Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלוהים) says:
Pray without ceasing, I am always listening.
He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? He who instructs the nations, will He not rebuke, even He who teaches man knowledge? The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are a breath (vapor, vanity). Psalm 94:9-11.
I hear you. I know your voice and I know your heart. I hear you even when you do not even utter a word but just call in your heart. Call on Me night or day, just come to Me to talk and that is a call to pray. Forever fellowship.
Draw close to Me. You can only do that in prayer, prayer in Spirit and truth. No lie can stay in My presence. I never speak anything but the truth and the truth is what you need.
There are times you do not go enough into your heart, you stay in the outer court but I am calling you into the secret place of the Holy of Holies.
I will draw you into the wilderness to speak to your heart and out of the wilderness is born a worshipper.
The secret of living in joy unspeakable, full of glory, and that is the place of unceasing prayer in your heart.
In the night if you find your mind and body will not let you rest, then rise up and worship. Sing in the Spirit and with understanding. Lift your hands like the evening sacrifice and let your prayer rise as incense before Me. If you look into Heaven you will find I so value your prayers that they are held in golden bowls and on the golden altar of incense where the angels are adding extra incense to them and sending My answers down.
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the believers. Revelation 5:8.
Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the believers on the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the believers, went up before God out of the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. Revelation 8:3-5.
Do you remember when Paul and Silas were offering prayers and songs in the prison at Philippi? The earthquake came down and opened all the gates and freed all from their chains. Being with Me sets you free.
When I gave Moses the plan for the Tabernacle, I had the golden altar of incense at the entrance to the Holy of Holies, and the only way to enter was in a cloud of incense and with the precious blood of the spotless sacrifice to sprinkle on the Mercy Seat, and that is still how you come before Me.
He [the High Priest] shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony, otherwise he will die. Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. Leviticus 16:13-14.
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. Hebews 9:11-12.
In the secret place of prayer all is still and you can hear Me speaking peace to your troubled soul.
Life is forever. Do not fear. Prayer is the only way to draw near, the only way to go deeper. It is the place where secrets can be shared, and Covenant made.
Jesus heard from Me in prayer so easily and was so radiant in prayer that His disciples asked Him to teach them to pray. And He gave you a way to pray that you would be wise to apply for it will introduce you to the way to enter the Holy of Holies with Him.
And so it begins with a greeting to the One you are seeking to converse with, and there is only one way to enter the Holy of Holies, My throne of grace and the secret place where nothing evil can touch you, and that is in the prayer of agreement with your great High Priest Jesus by the new and living way He opened for you with His blood sprinkled on the Mercy Seat. And when you receive Jesus, you are born again and become My child. And so with Him you come and say with Him, “Our Father.”
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:11-13.
Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene came, announcing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her. John 20:17-18.
You are coming with My Son, your brother, High Priest, Shepherd, Redeemer, and Savior. He gave you His all so you can come with confidence blameless, pure, and beyond reproach before Me. And you are coming before Me as one with Him and in Him as one with Me. And on the night before He died for you, Jesus prayed for this for you.
“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:20-24.
And in His prayer to Me for you, Jesus is speaking of the oneness of Covenant. Covenant is the bond by which two join as one. And in that bond, the greater shares with the lesser all He has to bring up the lesser to the level of the greater. It is a bond that nothing can break.
To draw close to Me in prayer you must be aware of our oneness as brought about in Christ. He joins Divinity with Humanity and Humanity with Divinity in a bond that can never be broken. In Him you have found your peace with Me and with yourself. And I have joy. And as the greater brings up the lesser to the level of the greater one, I give you My joy to be your strength. In Covenant I give you My strength so you can be strong in Me and the power of My might.
Prayer is a joy to Me and, when you understand what it is, it will be a joy to you as well. It is two becoming one in love, purpose, and power.
If you would only let go of the thoughts contrary to Me—let go of the darkness or deep it will be. Come out into the Light, let go of the night, stand up and sing to the glory of God and the glory will come.
“Our Father, who art in Heaven.” Here you locate the place where you are praying. You have stepped into the very throne room of Heaven, you are in the glory on holy ground, where I have seated you with Christ and blessed you with every spiritual blessing in Heaven, for when I raised Him as born again from the dead, I raised all of you with Him in your spirits and when He comes the second time it will be the redemption of your bodies as well so that you will always be with Me.
“Hallowed be your Name.” “Holy, holy, holy, is the cry of the seraphim in Heaven. I am holy and I have made you holy by pouring My Spirit into your heart so that you are a Temple of My Spirit, and you are holy. And in prayer you are holding up My Name as Holy. Do you know My Name? Moses, when he met Me in the burning bush, asked My Name. I told My Memorial Name forever, “I AM, I WAS, AND I AM TO COME.” LORD. Yahavah (יהוה). I am your reality and your reason to be. I AM always there from eternity to eternity I am the essence of being. I am life. All life is from Me and is upheld and sustained by Me. And with My Covenant Name of Yahavah (LORD) I define who I am to you, “I AM, I WAS, AND I WILL ALWAYS BE your Healer, your provider, your peace, your righteousness, your shepherd, your refuge, your fortress, your deliverer, your stronghold, your banner (miracle), your sanctifier, your redeemer, your savior, your rock, your strength, and your Father. In your prayer, you celebrate My Covenant Names for they are all yours in My everlasting Covenant of love that you have joined with Me in My Son.
I have taught you enough for this Life Lesson, in our next Life Lesson we will continue looking at prayer as we move on to the lines following in the prayer that Jesus taught you.
I love you. Prayer is the ultimate expression of your relationship with Me. Without communication there is no true revelation. And without revelation there is no true impartation. And without impartation there is no emancipation. And without emancipation there is no true participation with Me in Kingdom work. I want you to reign in life with Me in Christ Jesus. And that can only happen in the secret place of prayer.