PRAYER IS PERFECT & COMPLETE ONENESS WITH GOD

Prayer is asking in His (Jesus) Name

John 16:26 ~ “At that day you shall ask in My name.”

“At that day”

     –   The day the Spirit of God comes to dwell within us and makes us One with   

          God.

-      The day we become so intimate with God that Jesus’ life of prayer is our life of prayer 

“in My name”

-      This is an expression of intimacy; it is not a password!

-      Because we are identified with Jesus in His death and resurrection

-      Because we are born again in His Spirit

Prayer between a Child of God and The Father

Luke 2:49 ~ Jesus said:  “Did you not know that I must be in My Father’s House?”

“in My Father’s House”

-       A Child of God must be living in The Father’s House

-      Relate to the natural child

NATURAL CHILD                                CHILD OF GOD

House/Home                                         Temple/Church ~ houses God’s Spirit

A house is not a home without                They are only buildings without God’s

   a family!                                                Presence!

   Parents-Siblings-Grandparents          Temple was God’s Presence in the OT

   Aunts-Uncles-Cousins                        The Church in NT-The Body of Christ

Role of Family ~ to teach and help             Today it is a building & a body with

   child to grow up; to know one                   the Presence of Spirit of God

   another.                                            Parents of Child of God:

                                                                 God’s Word & The Holy Spirit

                                                           Family of God: All Children of God
                                                           Role of Family-to know God intimately
                                                                -to learn how to be Children of God
                                                                -to know and do His purpose

Prayer is to honor God

Luke 1:35 ~ “That holy one which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God.”

“the holy one”

    – The Son of God born of flesh

“born of you”

    -To be born again is bearing in our body the Son of God!

    - He is in us, for us to make Him known by praise and honor; glorifying Him

        by demonstrating His Presence ~ “being about my Father’s business.”  

    - He is with me!  But, am I with Him?

His Purpose in us:  To finish His work.  He came to redeem the world from sin! 

We are to tell the world He has done it…and tell it until He comes back!

Prayer ~ Knowing God Hears

John 11:41 ~ “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.”

“Father”

    It is an expression of relationship – not a password!  God must be our Father by being born into His Family by His Spirit to those who believe and receive Him!

“thank You”

    Honoring and praising God for being Father.  (John 1:12)

“You have heard me”

    God always hears the prayers of His Son  (Jeremiah 33:3)

    If the Son of God is formed in us:

       -The Father will always hear our prayers, too.

       - Our prayers will be prayers Jesus would pray.

Are we praying in His Spirit (in His Name) to our Father?

A good child asking for good things that will glorify our Father and Lord.

Make it real in me, Lord ~

Your Holy innocence and simplicity and Oneness

with the Father being manifested in me. 

Help me to be a real Child of God, just like You

who delights in being in constant contact with The Father. 

Have Your way in me and complete me in Your Spirit.

Cleanse me from the defilement of distance from You.

May You be obvious for Your glory!