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With Wisdom
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ABIDING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
I’M TALKING ABOUT ABIDING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD. ABIDING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD MEANS MORE OF HIM. MORE OF HIM IN
OUR LIVES, IN OUR ACTIVITIES, THOUGHTS AND DESIRES. PSA. 42:1 SAYS, “AS THE DEER
PANTS FOR THE WATER BROOKS, SO PANTS MY SOUL FOR YOU, O GOD.” HE IS MY LIVING
WATER. WHEN I’M WITH THE LOVER OFMY SOUL, I FEEL SO NOURISHED, SO CHERISHED, SO
LOVED THAT EVERY MORNING I RUSH BACK TO HIM.
QUESTION
DO YOU HAVE A SET TIME IN THE MORNING TO SEEK HIS PRESENCE? DON’T WAIT UNTIL
EVENING BEFORE YOU GO TO BED. YOU NEED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED HIS PRESENCE TO GET
THROUGH YOUR DAY. THIS IS WHERE HE PREPARES YOU FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD.
QUESTION
WHEN YOU READ YOUR BIBLE, DO YOU SAVOR HIS WORD? MEDITATE ON IT AND APPLY IT
TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES?
QUESTION
ARE YOU HONEST WITH GOD WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM? IF YOU’RE ANGRY WITH HIM, HAVE
YOU TOLD HIM? ARE YOU FEARFUL? DOUBTFUL? THANKFUL? HE WANTS TO HEAR YOUR
REQUESTS, YOUR WORRIES, YOUR PRAISE, AND AGAIN I SAY, YOUR THANKS.
QUESTION
DO YOU JOURNAL? DO YOU KEEP A DAILY WRITTEN RECORD OF WHAT GOD IS DOING IN
YOUR LIFE? SHARE WITH HIM YOUR DISAPPOINTMENTS, CELEBRATIONS, AND CONFUSIONS.
ASK HIM FOR WISDOM. KEEP TRACK OF HIS ANSWERS.
CONCLUSION
COMMUNION WITH GOD IS A RELATIONSHIP NOT A SENSATION. WE WON’T ALWAYS HAVE AN
EMOTIONAL HIGH OR A SENTIMENTAL FEELING WHEN WE SPEND TIME WITH GOD. ABIDING IS
AN ACT OF FAITH.
FINALLY, WE MUST OBEY GOD, JESUS SAID IN ST. JOHN 15:10, WHILE IN THE
VINEYARD WITH HIS FRIENDS, “IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YOU WILL ABIDE IN MY
LOVE.”
FRIENDS, I COMPARE ABIDING IN HIS PRESENCE AS BEING IN A “GRACE BUBBLE.” WHEN
FRIENDS ASK, “HOW CAN YOU BE SO JOYFUL?” I TELL THEM, “GOD HAS ME IN A GRACE
BUBBLE. WHEN YOU ARE IN A GRCE BUBBLE, SATAN CANNOT PENETRATE IT WITH SORROW,
FEAR, WORRY, OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE EMOTION THAT WOULD STEAL YOUR JOY.
BE OF GOOD CHEER FOR YOU ARE AN OVERCOMER!
INDEED, THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH.
PRAISE MUSIC
ANOTHER WAY I GET THROUGH MY DAY IS WITH PRAISE MUSIC. PRAISE MUSIC BRINGS ME
GREAT JOY. I KEEP IT ON IN MY HOME DAY AND NIGHT. GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES OF
HIS PEOPLE. YOU NEED TO GET IN THE HABIT OF PRAISING HIM. YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN
MY BEDROOM DANCING WITH GOD!
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