January 10, 2013

Have you ever walked into a place where you can feel the Holy Spirit send chills all over your body? My new favorite place to have quiet time is the prayer room on campus here at Ywam. When I walk and kneel in this prayer room I can feel Jesus holding me. I look around and the literal view is the ocean outside the window. In the early mornings and late afternoons I look out and see an orange and pink sunset that captures my heart and only makes me more awestruck before my creator God. When I pray and look deeper I see myself before Jesus with His scars and blood covered body that took on my skin. I feel my heart broken for every iniquity within myself.
This morning The Lord made Matthew 6 so very real for me.

*whenever I don't know what to pray before The Lord I will pray His prayer, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name."
* I am not here for "eye service" or to be a man pleaser.
* I love the fact that The Lord delights in us coming to Him in prayer and worship in "the secret place"
* "For my Father knows what I need before I ask Him."
* I will not store treasures here on earth that moth will eat and thieves steal. "For where my treasure is, there my heart will be also." Let my treasure be You, Jesus.
* I love verses 33-34 and feel like they are going to be made so real to me. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.....Don't worry about tomorrow."

The best of happiness is true joy, and that comes only from Jesus. I've found that its not necessarily "here" or "there" where I belong. Near The Lord, as close to Him as I can be, that is where I will always be. I am seeking Jesus in His word, my trust is in Him. He is the answer.