Mrs Backlasher
03-16-2006, 09:44 PM
This is taken from the Felloship of Pearland (FOP) eNewsletter.
PRAYER REMIXED
just my imagination
http://www.klrc.com/images/prayer.jpg How do you imagine your prayers? Not, how do you say them? Not, how do you structure them? How do you imagine them? Is it your voice in your head just going on to fill up the quiet? Your spiritual laundry list? "God, thank you for this and that and that other thing...." Or do you pray Hebrews 4:16: "Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
You say, that isn't really a prayer. I read it and it didn't really feel like a prayer. What has changed?
Stop. Wherever you are in your walk. No matter how bad you think you've messed up.
Close your eyes. (After you read this!) Think of a huge palace. Huge. Ornate. Subjects everywhere dressed to a 't'. Maybe some 'court' music is playing softly. Marble floors inlaid with pure gold and diamonds. At the center of the great room is the most amazing chair you have ever seen or could imagine seeing. It is the throne of grace.
You come in. Wrong clothes. No shoes. Wrong look. Wrong everything. It doesn't matter. Everyone notices and stands aside as you boldly walk up and approach the throne of grace. You know you are in the right place and going the right direction. You know once you make it to the throne, you know mercy and grace will be waiting for you at a time you so desperately need it.
That is the Hebrews 4:16 prayer time.
PRAYER REMIXED
just my imagination
http://www.klrc.com/images/prayer.jpg How do you imagine your prayers? Not, how do you say them? Not, how do you structure them? How do you imagine them? Is it your voice in your head just going on to fill up the quiet? Your spiritual laundry list? "God, thank you for this and that and that other thing...." Or do you pray Hebrews 4:16: "Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
You say, that isn't really a prayer. I read it and it didn't really feel like a prayer. What has changed?
Stop. Wherever you are in your walk. No matter how bad you think you've messed up.
Close your eyes. (After you read this!) Think of a huge palace. Huge. Ornate. Subjects everywhere dressed to a 't'. Maybe some 'court' music is playing softly. Marble floors inlaid with pure gold and diamonds. At the center of the great room is the most amazing chair you have ever seen or could imagine seeing. It is the throne of grace.
You come in. Wrong clothes. No shoes. Wrong look. Wrong everything. It doesn't matter. Everyone notices and stands aside as you boldly walk up and approach the throne of grace. You know you are in the right place and going the right direction. You know once you make it to the throne, you know mercy and grace will be waiting for you at a time you so desperately need it.
That is the Hebrews 4:16 prayer time.