![]() ![]() There have been many times in my life when this part of my conversation with God takes the form of a sobbing heap on the floor. NOTE – Music may be instrumental in transporting you into this level of communion with God. ![]() It’s about worship and love and not for what He can do for you, but because of who He is. ![]() Communion prayer can take you so deep into His presence that you can’t even speak. This is where it gets deep, personal, and intimate. I’ve started talking to God the way I’d talk to my friend.Ĭommunion prayer. Remember, this is a relationship and to go deeper we have to get personal. We’re grown-ups and can have big girl talks with God. This type of prayer often moves into intercessory prayer, in which we bring up the needs of others to God.ĭon’t mistake petitioning God for a laundry list of “God bless So and So”. We feel certain needs, concerns or worries and tell Him what’s on our hearts and minds. This is where we talk to God about the things that concern us. So we spend time confessing and asking Him to forgive us until we feel cleansed. As we get closer to God, we become more aware of the things that have grieved Him in our thoughts, attitudes, and actions. That’s a true story that I’ll tell you another day but today I’ll simply say I’m so thankful for God’s Grace. □īut seriously, this is when we experienced conviction. Obviously this is when we say “ sorry for almost cussing out that salesman and then having to get up a few days later and lead worship”. Prayers are no different and there are few types that create a deeper relationship with God. But like all relationships, we have many kinds of conversations. And like any relationship, we’ll never become intimately acquainted if we don’t talk. Prayer is simply a conversation with God. This is how we will be consistently full of The Spirit. And Paul said to be continually filled with the Spirit. But we know that the world and its temptations are constantly worming their way into the recesses of our minds. Yes, when we accept Christ as our personal savior His spirit moves in. Ask Him to expose and drive out any darkness in your life. Ask for ItĪsk God to fill you and saturate every area of your life. Create regular time to focus on Him and after a while, you’ll be full to overflowing in His presence. If you are going to become saturated in the Holy Spirit, you have to spend time with Him. When you drop it in, it takes a little time for the sponge to become fully saturated. Think of yourself like a sponge placed in a bucket of water. So how do we get there? How do we break through our personal barriers to being so full of the Holy Spirit that we become carriers of God’s glory? Here are some important keys to help us get us closer: T. Time constraints, distractions, or even ignorance can become hindrances that keep us from a deeper relationship with God and being fully saturated in God’s glory. I imagine it to be like standing under a waterfall where all else fades away and you’re drenched in the magnitude of God’s glory. A place where I’m so full of the presence of God, there’s no room for those thoughts. “I imagine it (an overflow of God’s Spirit) to be like standing under a waterfall where all else fades away and you’re drenched in the magnitude of God’s glory.”īut as the song Living in the Overflow has been on repeat here this week, I have a yearning to find that place of the overflow of God’s love and grace. If you saw my Instagram post on Friday, you know that despite my calling to inspire and encourage otherwise, last week I was hard-pressed to judge myself through the eyes of God instead of my own critical gaze. You might like to refresh your memory – Imagine If You Could See Yourself the Way God Sees You? Get Ready to Dance… It’s More than a Song ![]() But honestly, staying close to that “shower of blessing” and grace is easily hindered by our circumstances, mood, or even what we talked about a couple of weeks ago, what we see in the mirror. I like to think of it as living so close to heaven I can feel the overflow of glory on me. God doesn’t want to give you just enough anointing and presence so you can experience a personal breakthrough. However, on a spiritual level, there’s a place in God where we can live out of the overflow of the Spirit. And scripture does talk about abundance in wealth, food, and necessity. Many only see an overflow or abundance in a physical or monetary sense even in the Christian realm. May every one of you overflow with the grace and favor of our LORD Jesus Christ.- Philippians 4:23 (The Passion Translation) Abundance is More than Wealth And while it was the upbeat gospel vibe that initially drew me in, the lyrics got me to pondering what it really means to live in the overflow. ( I’ve included it below.) Being a singer for most of my life, music has a profound effect on me. I heard a song this week called Living in the Overflow and it went straight to my heart. ![]()
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