Pressing in

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Pressing in
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At our womens and mens retreats we have studied
about contemplative prayer hearing God in His
Word

• Psa 119105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And
  a light to my path.
• (Psa 14310) Teach me to do Your will, For You
  are my God Let Your good Spirit lead me on level
  ground.
• (Luk 1212) for the Holy Spirit will teach you
  in that very hour what you ought to say."
• (Joh 1426) "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
  whom the Father will send in My name, He will
  teach you all things, and bring to your
  remembrance all that I said to you.

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Pressing In Step One

• First thing every morning we need to enter the
  throne room and Address our King!
• Psa 51 For the choir director for flute
  accompaniment. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my
  words, O LORD, Consider my groaning.
• Psa 52 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my
  King and my God, For to You I pray.
• Psa 53 In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my
  voice In the morning I will order my prayer to
  You and eagerly watch.

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• Jas 48 Draw near to God and He will draw near
  to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners and
  purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Hands actions
• Hearts inner thoughts emotions

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God will lead you and speak to you!

• Psa 57 But as for me, by Your abundant
  lovingkindness I will enter Your house, At Your
  holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.
• Psa 58 O LORD, lead me in Your righteousness
  because of my foes Make Your way straight before
  me.
• Psa 511 But let all who take refuge in You be
  glad, Let them ever sing for joy And may You
  shelter them, That those who love Your name may
  exult in You.
• Psa 512 For it is You who blesses the righteous
  man, O LORD, You surround him with favor as with
  a shield.

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We have access!

• Heb 414 Therefore, since we have a great high
  priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus
  the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
• Heb 415 For we do not have a high priest who
  cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One
  who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet
  without sin.
• Heb 416 Therefore let us draw near with
  confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may
  receive mercy and find grace to help in time of
  need.

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• Heb 1019 Therefore, brethren, since we have
  confidence to enter the holy place by the blood
  of Jesus,
• Heb 1020 by a new and living way which He
  inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His
  flesh,
• Heb 1021 and since we have a great priest over
  the house of God,
• Heb 1022 let us draw near with a sincere heart
  in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
  sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our
  bodies washed with pure water.

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• Eph 218 for through Him we both have our access
  in one Spirit to the Father.
• Eph 219 So then you are no longer strangers and
  aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the
  saints, and are of God's household,

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Enter in with confidence and praise!

• Psa 1002 Serve the LORD with gladness Come
  before Him with joyful singing.
• Psa 1003 Know that the LORD Himself is God It
  is He who has made us, and not we ourselves We
  are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
• Psa 1004 Enter His gates with thanksgiving And
  His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless
  His name.
• Psa 1005 For the LORD is good His
  lovingkindness is everlasting And His
  faithfulness to all generations.

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In His presence - Step 2

• How do you respond when you enter into the very
  presence of God?

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Let Him purify your heart and mind!

• Psa 5110 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And
  renew a steadfast spirit within me.
• Psa 5111 Do not cast me away from Your presence
  And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
• Psa 5112 Restore to me the joy of Your
  salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

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Isaiah 61-8

• Two types of prayer
• 1. Entering the very presence of God
• 2. Continual prayer through out your day

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In His Presence

• Worship Him!
• Praise Him!
• Ask Him to cleanse you
• Lay down your burdens, cares, and requests
• Ask Him to speak to you to direct your path for
  that day!He may give you a Scripture to read or
  actually speak to you!

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It may be convicting

• Psa 13923 Search me, O God, and know my heart
  Try me and know my anxious thoughts
• Psa 13924 And see if there be any hurtful way
  in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

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Thank Jesus for giving you access to the Throne!

• Then ask the Lord to direct you to a passage to
  read.
• Be silent before the Lord and let Him speak!
• You may want to simply write down every passage
  that comes to mind. Or any word or instruction
  He gives you.
• Then, open up His love letter to you and see what
  He has for you that day

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Step 3 Read the Word

• Before I part the pages of the Book

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Read the text and ask for God to show you what it
means!

• 2Pe 120 But know this first of all, that no
  prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own
  interpretation,
• 2Pe 121 for no prophecy was ever made by an act
  of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit
  spoke from God.

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Col. 19-12

• God will give you wisdom and direction
• He will show you His will
• He will strengthen you to please Him in all
  aspects of your life!
• You will get to know God

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• Psa 119103 How sweet are Your words to my
  taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Psa 119104 From Your precepts I get
  understanding Therefore I hate every false way.
• Psa 119105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And
  a light to my path.

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Step 4 Meditate on His Message

• Jos 18 "This book of the law shall not depart
  from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day
  and night, so that you may be careful to do
  according to all that is written in it for then
  you will make your way prosperous, and then you
  will have success.
• Psa 11927 Make me understand the way of Your
  precepts, So I will meditate on Your wonders.
• Psa 11928 My soul weeps because of grief
  Strengthen me according to Your word.

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Go and Share it!

• Eph 38 To me, the very least of all saints,
  this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles
  the unfathomable riches of Christ,
• Eph 39 and to bring to light what is the
  administration of the mystery which for ages has
  been hidden in God who created all things
• Eph 310 so that the manifold wisdom of God
  might now be made known through the church to the
  rulers and the authorities in the heavenly
  places.
• Eph 311 This was in accordance with the eternal
  purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our
  Lord,
• Eph 312 in whom we have boldness and confident
  access through faith in Him.