The LORD's Prayer

So, I started to read this book by Cleddie Keith called Praying The LORD's Prayer. I would definitely recommend that you read this book if you want to go deeper in your prayer life. I got a lot out of the introduction and forwards alone.


As I prayed the LORD's prayer this morning, it had new meaning to it. It wasn't just a repetitive prayer, but, I could make it a personal prayer. I found myself crying as the reality of this prayer that I have prayed for many years really sunk in. It is a prayer from the Son of God to the Father. Who knows the Father more than the Son? Jesus said to "pray this way," so, that is what I want to do. It isn't about "having" to do something, it's about "wanting" to do it. To say a prayer just because you are told to is not what the LORD longs for. To pray just to pray is a bunch of empty words. To pray with passion touches the Father's heart.


It's funny because sometimes I will be in a prayer meeting and I forget anyone else is there and they may all be soaking and I am interceding or they may all be interceding while I feel the urgency to just listen for God. Some people would say that is disunity. I don't believe that. The Father moves in people's lives in different ways and at different levels. One person may be at a level where God doesn't want them to say a single word and He just wants them to listen to Him, while another person may be drawn by God to intercede because He has already spoken to them and now it is time to speak out what God is giving them. I used to think that everyone had to be moving in the same way and if I saw that they weren't I automaticaly put a stamp of "confusion" or "disunity" on it. But, now I am learning that God can speak the same word to people in countless ways. One time I was weeping and crying as God began to reveal His heart as I interceded for my city and I opened my eyes and noticed that one person was not shedding a tear and they just sat there staring at the floor. I couldn't understand. But, I talked to them later and they had heard the voice of God speak to them and they had sat there so overcome that they couldn't move. Wow. So, just think about that today. Instead of becoming frustrated in a prayer meeting or worship service, rejoice that God is not limited to touch someone in "one way only." I find myself weeping in His presence at one moment and laughing with Him in the next ....