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Thoughts on Prayer from Bill Johnson

11/13/2015

 
Holy Spirit Praying.  Perhaps the greatest understatement of this book is that the Presence of God is discovered in prayer.  And while that is an obvious truth, many people learn to pray without the Presence, thinking their discipline is what God is looking for.  Discipline has an important part in walking with Christ, for sure.  But Christianity was never to be known for its disciplines; it was to be known for its passions.
 
Prayer is the ultimate expression of partnership with God.  It is the adventure of discovering and praying His heart.  So many spend their life praying to God, when they could be praying with God.  This partnership, with its answers and breakthroughs, is supposed to be the source of our fullness of joy. ...

When we pray anointed prayers, we are praying the heart of God.  His heart is being expressed through words, emotions, and decree.  Finding the heart of God is a sure way of locking into His presence.  This  privilege of co-laboring is a part of the assignment given for those who would give themselves to carry His Presence well. ...

During my prayer times I have to have paper and pen with me because of the ideas I get while I'm praying.  I used to think it was the devil distracting me from praying.  That's because I measured prayer by how much time I spent doing a one-way conversation.  God measures prayer through time spent in interaction.

Time in His Presence will release creative ideas.  When I spend time with God, I remember phone calls I need to make, projects I long forgot about, and things I had planned to do with my wife or my children.  Ideas flow freely in this environment because that's the way He is.  I get ideas in the Presence I wouldn't get anywhere else.  Insights on how to fix problems or people that need to be affirmed all come in that exchange of fellowship between God and man. ...


Taken from Hosting the Presence by Bill Johnson, Destiny Image Publishers, 2012.


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