Im pretty big on the whole connecting with the heart of God thing. For me this is real praying - where you find the desires of the heart of God and begin to pray out of an emotion which is not your own. This i learnt on my first year of fireschool but im now begining to see what its really about. Obviously there is great value in the intercession but its not just about the most effewctive way to pray its about relationship. its about the connection. Imagine a child with his/ her father. They want to spend time with Him, helping in whatever way they can. For them helping is not about the end result or the success of the task its about the ‘helping dad’. So a dad may be fixing the car or painting the fence and the child wants to hold the paint pot or pass the spanner. the help is not really very helpful but they feel a part of what daddy is doing. Likewise for the father the help is most often not necessary to get the job done but its so precious to him because of the sentiment. Rather than trying to do things for God and be great, trying to get better at praying of or whatever it is in order to achieve and all that sort of thing, im now begining to enjoy relationship of it.

For God the value of my inclusion is not what i can do for him but that i am doing it with him.

 as Jason upton puts it:

The simple desire to help You means more to You than whether i really can.

So now instead of doggedly picking up a cause and thrashing determinedly away at it, i come to meet with my daddy and just help him with whatever he is doing that day. The beauty of it is that its not sectioned into sections of doing or recieving etc but its all about meeting With your father. What an incredible priviledge to be able to find the heart of God and know what he is feeling. Ultimately when we encounter the emotions of the heart of a limitless God his heart will become ours. this is why someone like Praying Hyde who could spend so many hours in deep travail and intercession and yet come out with  his face radiant. It was not a chore for he was meeting in the deepest and most intimate way with his Father and Saviour.

So no sweat! - whether its warfare or worship, intimacy or intercession its all about one thing- connecting with the heart of God and hanging out with your Daddy!

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