There is a song that says,
I prayed and I prayed,
I prayed all night long.
I prayed and I prayed,
until I found the Lord.
My soul just couldn't be contented until I found the Lord.
For me there is no happiness or contentment in not knowing Gods answer on an issue. Some will get angry when man tells us no or you can't or that's impossible. I go to God to hear what he has to say.
Prayer has no limitations of what God can do. The Scripture says that God is able to do exceeding abundantly above what we ask or think.
Something that exceeds "abundantly above " is out of the spectrum of impossibility as well as beyond the scope of possibility and is not limited by impossibility. It can not be measure by human reasoning. Simply stated, you can not put a limit on what God can do by prayer. He can do anything. He can do all things.
The soul that cries out to God in prayer and that will not set a time limit, great or small, on the most important activity of the day. I clearly understands it is not about time, but about the sincerity of the heart. Prayer is over when its over. Sometimes, not until God releases you.
This time that is spent with God is closely associated with intimacy.
During this time there is sharing.
During this time there is singing.
During this time there is a flooding of emotions.
During this time there is thanksgiving and praise.
During this time there is listening.
Some will play sacred, worship, and praise music.
I know some that will dance before the Lord.
This is a time "taken" from our day or night . I stressed taken because sometimes it will not happen unless we take (apprehend like a police) this time from our day. We can not force the hand of God to do our biding. It is not about us going through the blessing catalog of heaven and ordering what we want for our carnal needs. Although that may happen, prayer is a time for learning who God is, and staying in his presence and also getting to know what he wants for and from us. And God does not do for us what we can do for ourselves.
When we start this time with God, many things try to interrupt this time. We have to stand vigilant to stop interruptions and distractions, even if it means setting our alarm clocks to the middle of the night when no one is stirring about.
Like the old negro spiritual song, we must steal away to Jesus.
It is also during this time of intimacy we find out the power we have with him. Nothing sneaks up upon us anymore. We are not caught of guard by anything . No enemy or foe, No weapon or strike, no news event or catastrophic event will come upon us.
God gives his people the secrets of the world.
God gave Daniel the interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
Daniel says,
Daniel 2:22-23
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
Remember it was Daniel that prayed 3 times a day. He was intimate with the Lord in prayer.
The world us constantly telling us no. You can't do this or that unless you do this or that.
The doctors will say according to their medical history of this, you will only live this way or that way.
The doctors will say this illness is terminal.
The lawyers will tell you that you will lose such and such because of this or that.
The finance people say you can't afford this.
The employer say that you are not qualified for a position.
On an on...
No no no...
We learn very quickly that all real answers are found in prayer.
If God gives you a no then it's a no. If he gives you a no, it is because he sees the road ahead.
It is important for us to know that our life and destiny is in the hands of God.
It good to know that every no that man has to give, God will redirect and give a yes.
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