Join us in this enlightening episode with Adrian Rogers as he dissects the essential steps for practicing the presence of God in our day-to-day lives. Through a detailed analysis of the encounter between God and Moses, Rogers illustrates the profound significance of maintaining an intimate relationship with the Lord. From understanding the necessity of determination to the transformative power of adoration, learn how to rekindle your spiritual glow no matter where you are on your journey of faith.
Known for his unique ability to simplify profound truth so that it can be applied to everyday life, Adrian Rogers was one of the most effective preachers, respected Bible teachers, and Christian leaders of our time. Thanks for joining us for this message. Here’s Adrian Rogers.
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Would you be finding in God’s Word the book of Exodus chapter 33? AND WHEN YOU’VE FOUND IT, UH, LOOK UP HERE AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT WE’RE TALKING, UH, ABOUT HOW TO PRACTICE THE PRESENCE OF GOD. WHEN WE WORSHIP OUR LORD, WE’RE TO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, BUT WORSHIP IS NOT, UH, IN A PARTICULAR LOCAL. WORSHIP IS ANYWHERE THAT WE BREATHE THE NAME OF JESUS. WE ARE TEMPLES OF GOD. THE LORD LIVES IN US AND DWELLS IN US. BUT I’M AFRAID THAT MANY OF US ARE NOT CONSCIOUS OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. WE HAVE CERTAIN, UH, DUTIES THAT WE PERFORM. WE HAVE CERTAIN RITUALS THAT WE GO THROUGH. WE HAVE CERTAIN BELIEFS THAT WE ADHERE TO. BUT GOD IS NOT A BRIGHT, BURNING, LIVING REALITY IN OUR LIVES. NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT DON’T THINK THAT BECAUSE WE’RE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT THAT DOESN’T APPLY TO YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS CLEARLY AND PLAINLY CONCERNING THOSE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS THAT THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THEM, HAPPENED TO THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT BE EXAMPLES TO US. AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LESSON IN THE LIFE OF MOSES. MOSES HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. THE PRESENCE OF GOD WAS SO REAL IN MOSES’ LIFE THAT HIS FACE LITERALLY, NOT FIGURATIVELY, BUT LITERALLY SHONE. HE HAD SEEN GOD TO SUCH A DEGREE, OR AT LEAST HE HAD EXPERIENCED THE PRESENCE OF GOD TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT THE LIFE OF GOD WAS SO IN HIM THAT HIS FACE LITERALLY SHONE. TO THE DEGREE THAT HE HAD TO WEAR A VEIL OVER HIS FACE, UH, WHEN HE WOULD GO OUT INTO PUBLIC. AND HE WOULD TAKE THE VEIL OFF OF HIS FACE WHEN HE WOULD GO IN TO SPEAK FACE TO FACE WITH THE LORD. AND THE PEOPLE KNEW WHEN MOSES SPOKE THAT MOSES HAD A MESSAGE FROM GOD BECAUSE OF HIS SHINING FACE. NOW THE SAD THING IS THIS, THAT MOSES LOST THE GLOW. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THAT GLOW FADED, BUT MOSES CONTINUED TO WEAR THE VEIL. THIS TIME, NOT TO VEIL THE GLORY OF GOD, BUT NOW HE’S WEARING THE VEIL TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM KNOWING THAT THE GLORY OF GOD IS NO LONGER THERE. AND I’M JUST WONDERING IF WE DON’T HAVE SOME DEACONS LIKE THAT, SOME SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS LIKE THAT. SOME OF YOU IN THIS AUDITORIUM AND SOME WHO ARE LISTENING BY RADIO, THAT THERE WAS ONCE A TIME WHEN GOD WAS VERY REAL TO YOU AND YOU STILL GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT VEIL IT IS THAT YOU ARE WEARING, BUT YOU’RE STILL OUTWARDLY SAYING, YES, JESUS IS REAL AND PRECIOUS TO ME. BUT INWARDLY, YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE HIDING BEHIND SOME KIND OF A VEIL. WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME STEPS TO MAKE GOD REAL, TO GET THE GLOW BACK. WHAT TO DO WHEN THE GLOW IS GONE? NUMBER ONE, THERE MUST BE DETERMINATION. THERE MUST BE A DETERMINATION THAT YOU WILL HAVE GOD IN YOUR LIFE. LOOK IN CHAPTER 33, VERSES ONE THROUGH FOUR, AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, DEPART AND GO UP HENCE, THOU AND THE PEOPLE WHICH THOU HAST BROUGHT UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, UNTO THE LAND WHICH I SWEAR UNTO ABRAHAM, TO ISAAC, AND TO JACOB, SAYING, UNTO THY SEED WILL I GIVE IT.” GOD SAID, I MADE A PROMISE. I’M GOING TO KEEP MY PROMISE, MOSES. SO GET UP AND GO INTO THE LAND. AND THEN NOTICE VERSE TWO, AND I WILL SEND AN ANGEL BEFORE THEE, AND I WILL DRIVE OUT THE CANAANITE, THE AMORITE, THE HITTITE, THE PERIZITE, AND THE HIVITE, AND THE JEBUSITE, AND GO INTO A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.” NOW NOTICE THIS, AND I HAVE IT UNDERLINED IN MY BIBLE, “‘FOR I WILL NOT GO UP IN THE MIDST OF THEE, FOR THOU ART A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE, LEST I CONSUME THEE IN THE WAY.'” GOD SAYS, I HAVE PROMISED YOU THE LAND. YOU’RE GOING TO GET THE LAND. I’M GOING TO SEND AN ANGEL, A MIGHTY ANGEL TO GO BEFORE YOU. HE’S GOING TO DRIVE THESE CANAANITES OUT. BUT MOSES, I AM NOT GOING TO GO WITH YOU. I’LL GIVE YOU VICTORY. I’LL GIVE YOU SUCCESS. I’LL GIVE YOU THE LAND. BUT YOU WON’T HAVE MY PRESENCE.” NOW WHEN GOD SAID THAT TO MOSES, THE PEOPLE MOURNED, AND RIGHTLY THEY MOURNED, BECAUSE THEY HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO KNOW THAT WITHOUT GOD, WHAT GOOD IS THE REST OF IT? WHAT GOOD IS THE LAND WITHOUT THE LORD? WHAT GOOD IS THE VICTORY WITHOUT THE VICTOR? WHAT GOOD IS THE BLESSING WITHOUT THE BLESSER? WHAT GOOD IS THE GIFTS, OR THE GIFTS, WITHOUT THE GIVER? AND SO THE PEOPLE SAID, WE’RE NOT GOING TO SETTLE FOR AN ANGEL. MOSES IS SPEAKING TO THE LORD. VERSE 14, AND HE SAID, MY PRESENCE SHALL GO WITH THEE, AND I WILL GIVE THEE REST. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THY PRESENCE GO NOT WITH ME, CARRY US NOT UP HENCE. AND WHAT MOSES IS SAYING IS, LORD, I’M NOT GOING WITHOUT YOU. LORD, IF, IF YOU DON’T GO, I’M NOT GOING. YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF US WOULD HAVE SETTLED FOR, UH, WHAT GOD SAID TO, UH, MOSES. MANY OF US WOULD SAY, LORD, UH, YOU PROMISED ME ETERNAL LIFE, I’VE GOT ETERNAL LIFE. YOU PROMISED ME HEAVEN, HUH, I’VE GOT HEAVEN. YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WOULD SEE ME THROUGH, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ME THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR THE ANGEL, LORD. THANK YOU FOR HEAVEN, LORD. THANK YOU FOR ETERNAL SECURITY, LORD. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU’D SETTLE FOR. YOU WOULD SETTLE FOR THAT WITHOUT THE CONSCIOUS PRESENCE OF GOD. I WANT TO BEG YOU NOT TO DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT’S LIKE? THAT’S LIKE A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO REMAIN MARRIED, BUT SEPARATE, AND HE PROVIDES FOR HER. HE SAYS, ALL RIGHT, I’LL PAY YOUR RENT, I’LL BUY YOUR GROCERIES, I’LL CUT THE GRASS, BUT WE’RE NOT GONNA LIVE TOGETHER. FRIEND, DO YOU WANT THAT KIND OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? DO YOU WANT WHAT GOD WILL GIVE WITHOUT HAVING GOD HIMSELF? OR, ARE YOU SAYING, I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH SEPARATE MAINTENANCE? I WANT TO KNOW THE LORD INTIMATELY. SO THERE MUST BE, THERE MUST BE A DETERMINATION. NOW SECONDLY, THERE MUST BE PREPARATION. LET’S GO TO THE NEXT CHAPTER. MOSES SAYS, LORD, LISTEN, WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE SECOND BEST. HUH, WE DON’T WANT AN ANGEL. WE WANT YOU. AND SO NOW THE LORD IS READY TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT. SO LOOK, IF YOU WILL, IN, UH, CHAPTER 34, VERSES ONE AND TWO. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, HEW THEE TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE UNTO THE FIRST. AND I WILL WRITE UPON THESE TABLES THE WORDS THAT WERE IN THE FIRST TABLES WHICH THOU BREAKEST. AND BE READY IN THE MORNING, AND COME UP IN THE MORNING UNTO MOUNT SINAI, AND PRESENT THYSELF THERE TO ME IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNT.” NOW GOD HAD ALREADY GIVEN MOSES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ONE TIME. MOSES CAME DOWN AND FOUND THE PEOPLE DANCING AROUND A GOLDEN CATH. AND IN ANGER, MOSES BROKE THOSE TWO TABLETS OF STONE. GOD WAS READY TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE, I, MY PRESENCE IS NOT GOING TO GO WITH YOU. MOSES SAID, OH LORD, I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR PRESENCE. AND SO GOD SAYS, ALL RIGHT, MOSES, GET YOU TWO MORE TABLETS. AND GET READY AND COME UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, AND I AM GOING TO DEAL WITH YOU ONE MORE TIME.” NOW, IF YOU EXPECT THE PRESENCE OF GOD, YOU NEED TO DO WHAT MOSES DID AND WHAT GOD TOLD MOSES TO DO. LOOK AT IT IN VERSE TWO, BE READY IN THE MORNING. BE READY IN THE MORNING. DON’T CARELESSLY, CASUALLY, HAPHAZARDLY SEEK THE PRESENCE OF GOD. GOD DOES BUSINESS WITH THOSE THAT MEAN BUSINESS. DID YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF PREPARING YOUR HEART TO SEEK THE LORD? LET ME GIVE YOU TWO SCRIPTURES THAT YOU MIGHT JOT DOWN. THESE WERE VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME. ONE DEALS WITH A MAN NAMED REHABOAM. AND REHABOAM DID NOT HAVE THE PRESENCE OF GOD. AND HERE’S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT HIM IN SECOND CHRONICLES CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 14, AND HE DID EVIL. NOW WHY DID HE DO EVIL? WELL, LISTEN TO IT. AND HE DID EVIL BECAUSE HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD. NOW IS THAT NOT AN INTERESTING VERSE? HE DID EVIL, REHABOA. WHY? BECAUSE HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD. IT DOESN’T EVEN SAY THAT HE DID EVIL BECAUSE HE DIDN’T SEEK THE LORD. HE DID EVIL BECAUSE HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD. THERE MUST BE PREPARATION. YOU MUST BE READY. AH, LET ME GIVE YOU THE CONVERSE OF THAT NOW IN SECOND CHRONICLES CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE THREE. NOW THIS SPEAKS OF A MAN NAMED JEHOSHAPHAT, A GOOD MAN. AND IN SECOND CHRONICLES 19 VERSE THREE, GOD SAID TO JEHOSHAPHAT, NEVERTHELESS, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS FOUND IN THEE, IN THAT THOU HAST TAKEN AWAY THE GROVES OUT OF THE LAND, THAT IS, THE PLACES OF PAGAN WORSHIP, AND HAST PREPARED THINE HEART TO SEEK GOD. DO YOU SEE THE EMPHASIS THAT GOD MAKES UPON PREPARATION? YOU PREPARE YOURSELF, UH, TO SEEK THE LORD. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU, TOMORROW MORNING, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR QUIET TIME WITH GOD, THAT YOU’LL PREPARE YOUR HEART. that you’ll get away, that you’ll close the door, and we’re gonna say more about that later on, that you will get proper ventilation, that you will get a readable Bible, that you will get a notebook, that you will come with all of the distractions put away, and that you will say, God, I have but one business right now, and that is to prepare my heart to seek you. AGAIN, IT IS NOT A CASUAL, HAPHAZARD THING THAT WILL HELP YOU TO HAVE THE CONSCIOUS PRESENCE OF GOD. THERE MUST BE DETERMINATION. YOU MUST SAY, GOD, I WILL NOT TAKE YOUR BLESSINGS WITHOUT YOU. I DON’T WANT ANY ANGEL. I NEED YOU. DETERMINATION. NUMBER TWO, PREPARATION. BE READY IN THE MORNING. AND I PRAY GOD YOU WILL BE READY IN THE MORNING. NOW HERE’S THE THIRD THING. UH, DETERMINATION, PREPARATION. NUMBER THREE, ISOLATION. LOOK IN VERSE THREE, CHAPTER 34, VERSE THREE, AND NO MAN SHALL COME UP WITH THEE. THAT IS, MOSES IS JUST GOING TO BE YOU AND ME ALONE. NOW MOSES WAS THE PASTOR OF THREE MILLION BACKSLIDDEN PEOPLE. THEY WERE BOTHERING HIM, UH, THEY WERE COMPLAINING, THEY WERE CRITICIZING HIM. It reminded me of a pastor who said, I don’t mind being swallowed by a whale. I just hate to be nibbled to death by minnows. And that’s what was happening to Moses. And God says to Moses, now leave these people. Get alone with me. It’s very important because you understand that later on, Moses is going to intercede for those same people that he was getting away from. DID YOU KNOW THE BEST TIME I SPEND FOR YOU IS NOT WHEN I’M WITH YOU TALKING TO YOU ABOUT GOD, BUT WHEN I’M WITH GOD TALKING TO GOD ABOUT YOU? DID YOU KNOW THAT? DO YOU KNOW THE BEST TIME THAT YOU ARE FOR YOUR CHILDREN IS NOT NECESSARILY WHEN YOU’RE WITH YOUR CHILDREN, WHEN YOU’RE NOT WITH YOUR CHILDREN, TALKING TO GOD ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? AND THOSE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU NEED TO ISOLATE YOURSELF FROM AND GET ALONE WITH GOD. PASTORS NEED TO GET ALONE WITH GOD. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THE PASTOR’S NOT ALWAYS THERE AT THEIR BECKON CALL. I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, FOLKS. THE MAN OF GOD WHO’S ALWAYS AVAILABLE ISN’T WORTH A WHOLE LOT WHEN HE IS AVAILABLE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU NEED TO BE ALONE WITH GOD, AND NOT JUST PASTORS, PARENTS. NOT JUST PARENTS, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS. WHEREVER YOU ARE, IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A RESPONSIBILITY, YOU NEED TO GET ALONE WITH GOD. JESUS TAUGHT US THAT. WHAT DID JESUS SAY? WHEN YOU PRAY, WHAT? ENTER INTO YOUR CLOSET AND PRAY. NOW HE DIDN’T MEAN A CLOSED CLOSET. HE MEANT A CLOSED PLACE, A PLACE WHERE YOU SHUT THE DOORS AND OPEN THE WINDOW TO HEAVEN. GET ALONE WITH GOD. IF YOU’LL STUDY THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED AND HAD THEREFORE BEEN A BLESSING, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MET GOD IN A PLACE OF ISOLATION. ABRAHAM WAS ALONE WHEN THE LORD, UH, SPOKE TO ABRAHAM AND GAVE HIM THAT GREAT COVENANT. DANIEL WAS ALONE WHEN GOD SPOKE TO HIM AND GAVE HIM A PROPHECY. UH, UH, PAUL WAS ALONE IN ARABIA WHERE GOD GAVE HIM THE EPISTLES, THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE WROTE DOWN FOR US IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS. PETER WAS ALONE ON A ROOFTOP. WHEN HE HAD A VISION AND GOD SPOKE TO SIMON PETER UP THERE ABOUT CORNELIUS AND OPENING THE DOOR TO THE GENTILES. JOHN WAS ALONE ON THE ISLE OF PATNESS ON THE LORD’S DAY WHEN GOD GAVE HIM THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION. MOSES WAS ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS WHEN GOD GAVE HIM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. AND THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF ALL, THE LORD JESUS IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY, FRUITFUL MINISTRY, WHERE MIRACLES WERE BEING DONE, WITHDREW HIMSELF TO THE WILDERNESS TO PRAY. DETERMINATION, IT MUST BE THERE. FRIEND, PREPARATION, IT MUST BE THERE. ISOLATION, IT MUST BE THERE. WHEN YOU PRAY, ENTER INTO YOUR CLOSET AND PRAY. NOW HERE’S THE NEXT THING IF YOU WANT THAT CONSCIOUS PRESENCE OF GOD, AND THAT IS EXPECTATION. NOTICE NOW BEGINNING IN VERSE FOUR, AND HE, THAT IS MOSES, HEWED TWO TABLES OF STONE, LIKE UNTO THE FIRST. NOW WHY DID HE HEW TWO TABLES OF STONE? WELL, HE EXPECTED GOD TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO PUT ON THEM. AND MOSES ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND WENT UP INTO MOUNT SINAI, AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM. AND HE TOOK IN HIS HAND THE TWO TABLES OF STONE. AND THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD, AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE, AND PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM, AND PROCLAIMED THE LORD, THE LORD GOD. MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, LONG-SUFFERING AND ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH, KEEPING MERCY FOR THOUSANDS, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND SIN, AND WILL BY NO MEANS CLEAR THE GUILTY, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN AND UPON THE CHILDREN’S CHILDREN, UNTO THE THIRD AND TO THE FOURTH GENERATION.” NOW MOSES WENT UP THERE TO FIND OUT SOMETHING FROM GOD, AND HE GOT A REVELATION. GOD SPOKE TO MOSES, AND GOD SAID, NOW MOSES, I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING. I WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE IT DOWN. TAKE WITH YOU TWO BLANK TABLETS. I WONDER, WHEN YOU HAVE A QUIET TIME, ARE YOU EXPECTING GOD TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING? I MEAN, WHEN YOU OPEN THE WORD OF GOD, DO YOU EXPECT TO LEARN? I HAVE TWO KINDS OF PINS. I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT I HAVE THIS ONE THAT I PULL OUT IF I’M WITH YOU, BUT I HAVE THIS ONE THAT I PULL OUT WHEN I’M BY MYSELF. THIS IS A FLARE, JUST AN OLD FELT-TIPPED PIN. IT CAN BE ANY KIND, BUT THIS KIND I LIKE TO CHEW ON BECAUSE I MEDITATE BY CHEWING ON THIS THING. I’M GLAD I DON’T SMOKE CIGARS, BUT THAT’S THE CLOSEST THING I GET TO IT. I WOULD HARDLY EVER THINK TO OPEN MY BIBLE TO READ WITHOUT TAKING THIS OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND A YELLOW LEGAL PAD TO READ THE BIBLE BECAUSE I EXPECT TO GET SOMETHING WHEN I READ THE BIBLE. AND FOLKS, IT’S EASY FOR ME TO FORGET WHAT I GET. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE WEAKEST INK IS BETTER THAN THE BEST MEMORY. YOU WILL THINK YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IT, BUT YOU WILL FORGET IT. AND IF YOU COME TO GOD AND YOU EXPECT GOD TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING, BE READY TO WRITE IT DOWN. AND YOU’LL BE SURPRISED HOW IT WILL CLARIFY YOUR MIND WHEN YOU WRITE IT OUT. WRITING HELPS YOU TO THINK CLEARLY AND TO PUT THINGS DOWN COGENTLY. IT WRITES IT NOT ONLY UPON THE PAPER, IT WRITES IT UPON YOUR HEART. IT HELPS YOU TO ORGANIZE THESE THINGS. YOU SEE, IF YOU’RE EXPECTING GOD TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING, GET READY FOR GOD TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING. SOMEBODY SAID, WHEN YOU GO TO A PRAYER MEETING TO PRAY FOR RAIN, YOU OUGHT TO BRING AN UMBRELLA. ISN’T THAT RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE A QUIET TIME, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE A NOTEBOOK. NOW I’VE GIVEN YOU A LITTLE FORMULA BEFORE TO CAUSE THE BIBLE JUST SIMPLY TO BURST A FLAME IN YOUR HAND, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE? THIS IS SO INDESCRIBABLY SIMPLE, I HATE TO GIVE IT TO YOU, AND YET IT IS PROFOUNDLY WONDERFUL AND IT’S BLESSED ME THROUGH MANY, MANY YEARS. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE? JUST OPEN THE BIBLE, READ IT THROUGH, ALL RIGHT? NOW JOT THIS DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER. READ IT THROUGH. READ IT THROUGH. NUMBER TWO, THINK IT OUT. WHY WOULD THE LORD RENEW YOUR MIND, ROMANS 12, 1 AND 2, IF HE DIDN’T EXPECT YOU TO USE IT? SO READ IT THROUGH, THINK IT OUT, THEN PRAY IT IN. TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE FINEST WAYS TO LEARN THE SCRIPTURE IS TO PRAY THE SCRIPTURES. WHEN GOD TELLS YOU SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE OR SHOWS YOU SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE, TELL HIM ABOUT IT. ASK HIM ABOUT IT. THANK HIM FOR IT. READ IT THROUGH. THINK IT OUT. PRAY IT IN. WRITE IT DOWN. WRITE IT DOWN. BEING ABLE TO TAKE IT JUST VERSE BY VERSE AND JUST WRITE DOWN THE THOUGHTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME. THEN NEXT, LIVE IT OUT. THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT REALLY BECOMES REAL TO YOU. WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING IN THE WORD OF GOD, THESE PROMISES AND THESE TRUTHS ARE NOT MUSEUM PIECES TO HANG ON THE WALL, THEY’RE CHECKS TO CARRY TO THE BANK. LIVE IT OUT, TAKE IT, TAKE THESE PROMISES OF GOD, TAKE THESE PRECEPTS, TAKE THESE WARNINGS AND PUT THEM IN YOUR LIFE. SAY, I WILL LIVE BY THAT TODAY. AND THEN LAST OF ALL, PASS IT ON. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MEET FOLKS DAY BY DAY, WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING, A LITTLE NUGGET FROM THE WORD TO SHARE WITH THEM. WE OUGHT TO HAVE A LITTLE VERSE, A LITTLE TRUTH, SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. AND WHEN WE GIVE IT AWAY, UH, IT COMES BACK TO US. THAT’S THE SECRET OF REMEMBERING ANYTHING. THAT’S THE REASON WHY PASTORS ARE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN I PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO YOU, IT, IT DOES PROBABLY MORE GOOD FOR ME THAN IT DOES FOR YOU. And it’s not that I’m just up here telling you what to do. Every time I point that finger out, three are pointing back at me. And this is God’s Word to me. And as I share it with you, it becomes so real in my heart. Well, we can do the same thing day by day with our friends as we share the Word of God. So when you have this quiet time, you get alone, you have this determination, you have this preparation, you have this isolation, have this expectation that God is going to speak to you. HEW YOU TWO TABLETS OF STONE. WELL, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DO THAT, GO DOWN TO WALGREENS AND GET A NOTEBOOK. AND BE PREPARED FOR GOD TO SPEAK TO YOU. NOW, HERE’S THE NEXT THING. AFTER THAT EXPECTATION, THERE COMES THAT ADORATION. YOU SEE, GOD SPOKE TO MOSES. GOD GAVE MOSES ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE, CONCISE REVELATIONS OF HIS NATURE AND CHARACTER. YOU SAY, WELL, I ALREADY KNEW THAT. DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU KNEW IT? BECAUSE GOD GAVE IT TO MOSES. AND MOSES RECORDED IT. YOU DIDN’T THINK IT UP. I MEAN, THIS IS HEAVY DUTY STUFF. BUT NOW, WHEN MOSES HAS THIS REVELATION, WHAT DOES HE DO? LOOK IN VERSE EIGHT, AND MOSES MADE HAIST, AND BOWED HIS HEAD TOWARD THE EARTH, AND WORSHIPED. ADORATION. NOW, ON THE BASIS OF TRUTH, HE WORSHIPS. WE WORSHIP GOD HOW? IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. Real worship is intelligent worship based on the revealed Word of God. Are you ready to receive the Word of God? You know, James says we’re to receive the Word with meekness. And that means we’re to humble ourselves and welcome the Word of God. The reason that many of us don’t receive more from the Bible than we do is the Bible says, Jesus said that God has hidden these things from the wise and the prudent. He’s revealed them unto babes. If you come to the Bible as a know-it-all, you’re not going to get much. YOU JUST HAVE TO RECEIVE TRUTH WITH A HUMBLE HEART AS YOU ADORE AND WORSHIP THE LORD. NOW NEXT, LISTEN TO THIS. AFTER HE COMES AND GETS THIS, UH, REVELATION, AND HE HAS THIS ADORATION. THEN THERE COMES THIS INTERCESSION. NOTICE IN VERSE NINE, NOW HE’S READY TO PRAY FOR OTHERS. AND, UH, HE SAYS IN VERSE NINE, AND HE SAID, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, O LORD, LET MY LORD, I PRAY THEE, GO AMONG US. FOR IT IS A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE. WHEN HE SAYS, LET MY LORD GO AMONG US, HE’S SAYING, LORD, I WANT YOUR PRESENCE. FOR IT IS A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE, AND PARDON OUR INIQUITY AND OUR SIN, AND TAKE US FOR THINE INHERITANCE.” WHAT’S HE DOING? THIS IS CALLED INTERCESSION. HE’S PRAYING FOR OTHERS. BUT YOU SEE, HIS INTERCESSION IS BASED ON REVELATION AND ADORATION. I MEAN, HE COMES WITH EXPECTATION, HE GETS A REVELATION, HE GIVES AN ADORATION, AND THEN HE GIVES AN INTERCESSION. HE BEGINS TO PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE. NOW MANY TIMES WE PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND WE REALLY DON’T KNOW HOW TO PRAY BECAUSE WE DON’T PRAY ON THE, UH, BASIS OF TRUTH. BUT NOTICE WHAT ENGENDERED HIM TO PRAY THIS WAY. LOOK IN VERSE SIX, AND THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM AND PROCLAIMED, THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, LONG-SUFFERING, AND ABUNDANT IN MERCY AND GOODNESS AND TRUTH, KEEPING MERCY FOR THOUSANDS, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND SIN.” HE SAID, OKAY, I’VE GOT IT NOW. HA, HA, HA. I KNOW WHAT KIND OF GOD YOU ARE. AND NOW, LORD, THESE FOLKS ARE IN A MESS. AND, OH, GOD, THEY NEED YOU. AND NOW HE BEGINS TO PLEAD FOR THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM AND INTERCEDE FOR THEM. LET ME JUST STOP HERE AND SAY FOR A MOMENT, WHO SHOULD YOU INTERCEDE FOR? WELL, DON’T TRY TO INTERCEDE FOR EVERYBODY. IF YOU TRY TO INTERCEDE FOR EVERYBODY, YOU’LL END UP INTERCEDING FOR NOBODY. IT’LL BECOME SUCH AN HONOROUS TASK. IT’LL BECOME SO BIG THAT YOU JUST SAY, WELL, I’M FRUSTRATED. I DON’T KNOW WHO TO PRAY FOR OR WHAT TO PRAY FOR. GOD WILL GIVE YOU AN ASSIGNMENT IN PRAYER IF YOU’RE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT. GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU. MOSES SAID, LORD, FORGIVE THIS PEOPLE. HE DIDN’T PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ON EARTH. HE HAD THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE AROUND HIM. THESE WERE HIS RESPONSIBILITY. YOUR CHILDREN ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. MY CHILDREN ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY. UH, YOU REMEMBER THAT, A PARABLE THAT JESUS GAVE ABOUT THE MAN WHO WANTED SOME BREAD. AND HE WOKE UP HIS NEIGHBOR AND HE SAID, A FRIEND IS COME TO ME IN HIS JOURNEY. I HAVE NOTHING TO SET BEFORE HIM. AND WHAT OUR LORD WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE WAS INTERCESSION. AND HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL BREAD IN THE MEANING OF THE PARABLE, BUT I NEED TRUTH FOR THIS MAN. I NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE SAYS, HOW MUCH MORE SHALL GOD GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM THAT ASK HIM? THAT’S THE PURPOSE OF THAT PARABLE. AND WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU IS THIS, THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE SPIRIT, WHEN GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU, GOD WILL LAY UPON YOUR HEART AND NOBODY ELSE CAN DO THIS, BUT GOD’LL DO THIS. AND SOMETIMES I SAY THIS AND I, I FEEL FUNNY WHEN I SAY IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SOMETIMES GLIBLY SAY TO ME, SOMETIMES PERFECT STRANGERS, I’LL BE PREACHING SOMETIMES, STANDING DOWN AT THE FRONT, MAYBE IN A BIBLE CONFERENCE AND SHAKING HANDS AND SOMEBODY’LL COME BY AND SAY, I’M SO AND SO AND SO AND SO, PUT ME ON YOUR PRAYER LIST. I DON’T SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT I SAY, FAT CHANCE. YOU SAY, OH BOY, YOU’RE SO UNSPIRITUAL. NO, I’M NOT. I MEAN, IF I WERE TO PUT EVERYBODY ON MY PRAYER LIST THAT GLIBLY ASKS ME TO, TO GET ON THE PRAYER LIST, I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PRAY FOR THOSE ASSIGNMENTS THAT GOD GIVES ME TO PRAY. NOW GENERALLY IF A MAN SAYS, PUT ME ON YOUR PRAYER LIST, I’LL SAY, HEY, LET’S JUST PRAY RIGHT NOW. JUST STOP RIGHT NOW AND I’LL PRAY FOR HIM. NOT THAT I’M AGAINST PRAYER. BUT FOLKS, I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. IF YOU’RE ON ANYBODY’S PRAYER LIST, YOU’RE BLESSED. DID YOU KNOW THAT? DID YOU KNOW THAT? THERE ARE TIMES PEOPLE MEET ME AND THEY SAY TO ME, AND I KNOW THEY MEAN IT, PASTOR, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES RIGHT NOW THINKING ABOUT IT. I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. LISTEN, THERE ARE ABOUT SIX BILLION PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH. IF SOMEBODY IS PRAYING FOR YOU REGULARLY, YOU’RE BLESSED. YOU ARE BLESSED. AND GOD GIVES US ASSIGNMENTS, PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT WE’RE TO PRAY FOR. THESE WERE MOSES’ PEOPLE. HE WAS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, AND NOW HE IS HAVING THAT TIME WHERE HE INTERCEDES FOR THEM. BUT IT’S NOT FINISHED YET. YOU WANT THE PRESENCE OF GOD? MOSES SAID, I’M NOT GOING INTO CANAN WITHOUT IT. ADORATION, INTERCESSION, AND THEN LOOK IN VERSES 10 AND 11, OBSERVATION. LOOK IF YOU WILL NOW, AND HE SAID, BEHOLD, I MAKE A COVENANT BEFORE ALL THY PEOPLE, I WILL DO MARVELS, SUCH AS I’VE NOT DONE IN ALL THE EARTH, NOR FOR ANY NATION. AND ALL THE PEOPLE AMONG WHICH THOU ART SHALL SEE THE WORK OF THE LORD, FOR IT IS A TERRIBLE THING THAT I WILL DO WITH THEE.” NOW WHEN HE SAYS A TERRIBLE THING, WHAT HE MEANS IS IT IS GOING TO BE TERRIFYING TO THOSE AROUND ABOUT YOU WHEN THEY SEE THE MIGHTY HAND THAT I HAVE FOR YOU AND THE POWER OVER YOU. AND THEN LOOK IN VERSE 11, OBSERVE THOU THAT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY.” NOW WHEN HE SAYS OBSERVE, HE DOESN’T MEAN TO LOOK, HE MEANS TO OBEY. OBSERVATION HERE MEANS TO OBEY, UH, TO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. NOTICE, OBSERVE THOU THAT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY. BEHOLD, I WILL DRIVE OUT BEFORE THEE THE AMORITE, AND THE CANAANITE, AND THE HITTITE, AND THE PERIZITE, AND THE HIVITE, AND THE JEBUISITE, YOU EXPECT HIM TO SAY, AND THE TERMITE, AND I’M GOING, I’M GOING TO DRIVE ALL OF THESE OUT IF YOU WILL OBEY ME.” NOW, FOLKS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS RIGHT HERE THAT I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU, AND I’M ALMOST FINISHED. THIS REALLY GETS DOWN TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER, AND ALL OF THE REST OF IT WILL KIND OF UNRAVEL IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS PART. WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS DETERMINATION, when you have this preparation, when you have this isolation, when you have this expectation, when you have this adoration, when you have this intercession, if you do not then begin to live what God shows you, none of the rest of it works. YOU’VE GOT TO OBEY. SORRY ABOUT THAT, FOLKS, BUT IT’S TRUE. I’M NOT REALLY SORRY ABOUT IT, BUT I, I JUST, UH, KINDA HATE TO SEE YOU DISILLUSIONED. DON’T GET THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN CLAIM THE PROMISES WITHOUT OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS. IT JUST DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. DO YOU KNOW WHY GOD IS NOT REAL TO MANY OF YOU? TO MANY OF US. LET ME GIVE IT TO YOU. JOHN 14 VERSE 21, PUT IT DOWN AND LISTEN TO IT. HERE’S WHAT JESUS, OUR MASTER, SAID. LISTEN TO IT. HE THAT HATH MY COMMANDMENTS AND, ANYBODY KNOW THAT NEXT WORD? AND KEEPETH THEM. HE THAT HATH MY COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPETH THEM. THAT’S OBSERVATION. HE THAT HATH MY COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPETH THEM, HE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME. NOW, FRIEND, IF YOU’RE NOT OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS, YOU OUGHT TO SHUT YOUR MOUTH WHEN THE CHURCH STANDS UP AND SINGS, OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS. YOU’RE TELLING A LIE. HE THAT HATH MY COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPETH THEM, HE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME, NOW WATCH THIS, AND HE THAT LOVETH ME SHALL BE LOVED OF MY FATHER, AND I WILL LOVE HIM, NOW WAIT, LISTEN, AND WILL MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM. THAT’S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF JESUS. THE LORD SAYS, YOU WANT ME TO BE REAL TO YOU? YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I’M NOT REAL TO YOU? BECAUSE YOU DON’T LOVE ME. HOW DO YOU KNOW, LORD, I DON’T LOVE YOU? BECAUSE YOU DON’T KEEP MY WORD? WELL, IF I DID LOVE YOU, WOULD I KEEP YOUR WORD? YES, YOU WOULD. AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I KEPT YOUR WORD? I’D BE VERY REAL TO YOU. I WOULD MANIFEST MYSELF TO YOU. IF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT REAL TO YOU. GET HIS WORD, KEEP HIS WORD, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HE WILL MANIFEST HIMSELF TO YOU. OBSERVATION. AND THEN LAST OF ALL, TRANSFORMATION. LOOK IF YOU WILL NOW, LET’S JUST FAST FORWARD TO, UH, VERSES 29 THROUGH 35 AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN FROM MOUNT SINAI, WITH THE TWO TABLETS OF TESTIMONY IN MOSES’ HAND, WHEN HE CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNT, MOSES WIST NOT, THAT IS, HE DID NOT KNOW, THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE WHILE HE TALKED WITH HIM. AND WHEN AARON AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAW MOSES, BEHOLD, THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE, AND THEY WERE AFRAID TO COME NIGH HIM. AND MOSES CALLED UNTO THEM, AND AARON AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE CONGREGATION RETURNED UNTO HIM, AND MOSES TALKED WITH THEM. AND AFTERWARD ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME NIGH, AND HE GAVE THEM IN COMMANDMENT ALL THAT THE LORD HAD SPOKEN WITH HIM IN MOUNT SINAI. AND UNTIL MOSES HAD DONE SPEAKING WITH THEM, HE PUT A VEIL ON HIS FACE. HIS FACE WAS SO BRIGHT THEY COULDN’T LOOK ON IT. IT, IT WAS FRIGHTENING TO THEM. VERSE 34, AND WHEN MOSES WENT IN BEFORE THE LORD TO SPEAK WITH HIM, HE TOOK THE VEIL OFF UNTIL HE CAME OUT. AND HE CAME OUT AND SPAKE UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT WHICH HE WAS COMMANDED. AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAW THE FACE OF MOSES, THAT THE SKIN OF MOSES’ FACE SHONE AND MOSES PUT THE VEIL UPON HIS FACE AGAIN, UNTIL HE WENT IN TO SPEAK WITH HIM.” THAT’S VERY INTERESTING. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS THAT MOSES IS SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH THE LORD FACE TO FACE THAT MOSES’ FACE BEGINS TO SHINE AS A REFLECTION OF THE SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD. YOU KNOW, IN MY FIREPLACE I HAVE A POKER. I CAN TAKE THAT POKER AND JUST KIND OF POKE AROUND IN THE FIRE AND PUT IT BACK AND IT’LL HARDLY BE HOT. BUT I CAN TAKE THAT POKER IF THERE’S A ROARING FIRE AND PUT THAT POKER IN THE FIREPLACE AND LEAVE IT IN THERE LONG ENOUGH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT’LL HAPPEN? IT’LL BEGIN TO GLOW. BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL THE POKER BE IN THE FIRE, THE FIRE WILL BE IN THE POKER. And when you spend enough time in the presence of God, the presence of God gets into you. Not only are you there in the presence of God, but the presence of God gets into you. And as Moses is there beholding the glory of the Lord, the glory of the Lord is infusing itself into Moses, and Moses is transformed. Well, you say, Pastor, that’s all Old Testament. Yep, that’s true. So I want you to turn to New Testament, and I’m finished now in just a moment. But turn, if you will, to 2 Corinthians chapter 3. This is worth looking at. Because I want you to see how what we’re talking about applies to you in New Testament times. In 2 Corinthians chapter 3, let’s look in verses 7 and 8. But if the ministration of death… WRITTEN AND ENGRAVED IN STONES WAS GLORIOUS. HE’S SAYING, IF WHEN GOD GAVE MOSES THE OLD TESTAMENT TEN COMMANDMENTS, IF THAT WAS GLORIOUS, THOSE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT REALLY BROUGHT DEATH IF WE DIDN’T KEEP THEM, SO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COULD NOT STEADFASTLY BEHOLD THE FACE OF MOSES FOR THE GLORY OF HIS COUNTENANCE, WHICH GLORY WAS TO BE DONE AWAY IS THAT IT ULTIMATELY FADED, IS WHAT HE SAYS. HOW SHALL NOT THE MINISTRATION OF THE SPIRIT BE RATHER GLORIOUS? THAT MEANS MORE GLORIOUS. I MEAN, WHAT HE’S SAYING IS, LOOK, IF MOSES, GOING UP THERE ON, ON MOUNT SINAI TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, HA HA, WHICH ONLY MINISTER DEATH, IF HIS FACE SHONE, WHAT ABOUT US? WHO NOW HAVE THE MINISTRATION OF THE SPIRIT, SHALL THAT NOT BE RATHER MORE GLORIOUS? AND NOW SKIP ON DOWN TO VERSES 17 AND 18. NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT. AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE’S LIBERTY. BUT WE ALL WITH OPEN FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A GLASS THE GLORY OF THE LORD,” NOW HE’S TALKING ABOUT US, NOT MOSES, ARE CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, EVEN AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. HA HA HA. WHY DOES GOD WANT US TO WORSHIP HIM? IS GOD A LITTLE INSECURE? I MEAN, DOES HE HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY PUMPED UP? IS GOD A CELESTIAL EGOTIST THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP TELLING HIM HOW GREAT HE IS? LISTEN, FRIEND, ALL OF YOUR PRAISE PUT TOGETHER DOESN’T MAKE HIM ONE OUNCE MORE GLORIOUS. HIS GLORY DOESN’T DEPEND UPON US. HE HAD THAT GLORY BEFORE THE WORLD EVER BEGAN. WE DON’T ADD TO HIS GLORY. WHY DOES HE WANT US TO WORSHIP HIM? BECAUSE OF WHAT WORSHIP DOES FOR US. BECAUSE WHEN WE BEHOLD HIM, WE’RE CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY. AND THE WAY TO BE LIKE HIM IS TO SEE HIM AND TO WORSHIP HIM AND PRAISE HIM. AND THEN YOU’RE CHANGED, YOU’RE MADE LIKE HIM. YOU KNOW, YOU BECOME LIKE WHAT YOU SPEND TIME WITH. MY PRECIOUS WIFE IS DOWN HERE. PEOPLE SAY WHEN HUSBAND AND WIFE LIVED TOGETHER FOR A LONG ENOUGH TIME, THEY BEGAN TO LOOK LIKE ONE ANOTHER. FRANKLY, JOYCE IS GETTING CONCERNED. FRIEND, LISTEN, WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH HIM, YOU’RE LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR OF GOD’S WORD AND YOU SEE IN THAT MIRROR, YOU SEE YOURSELF AND YOU SEE JESUS IN THERE AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN YOU AND JESUS. BEGIN TO BE ALIKE. YOU’RE CHANGED FROM GLORY TO GLORY. NOW WHAT HE’S SAYING IS, IF MOSES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT SPENT TIME GOING UP THERE ON MOUNT SINAI TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, HOW MUCH MORE WILL WE BE CHANGED AS WE LOOK INTO THE FACE OF OUR LORD THROUGH HIS WORD? THAT’S THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. FOLKS, BE READY IN THE MORNING. FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL, AH, HELP US TO LEARN HOW TO PRACTICE YOUR PRESENCE. NOW, LORD, NOT TO BE SATISFIED WITH ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL SECURITY, NOT TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE CARE OF ANGELS, NOT TO BE SATISFIED WITH HOMES AND CLOTHES AND FOOD AND FRIENDS, NOT TO BE SATISFIED WITH A GREAT CHURCH OR ANYTHING ELSE IF WE DON’T HAVE YOUR CONSCIOUS PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. LORD, MAY THERE BE THAT DETERMINATION IN OUR HEARTS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY. AND I PRAY, LORD, BEFORE THESE PEOPLE FOR MYSELF AND SPEAK AND WORK IN MY HEART AND IN OUR HEARTS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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Join us in this enlightening episode with Adrian Rogers as he dissects the essential steps for practicing the presence of God in our day-to-day lives. Through a detailed analysis of the encounter between God and Moses, Rogers illustrates the profound significance of maintaining an intimate relationship with the Lord. From understanding the necessity of determination to the transformative power of adoration, learn how to rekindle your spiritual glow no matter where you are on your journey of faith.
