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PRAYERby Pastor Alen E. Burgen
THE LORD JESUS uttered pertinent statements regarding prayer. One of them occurs in Matthew 6:6: "But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and our Father who sees in secret will reward you. " "You." How precious "you" are to Jesus! He considers you as His very own, purchased and won to Himself by His own precious blood. "You" are not merely a number or one among a mass of people. You are an individual, a certain special one in His sight. He is with you with an eternal and infinite love. Therefore He invites you to pray to Him. "When you Pray, you will indeed, pray, for almost all men do so at some time or other, and God's children pray always. There are special times when you feel led to pray. There are moments when you feel that nothing will do but to be alone and talk things over with God. There are many matters you cannot discuss with your fellow men, intimate problems that must be dealt with only in the presence of God. "Go into your room." Here you draw aside from the world. Here you can be alone with your thoughts and your God. Here is a place where prying eyes cannot follow you, but where you may act naturally in the presence of the Lord. Here you can pray. Here you can weep, if you wish. Here you can laugh, if you desire. Here you can kneel. Here you can prostrate yourself. Here you can agonize in prayer. Here you can meditate. Here you can enter into the innermost recesses of your own heart and draw out those things that you want to discuss with your Savior. "Shut the door." Shutting the door means that you are shutting the world out, not only in a material and physical sense, but spiritually. You are turning your back upon the world. You are giving God your entire attention. You are coming into sweet moments with your Savior. The world may rap at the door, but you will not answer it. You are shut in with Jesus. "Pray to your Father." The saints will not hear you. The angels will not be listening. You are not going to the priest. You are going directly to your Father in heaven. "When is in secret." Isn't it glorious that God keeps our secrets for us? When we share our secrets with our fellow men, they usually do not remain secrets, but God never tells anyone. That is why we can be free in our talking with Him when we are in the prayer closet. He alone knows the innermost struggles. He alone understands the burdens. The intimate season of fellowship is for you and the Father alone. Fear not now; He is listening. "Your Father who sees in secret." Nothing is hidden from Him. Even if you hesitate to pour out your heart to Him, He knows every turning of your thoughts, every shadow that crosses your soul, each pang that causes distress. He knows your sin. He knows your faith. He understands your prayer requests. "Will reward you." There is nothing more certain in all the world than that there is a reward for you when you come to God in prayer. It may not always come at once. Satan has power to hinder our prayers for a time, but he will not be successful for long. There are other powers at work when you lift your voice to God in prayer. All Satan's powers are broken and the answer comes through. God will reward you. Believe that promise! Even the world will see and know that God has heard your prayers. To you as a Christian there are no moments in all the world so precious as the moments you spend in the prayer closet. Spend much time there, and claim the wondrous promises of God. #10704 INTERNET SERMON FOR MAY 2000 NEW CHRISTIAN CRUSADE CHURCH
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