-Matthew 7:7-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt I should stop and read these verses again. Out loud. The Lord stopped me and said, \u201cYou want to hear more from Me?\u201d You can\u2019t by what you\u2019re doing now. You\u2019re not asking, you\u2019re not seeking, and you\u2018re definitely not knocking. I was blown away. Want to know why you aren\u2019t hearing from God? This is it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOf course, I\u2019m a minister I pray all the time but my prayer time has become a bit scattered recently. That means I haven\u2019t been talking to the Father as much therefore not asking Him for anything as I\u2019ve not been with Him as much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My daily prayer routine recently has not been so ‘daily’ or at least the quality has not been there. The cares of this world distract. Instead of making a unalterable commitment to fellowship with the Father each day, an early morning phone call, a late night before requiring more sleep, a quick trip to the gym and various other things were taking me away from seeking Him. As I wasn\u2019t seeking Him as much, I wasn\u2019t finding Him. Frankly, I was making more unnecessary mistakes in day to day life that a Sprit-filled Christian need not make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what about that \u2018knocking\u2019 from Mathew 7:7? The thing about someone knocking on your door is that you know that they want something. They are initiating a talk with you. I changed my prayer time from my home study room to our church building. I am now at our church building every morning because I decided I WILL SERVE THE LORD. By getting to our House Of Worship every morning, I have decided no matter what happens I will be prioritizing my relationship with the Lord over human relationships, phone calls, staying up late, going to the gym or doing some other work out. All that stuff can wait because that doesn\u2019t build my inner man. It doesn’t help when trouble comes or decisions have to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But knocking on the door of Heaven and putting myself into God\u2019s presence every morning will give me the wisdom for beating spiritual attack, making great financial decisions, and most importantly it will put me in the position to hear God\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you hearing from God each day? It could be for the same reasons as this pastor. It\u2019s time to SEEK Him, ASK Him, and knock on that door of getting into His presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Much love, Pastor Spencer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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