Psalm 55: 17
"Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,
and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice"
" Give me thy heart," is God's requisition of men. "Give me thy heart!" is man's demand of man. A professional ministry is a heartless ministry. When money plays a great part in a ministry, the heart plays little part.. Preaching and teaching God's word is a calling from God and a desire within our hearts. God does not make us business partners in His Ministry, we become servants to God and His Ministry. A person who does not sow with his heart in his study will never reap a harvest for God. The closet is the hearts study.
We will learn more about God, and ourselves in the closet, just by talking to Him in prayer, than we could learn in our libraries. "Jesus Wept" is the shortest and biggest verse in the Bible. It is he who goes forth weeping (Not preaching the great sermons or teaching the best lessons, or even giving the most money to the Church), but bearing precious seed.
Praying gives sense, brings wisdom, broadens and strengthens the mind. The closet is a perfect school teacher and schoolhouse for the all who prays. Thought is not only brightened and clarified in prayer. We can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours in the study. Books are in the closet which can be found and not read. Revelations are made in the closet which are made nowhere else.
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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