A normal believer in Christ, loving Him and enjoying Him
![Cooperating with Christ in His Ministry of Intercession by Praying at the Incense Altar [In the picture: Prayer is the way to enter into the Holy of Holies and come forward to the throne of grace so that we can receive mercy and find grace to meet our timely need. ]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/prayer-enter-into-holy-of-holies-help-timely-need.jpg?resize=270%2C100&ssl=1)
We today as the many members of the Body of Christ have the privilege and the responsibility to be one with Our interceding Head, joining into His interceding ministry by praying at the incense altar for what is in God's heart. When Christ was on … [Continue reading]
![Christ's prayer life is the center of God's execution of His government on the earth. Here at the incense altar we are in our "heavenly White House" (USA reference), or the "heavenly No. 10 Downing Street" (UK reference) - the intercession of Christ is God's White House, God's No. 10 Downing Street, where God has His center of operation in the universe. [In the picture: If we have a clear view of the incense altar, we will pray for God's move, for the executing of God's purpose, for the Lord's recovery, for the carrying out of the divine administration and for the divine dispensing; this kind of prayer fulfills God's purpose and delights His heart. ]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/clear-view-incense-altar-gods-move-gods-purpose.jpg?resize=270%2C100&ssl=1)
Have you ever wondered, How comes I am a Christian and So-and-So is not? He may be a better person than me, but for some reason I believe in God while he doesn't yet or even refuses to. It is not our seeking for God and our hunger for reality that … [Continue reading]
![We need the Lord to shine on us both individually and corporately as the church that we may see, in His light, what He can do AND what we can hinder Him from doing. [In the picture: The Lord must bring us to a place of utter responsiveness to Himself so that He can have a free and unhindered way to do whatever He wants to do, Watchman Nee]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/a-place-of-utter-responsiveness-to-god-unhindered-way.jpg?resize=270%2C100&ssl=1)
I am impressed and humbled to see how much God is limited to man's cooperation. God is omnipotent and He can do everything He wants, but His omnipotence is limited because His church on earth does not release His power and His will. God needs to … [Continue reading]
![When Sarah (who was 90 years old) heard that God promised Abraham that she would have a son, she laughed. Humanly it is impossible for someone that old to still conceive. [In the picture: Is anything too hard for God?]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nothing-is-impossible-with-god-is-anything-too-hard-for-thelord.jpg?resize=270%2C100&ssl=1)
In Gen. 18 we see how God came to visit His friend Abraham in a human form, and He spent some time with him to eat together and converse together. Abraham was one who was dealt with by the Lord and he learned the lesson of not being hasty to ask God … [Continue reading]
![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?resize=270%2C100&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 … [Continue reading]
![Prayer is the Real Denying of the Self, the Real: No Longer I But Christ! [in the picture: Gal. 2:20]](https://i0.wp.com/mail.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/i-no-longer-live-but-christ-lives-in-me-gal2-20.jpg?resize=270%2C100&ssl=1)
God needs men of prayer, men who habitually and continually pray by exercising their spirit to pray themselves into God and receive His life supply. Prayer is so full of meaning, it accomplishes so much, and it is so much overlooked and … [Continue reading]
![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?resize=270%2C100&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 … [Continue reading]