ENTERING THE PRESENCE

WORSHIP

John 4:24 (NKJV)

God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

kiss like a dog licing his master’s hand, to fawn, to crouch, prostrate oneself in homage, reverange and adore.

Psalm 100:4 (NKJV)

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Psalm 95:6 NKJV

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

prostrate in homage to royalty or God, bow oneself, fall down flat, humbly beseech, to reverange, to stoop in worship.

When you encounter God there is a reaction that happens, worship. Encounters happen before true worship can take place.

Many cannot enter that place (distraction, flesh).

PRAYER

Matthew 6:6–13 (NKJV)

But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.

In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

* Shut the door > tarry

Tarry > Our Father in Heaven

Luke 24

Genesis 1:2

TARRYING

Colossians 4:2 NKJV

Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;

to be earnest, persevere, be constantly diligent in a place, to adhere closely, attend or give oneself continually, wait on continually.

Matthew 7:7 (AMP)

Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.

Luke 24:49 (NKJV)

“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

To sit down, intransitively sit down, to settle, to hover and dwell, wait and tarry.

Genesis 1:2 (AMP)

The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

Brooding can also mean your being extremely thoughtful, contemplative, meditative, musing, reflective.

MEDITATION

Psalm 119:15 (ESV)

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

To scan, look intently at, behold, consider, regard, have respect.

Psalm 143:5 NKJV

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands.

Isaiah 26:3 NKJV

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

Psalm 77:12 NKJV

I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.

Psalm 119:18 (NKJV)

Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.

BEHOLDING

John 17:24 (NKJV)

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV)

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

SPIRITUAL EYESIGHT

Genesis 2:19 (NKJV)

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

Genesis 3:6–7 (NKJV)

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Genesis 3:22–24 (NKJV)

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Mark 8:22–25 (NKJV)

Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.

So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.

And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”

Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly.

John 5:19 (NKJV)

Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

IDENTITY

Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

1 John 4:17–18 (NKJV)

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.