is a relationship, like that of a bride to bridegroom


3) We must not try to twist God's arm


4) Prayer is touching God's heart

(talking,clinging,trusting) till we reflect the

glory of Jesus by becoming more and more like

Him.

I dunnoe bout you but this sure inspires me. indeed prayer is not shouting loudly, Speaking profound and deep words, following some formula... Prayer is a love relationship. It is conversation.

Doesn't that uncomplicate things alot, makes praying seem more accessible. It makes me wanna pray all the time. It makes me wanna pray right now!