![Praying Toward God's Interests so that God would Listen to Our Prayer [in the picture: 1 Kings 8:48-49, praying toward God's land, His house, and His city]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1kings8-48-49-pray-toward-gods-house-gods-interest.jpg?fit=300%2C222&ssl=1)
Have you ever wondered, What kind of prayers does God listen to and answer? As Christians we pray for a lot of things, but how do we know that God will listen to our prayers? In the Bible we see a very important principle concerning prayer: God will listen to our prayers if our prayers […]
A Man of Prayer Prays Himself Into God to Receive the Life Supply from Him
![If we sense that our prayer is not bringing us into the Triune God, we should change the way we pray. We need to make sure that we pray ourselves into God! Remove all distractions and focus only on Him. Just be honest with God, tell Him, ask Him, seek Him, and knock on His door. [Picture: Matt. 6:9-10]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/matt6-9-10-your-name-sanctified-kingdom-come.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
The Lord Jesus taught us how to pray in Luke 11:1-13, where we see that for us to be men of prayer we need to pray ourselves into God to receive the life supply from the Father. The more we pray the Lord’s prayer with an exercised spirit, and the more we pray according to […]
The Principle of Prayer: God’s People Must Pray Before God Will Rise Up to Work
We have seen that the significance of prayer is to inhale God, absorb God, and to contact God in our spirit. But what is the principle of prayer? Why do we need to pray? If God knows all things if He knows what we need and what He needs to do, why does He need […]
Being Produced as Overcomers, the Eternal Mount Zion as the New Jerusalem Today
![Being Produced as Overcomers, the Eternal Mount Zion as the New Jerusalem Today [picture: beautiful sunrise]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beautiful-sunrise-new-jerusalem-is-mount-zion.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
The New Jerusalem is not only the consummation of the city of God but also of the Mount Zion, the overcomers, who are the elevation and the beauty of God’s city. God’s pleasure, His desire, and His habitation is not only in Jerusalem but more specifically in Zion, the place of His habitation. Zion as […]
The New Jerusalem is the Eternal Bethel, the Fulfillment of God’s Dream
Did you know that God has a dream? He dreams of being fully joined and mingled with man as one entity to become the New Jerusalem, a built-up city, as the consummation of His economy (Rev. 21:2). Our God is a Person with a dream, and His dream is the greatest dream of all. He […]
The New Jerusalem is the Ultimate Consummation of the Lampstands in the Scriptures
![The New Jerusalem is the Ultimate Consummation of the Lampstands in the Scriptures [in the picture: a golden lampstand, as in the Judaic tradition]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/golden-lampstand-consummating-new-jerusalem0.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
The New Jerusalem is the consummation of all that God planned, accomplished, and is doing from eternity past, on the bridge of time, and unto eternity future. All the positive things in the Bible as a type of Christ consummate in the New Jerusalem. Today I was impressed with the fact that the New Jerusalem […]
The New Jerusalem is the Consummation of the Building up of the Body in the Local Churches
![The New Jerusalem is the Consummation of the Building up of the Body in the Local Churches [in the picture, The sun rises over Nilgiri Range, Himalayas, Nepal]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-sun-rises-over-Nilgiri-Range-Himalayas-Nepal.jpg?fit=199%2C300&ssl=1)
The New Jerusalem as the consummation of all that God is doing is rich in meaning and profound in all its aspects. One aspect of the New Jerusalem is that it is the consummation of the organic building up of the Body of Christ in all the local churches. Today the Lord has put us […]