Prepare To Take A New Step In God

Your preparation and daily communion with the Lord is basic to anyone's

walk with the Lord. Questions such as “What does it mean to wait on the

Lord,” or How should I read the scriptures,” should be of uppermost concern

for those who truly want a deep relationship with the Lord. Spending time in

the Word, waiting on Him and your daily worship is the foundation of your

relationship with the Lord, and the foundation of your relationship to those

who you relate to in the Body of Christ. Without this preparation of your

spirit, you are missing what the Lord would speak and impart to you in

everyday life. When you assemble with the family of God it is all about

active participation not passive observation.

Show Notes:

• Your time before the Lord in Worship, waiting on Him, reading His

Word is all a time of preparing yourself for your daily walk with Him.

• Functioning as a man or woman of God requires an anointing from Him

and that comes from time spent with Him.

• Preparing yourself to speak and hear a Word from God is a way of life.

• Walking with God is not a spectator sport!

• The point is He wants to have a relationship with you, and you can't

have that unless you are doing something in the relationship.

• Start each day with a meeting with the Lord.

References:

Isaiah 40:31

31 Yet those who wait for the L ORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become They will walk and not become weary.

Psalms 27:14

14 Wait for the L ORD Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the L ORD.

Psalms. 37: 34

34 Wait for the L ORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are eliminated, you will see it.

James 5:7

7 Therefore be patient, brothers and sisters , until the coming of the Lord. The

farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient ab out it, until

it gets the early and late rains.

Galatians 5:5

5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

Acts 4:31

31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together

was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.

Isaiah 43:19

19 Behold, I am going to do something new, Now it will spring up; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.

Matthew 5:24

24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. the word of God with boldness.

Isaiah 53:5

5 But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings;

The punishment for our well being was laid upon Him, And by His wounds we are healed.

Matthew 11:15

15 The one who has ears to hear, let him hear. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke 18: 10-14

10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a

tax collector.

11 The Pharisee stood this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am

not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax

collector.

12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to

raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be

merciful to me, the sinner

14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one;

for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles

himself will be exalted.”

Deuteronomy 16:16

16 Three times a year all your males shall appear be fore the Lord your God

at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast

of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and they are not to appear before the

Lord empty handed.

Exodus 23:14-17

14 “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.

15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to

eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the

month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt. And no one is to

appear before Me empty handed.

16 Also you shall keep the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your

labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the In gathering at the

end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your l labors from the field.

17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

Philippians 2:12

12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my

presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own

salvation with fear and trembling;

Deuteronomy 6:4-7

4 But you who clung to the L ORD your God are alive today, every one of you.

5 “See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the L ORD my God

commanded me, that you are to do these things in the land where you are

entering to take possession of it.

6 So keep and do them for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the

sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great

nation is a wise and understanding people.’

7 F or what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the L ORD our

God whenever we call on Him?

Luke 10:27

27 And he answered, “ Y OU SHALL LOVE THE L ORD YOUR G OD WITH ALL

YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH

AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

Matthew 22:37-40

37 And He said to him, “‘ Y OU SHALL LOVE THE L ORD YOUR G OD WITH ALL

YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND

38 This is the great and foremost commandment.

39 The second is like it, ‘ Y OU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

40 Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”

Mark 12: 30-33

30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE L ORD YOUR G OD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND

WITH ALL Y OUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND WITH ALL YOUR

STRENGTH.

31 The second is this: ‘ Y OU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF .’

There is no other commandment greater than these.”

32 And the scribe said to Him, “Well said , Teacher; You have truly stated

that HE IS ONE AND THERE IS NO OTHER BESIDES HIM.

33 and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and

with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more

than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

John 14:6

6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes

to the Father except through Me.

John 5:18-19

18 For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him,

because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His

own Father, making Himself equal with God.

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to

you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the

Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in

the same way.

Quotes:

You just can not rush into a walk with God.

It is about preparation not observation.

He wants a relationship with you, and you cannot have that if you are not

doing something in the relationship.

You should have a meeting with the Lord at the beginning of your

day.

Take away:

Start your experience with God at home and bring Him with you. It is a

conscious action, spending time with the Lord talking to Him, being with

Him. It starts from the desire of your heart to be filled. Spend the time, get

filled, know that you a r e filled, know that you are ready.