✨Rejoice in His Presence✨
“Holy Spirit you are welcome here
come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
your glory, God, is what our hearts long for
to be overcome by your presence, Lord”
My brothers and sisters in Christ! Our God is omnipresent and omnipotent and omniscient. He is in all places!!!! On that same note, the Holy Spirit resides in us believers and anywhere else we choose to invite it. This means when you sing this song, the Holy Spirit answers your prayer!! aka as you sit in the DMV or in class or at the grocery store, our Father God is as present as the air you breathe and the Holy Spirit floods your surroundings like liquid fills a cup. Imagine the places you go often that you don’t deem necessarily holy: school, work, your favorite coffee shop, filling with the Holy Spirit after this sweet little prayer. Imagine the lives that could be changed by cleansing the atmosphere and allowing the Spirit to work in the environment around you. Jesus can draw people in with simply a “vibe” Christians give off!!!! Imagine being able to extend the reach of that beautiful joyful charisma!!!!! The intimacy we experience as Christians being able to live in such communion with our loving Father is a blessing very few of us acknowledge and take advantage of in our day to day lives!!!! Tonight i challenge you to 1. talk to God like He’s really there (because He is) not like you’re writing a letter in your mind to some far off diety- this means eyes open and words out loud, no special vocabulary and no bowed head. approach your Father with boldness and confidence because he is our Friend.* and 2. take a moment to delight in the simple prayer of the song I referenced in the beginning. Sing it in your car, in the halls at school, or at the park. Feel the negativity leave the space and rejoice in the presence of our graceful God.
Psalm 145:18 ~ The Lord is near to all those who call on him in truth.
Psalm 139:7 ~ Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Isaiah 11:2 ~ And the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord.
James 1:6 ~ Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves.
John 15:15 ~ No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Psalm 103:13 ~ As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
*I do believe there is a time for formal prayer but I also believe there is a time to address God as our Father and Friend. God has many wonderful attributes, and as humans we cannot fathom the complexity of his nature. but as Christians we are able to come before God with confidence knowing he loves us as our Father and wants to hear about our day and have a conversation with us as our Friend!!!
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