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Thursday, September 02, 2004

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Today's meditation is taken from:

WHEN YOU PRAY
by Chip Brogden

http://www.watchman.net/articles/pray.html

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"Pray after this manner: 'Our Father in heaven, may Your Name be hallowed,
may Your Kingdom come, may Your Will be done: as in heaven, so in earth
'"(Matthew 6:9,10).

Prayer does not begin on the earth, it begins in the heavens. It does not
begin with man, it begins with the Father. It does not begin with man's
need, but with God's will. Our praying is ineffectual because we pray as
earthly men with an earthly perspective concerning earthly things. See how
far and above this manner of praying is when compared to the hypocrite,
praying in public to be seen of men! Prayer ought to bring us up into the
heavenlies, not bring us down deeper into the earth. It ought to focus our
vision on the Father, not on man, or the problems of man. Spiritual prayer
begins in the Spirit; heavenly prayer begins in the heavenlies.

When we pray "after this manner" we are transported and elevated beyond
flesh-and-blood, beyond the natural, beyond the earthly, beyond the
seen-and-felt universe in which we live. We are at once brought into
alignment with Someone larger than ourselves, Someone higher, Someone
greater. This Someone has an agenda, and is working all things together in
one accord towards this agenda. What is the agenda? It is the Will and the
Kingdom. So what is the Will and the Kingdom? The Will is "all things in
Christ" and the Kingdom is the fulfillment of that Will, when Christ has
the preeminence. All of God's movements are towards this End.

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