{"id":7317,"date":"2012-08-06T06:04:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=7317"},"modified":"2012-08-06T06:16:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:16:29","slug":"the-cross-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=7317","title":{"rendered":"The Cross in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>In that day you will ask in My name . . . \u2014John 16:26<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sL-mF_FwPnI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section>We too often think of the Cross of Christ as something we have to get through, yet we get <em>through<\/em> for the purpose of getting <em>into<\/em> it. The Cross represents only one thing for us\u2014 complete, entire, absolute identification with the Lord Jesus Christ\u2014 and there is nothing in which this identification is more real to us than in prayer.<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6:8\">Matthew 6:8<\/a>). Then why should we ask? The point of prayer is not to get answers from God, but to have perfect and complete oneness with Him. If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time we pray, but it does not always come in the way we expect, and our spiritual irritation shows our refusal to identify ourselves truly with our Lord in prayer. We are not here to prove that God answers prayer, but to be living trophies of God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c. . . I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father Himself loves you . . .\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+16:26-27\">John 16:26-27<\/a>). Have you reached such a level of intimacy with God that the only thing that can account for your prayer life is that it has become one with the prayer life of Jesus Christ? Has our Lord exchanged your life with His vital life? If so, then \u201cin that day\u201d you will be so closely identified with Jesus that there will be no distinction.<\/p>\n<p>When prayer seems to be unanswered, beware of trying to place the blame on someone else. That is always a trap of Satan. When you seem to have no answer, there is always a reason\u2014 God uses these times to give you deep personal instruction, and it is not for anyone else but you.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>August 3, 2011-12<\/p>\n<p>Father God, where does the spiritual fire go, one day to the next? Yesterday I was so certain, so focused and then this morning I seemed to have mislaid that surety of purpose. Yesterday I knew the direction you laid out for me, and yet I am not quite so certain this morning. What happened?<\/p>\n<p><em>And God says\u2026\u201dI give you manna for each day. Do not try to carry over yesterday\u2019s certainty for today. Meet me at the cross daily, then arise knowing that I will give you the manna you need each morning, afternoon and evening. Do not worry about tomorrow or this morning, or even the next hour. Live in the moment knowing I am with you. The purpose I gave you yesterday is still there, you simply need to meet Me\u00a0at the cross\u00a0each morning knowing I will reinforce your sense of purpose and certainty. I will remind you of your \u201cpromised land\u2019 and give you the strength, purpose and provision to energize your new day. I am your way , your truth and your life. Find me at the cross every morning\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<footer>\n<p id=\"bible-in-a-year-box\">\n<\/footer>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In that day you will ask in My name . . . \u2014John 16:26 We too often think of the Cross of Christ as something we have to get through, yet we get through for the purpose of getting into it. 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