"The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos; the church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray." -- A. W. Tozer

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Talking With God

So often we say that we sometimes pray and feel as though the words are just going into the air—we feel as though no one hears. That may be true with people, but not so with God. He hears our hearts even before we utter a sound. The problem lies within us. Though the problem may vary to some degree from person to person, perhaps there is a similar root. Perhaps why we feel that God does not hear is because we are just talking into the air. Imagine having a face to face conversation with someone wherein the whole time you never look them in the face. Simply stated, perhaps we spend more time talking at God than talking to Him. Perhaps we should try looking Him in the face when we talk to Him. So, how do we do that? John 4:24 tells us that “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” It is not with our physical eyes that we will look Him in the face, but with our spiritual eyes.

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