Re: POWER of PRAYER- No Matter Which Faith You Follow=GOD is With You
Dwelling in Us
When God's glory manifests, it reveals his purity, his holiness, and his distinction from us. Even the celestial beings in his presence see him as separate and full of majesty. Right now multitudes of angels are in God's presence, and they never stop praising him day and night. Their nonstop song is: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" (Revelation 5:12, ESV).
The effect of God's holy nature is that he invokes our praise at all times and in all things. Amazingly, this holy God tells us, "The world won't see me but you will."
The Jewish leaders knew the separateness of God but they couldn't see his tenderness. They were outraged when Jesus called God his Father. They saw it as blasphemy and wanted to kill him for it. Yet Jesus took this audacious teaching a step further when he told the disciples, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him" (John 14:23).
Picture yourself as one of the disciples in the Upper Room when Jesus said this. You were taught the same as your elders, that no one could see God and live. You knew that righteous Moses was able to behold only a small part of God and survive it. So when you heard Jesus's teaching, you would have thought there's no way God can make his home in me. He's too holy, too awesome, too other. It can't be! Yet Jesus has entrusted to us these two incredible truths: God is indeed holy and pure, and he seeks to dwell in his creation.
Think about what Jesus taught his fledgling church that night. He began by saying he would leave to prepare a home for us, and he ended by saying he would make his home in us. This is the paradoxical beauty of our God, holy and pure, yet intimate and caring. He is above us and with us. He gives us peace that we could never find on our own. That is a God worthy of our confidence and praise in and through all things!
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I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4
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