21 Days of Prayer - Day #5 Focus - The Persons of Prayer
When we pray, we are talking to a person. There is a person behind that.
We are having a conversation with a person. Each of those people (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) we relate to these in a different way. All three have a different role.
2 Corinthians 13:14 (NIV) 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
The Grace of Jesus
The order is important. It starts with Jesus. He’s the one who made the way. He’s the mediator.
Jesus is the mediator, the advocate of our prayers. When we pray, Jesus hears those prayers and assists them in delivering them to the Father.
Hebrews 4:15-16 (NIV)
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Jesus knows what we experience. He knows and understands. There’s nothing you will bring to Jesus that He does not understand. So we always begin with the cross.
So we can come with boldness and thank Jesus for what He has done.
The Love of the Father
You won’t ever have a message to give to the Father unless you believe your Father is FOR you.
Some people have a distorted view of the Father because of experiences here on earth. But our Heavenly Father is a Good Father. He loves us so much and He has given us the greatest gift in Jesus. He wants to bless you. He wants to extend HIs favor.
Ephesians 3:14 (NIV) 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father.
Kneeling is a place of safety. We need to see God as being for us. He so loves us!
The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
Koinonia -a communion or closeness. He never leaves us. Paraklatis - He walks alongside us.
John 14:16-17 (NIV) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you.
He is there with us and helps us. If we pick up one end of the log he picks up the other.
So after we come into the presence of the Father and pray to Jesus to deliver our prayers before the Father, We have the Holy Spirit to walk along with us the rest of the day to do even greater things in our life.
Thank you Jesus for making a way.
Thank you Father for being for us and loving us. Because of this I know I can come close to you as a place of safety and that you lovingly protect me.
Holy Spirit I know you are with me. I want you every day to fill me and guide me to becoming more and more like Jesus.
Thank you Lord for your completeness. In Jesus’ name!
