Time With The Lord With No Agenda -#44

Summary:

Our prayer time with the Father should always be two-sided. There’s a time to talk with Him, to petition Him with certain things, but there’s also spending some quiet time where you give the Father a chance to talk and commune with you. That’s why it’s so important to go to the Father with much gratitude, and with no agenda.

Show Notes:

• With all that’s happening in the world today, there’s no way not to get discouraged without having a close relationship with the Father and spending time with Him. Spending quiet time with Him with much gratitude and with no agenda opens the door for God to love, encourage and speak to you.

• There is never any contradiction between what God speaks to you and what you read in the written word (Bible). He can’t do that. That’s why is so important to have a firm foundation in the written word, and being persistent in spending time reading it.

• Any conversation should never be just one-sided. If all you do is go to God with all your wants and petitions, how will He ever be able to speak back to you, if you don’t take part of your prayer time just to be thankful and listen for Him to speak back to you?

• Just like Jesus, when He would go to the mountain to be with the Father, we can do the same thing. Quietly sitting with Him, sometimes without a word said, you can let go of bad feelings and at the same time take on the Father’s love, compassion and be able to hear Him speak back to you. That’s how this no-agenda thing can work for you.

Quotes:

• Make your spiritual life a priority. It’s about renewing your mind according to the Word of God- the written word of God (Bible), and then the word that God is speaking now. It’s a combination of the two.

• Over the last two or three years, I have found it really most important in my life and in my relationship with the Father, is to just be quiet and enjoy the presence of the Lord. It’s not hard to do, but it takes time, some discipline, and it takes some learning- mostly how to deal with distractions.

• Using the “CALM app” has been one of the most productive things I’ve done over the last few years. It has helped and taught me how to get in the moment.

• The key is to be so in tune with the spirit that you are walking in step, in fellowship with the Lord, where you are in union with Him.

References:

Philippians 4:6

Takeaways:

Your gratitude to the Father opens the door for Him to speak to you and commune with you on deeper levels. When you go to Him in gratitude, not asking for anything, there’s no way He’s not going to bring you into a closer relationship and union with Him.