![Watching in Prayer with Thanksgiving and Having Prayer Companions [In the picture: The more we pray, the more we will have to pray, the more we will like to pray, and the more we will be able to pray; to be watchful helps us to build up a habit of prayer. ]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/the-more-we-pray-the-more-we-have-to-pray.jpg?fit=300%2C196&ssl=1)
How can we be kept in a prayer life day by day? Col. 4:2 tells us, Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. For us to persevere in prayer, we need to watch in it with thanksgiving. We need to give thanks to the Lord all the time! In this thankless and godless generation […]
Enjoying the Benefits of Daily Persevering in Prayer with the Lord
February 6, 2013 by 7 Comments
![Through prayer we set our mind on the things which are above, where Christ is (Col. 3:2). The best way to wet our mind on the things in the heavens is through prayer. [In the picture: Whether or not our prayer is answered is secondary. The primary thing is that grace flows like a river from the throne and into our being.]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/primary-thing-grace-flows-like-a-river.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Persevering in prayer has many benefits, enriching both our spiritual life and our relationship with the Lord and with the Body of Christ. If we mean business with the Lord and make a vow before Him concerning our prayer life, and then we daily practice to have set times of prayer in which prayer is […]
Making a Deal with the Lord About our Prayer Life and Setting Definite Times of Prayer
February 5, 2013 by 13 Comments
Our experience as Christians confirms that there is a fierce battle in this universe between God and Satan, and particularly when we want to pray there are so many things and people and situations that rise up to not let us pray. As lovers of Christ we want to pray, we desire to pray, and […]
Persevering in Prayer – We Choose to Stand on God’s Side and Pray Persistently!
February 4, 2013 by 16 Comments
![Persevering in Prayer - We Choose to Stand on God's Side and Pray Persistently! [Picture: Col. 4:2, Persevere in Prayer, Watching in It with Thanksgiving]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/col4-2-persevere-in-prayer-with-thanksgiving.jpg?fit=300%2C187&ssl=1)
Prayer is a very important matter in our Christian life and in God’s economy. Without prayer and without persevering in prayer the truths in the Bible are merely doctrines we know in our mind, not our spiritual constitution and reality. Watchman Nee encourages us to not only hear the truth but pray the Word and […]
Seeing the Urgency of Growth in Life Unto Maturity for God to Gain His Army
February 1, 2013 by 7 Comments
![Seeing the Urgency of Growth in Life Unto Maturity for God to Gain His Army [In the Picture: The more we pray at the incense altar, the more we will prealize that the need for maturity is desperate, adn the greater will be the urgency to pray for the growth in life unto maturity.]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pray-incense-altar-we-need-maturity.jpg?fit=300%2C197&ssl=1)
I am still pondering over Exodus 30, where God gives precise instructions on how to make the incense golden altar, and then immediately after that there’s the numbering of the people of Israel. This shows that the intercessory prayer at the incense altar issues in the numbering of God’s people that they would form an army to […]
Praying at the Incense Altar for the Formation of an Army to Fight for God’s Move
January 31, 2013 by 9 Comments
![Praying at the Incense Altar for the Formation of an Army to Fight for God's Move [in the picture: God's people need to pray for the formation of an army to fight for God's move on earth to accomplish His purpose.]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/god-needs-men-pray-formation-his-army.jpg?fit=300%2C197&ssl=1)
God has a purpose and a move on the earth, and for Him to accomplish His purpose He needs His people to pray one with Him. In the Old Testament God moved with the tabernacle in the midst of His people, and the purpose of our journey into God to enjoy all that He has […]
Cooperating with Christ in His Ministry of Intercession by Praying at the Incense Altar
January 30, 2013 by 16 Comments
![Cooperating with Christ in His Ministry of Intercession by Praying at the Incense Altar [In the picture: Prayer is the way to enter into the Holy of Holies and come forward to the throne of grace so that we can receive mercy and find grace to meet our timely need. ]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/prayer-enter-into-holy-of-holies-help-timely-need.jpg?fit=300%2C186&ssl=1)
We today as the many members of the Body of Christ have the privilege and the responsibility to be one with Our interceding Head, joining into His interceding ministry by praying at the incense altar for what is in God’s heart. When Christ was on the earth, the disciples were usually falling asleep as He […]
