Drawing Near: A Life of Intimacy With God by John Bevere

Author:John Bevere
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian Life, Spirituality, ebook, General, Religion, book, God (Christianity), Christian Theology
ISBN: 9781599510095
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2004-02-06T22:00:00+00:00

I have discovered that when I am gut-honest with the Lord He will draw near. If I’m covering something, it hinders me, and I can’t get anywhere in prayer; it becomes an absolute struggle because I’m not connecting with Him. He is seeking those who will draw near in integrity of heart, not pretense. I sometimes wonder when I observe people in services saying, “Thank you Jesus . . . Hallelujah . . . glory to God,” if they are just repeating “Christian lingo,” or if they are speaking from the base level of their hearts. No different from a husband, who to pacify his wife says with very little heart, “I love you, dear.” It’s quite different from when he was engaged to her and said with deep passion, “I love you.”

Out of a life of true worship, which is obedience from the very core of our being, will flow songs of worship. There are men and women in the body of Christ who are gifted to bring forth songs of praise and worship. They are modern day psalmists. Some are living lives of true worship, while others are worldly and sensual. Those who are defiled can still come up with tremendous songs, because of their gifting, yet lack the holy presence of the Lord as they sing; while the pure carry a glorious presence of God as they minister to Him and to His people from their hearts.

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