Not only individuals, but every church and fellowship that hopes to discover powerful, united prayer first needs to practice silence, for it is important that we learn to recognize what God wishes to say. We must perceive his voice in the events around us and in our own midst. We must hear his voice in our hearts. And in the midst of all the darkness that blights the earth today, we must look to his light, the light of the rising morning star, the light of the coming day, which is prepared by God and which no one can bring about. We must discover the light that shines for every human being who comes into this world, through the One who came into this world as the son of Mary, as the light of the world. And we will only learn to call on God, to pray to him, and to thank him when we have learned to hear him.

Before we speak to him, God must have spoken to us. And he always speaks. His Word is always active. But we do not always perceive it. This is why we need to be quiet in the depths of our souls where we hear his voice and see his light. When we do this, we will experience something wonderful. We will find that Jesus Christ is the same in times gone by, in modern times, and in the time to come, the time of his future kingdom. We will find that he is the same for all, that he has the same will, the same way, the same truth, and the same love for all. And we will learn that the voice of the Holy Spirit says the same thing in each of us.

God is called "I am who I am.” He is the unchangeable one, the one who always remains the same. His will does not bend. He does not conform to certain things or certain people. He remains unchangeable. We will experience this when we truly learn to listen to the Spirit, when we hearken to the wind that comes to us from God. Through the Spirit, we will become unanimous in silence. Meeting in silence, we will hear the same voice and perceive the same truth. So unity comes into being, unity of heart and of voice.

We humans, so far from God and estranged from the truth, should remember that the Holy Spirit, full of light, warmth, and power, brings our prayer before God in his pure heights far above us. There the revelations stream out like light, while we, sunk in the twilight of our human condition, grope in vain for a clear thought or word. Still, we groan and sigh in longing for God, because we cannot live without him—because we want to love and honor him, but do not even know how.

 

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Thank you - life today is so busy with many distractions that it is easy to forget about the importance of just being silent before our precious Heavenly Father.

Lorna
East London
South Africa

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I need to hear this message again and again and again. How easily we get busy and how worried and bothered we get. Just read Luke 10.38-42 this very morning, thank you Lord for your loving persistence.

Tony Carey
Ireland

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It is true,meeting in silence with God also helps us make the right decisions in life.We need to give the holy spirit a chance, to talk, work in us.

Maibongwe
Phalaborwa Limpopo
South Africa

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The true prayer for me is the foundation of my faith that Jesus will always abide in my entire life.

NESTOR FABRE from Philippines

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Thorough. Scriptural. Encouraging.

Joanne Glass, United States

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Very deep and real

Andrea J. Abernatha