Mountain of His Presence 1-18-05

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 -- Morning by Morning Good morning, Lord Jesus. I enter in to the holy place of prayer through the blood of the Lamb. I watch and wait for You as Your Spirit draws me near, beyond the veil, into the holy of holies of Your presence. ... We traveled yesterday from the cotton fields of west Texas, through the desert lands of eastern New Mexico, down into the valleys and the foothills, and finally up into the mountains of Ruidoso. They say in a song here this is where the desert touches the mountains and the mountains touch the sky. So it is in our journey with You. In the call to prayer, You draw us away from the fields of our labor, You remove from around us all distractions as You make us thirsty for Your presence, and lift us up into the heights of Your presence. When You spoke with Moses to give instruction and wisdom for life through Your commandments and taught him about the pattern of Your tabernacle for worship and prayer, You called him up to the mountain of Your presence. "The Lord said to Moses, 'Come to Me on the mountain, and wait there.... Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the cloud" -- Exodus 24.21-17. Thank You for the call to come to You in prayer, for lifting us high into Your presence, and for the patience to watch and wait until we hear You speak with us out of the cloud of Your glory. It was seven days before Moses heard Your voice from the cloud. Forgive us when we don’t obey the call to come. Forgive us when we come but don't wait long enough to hear Your voice. Open our eyes to see that the desert times in our journey of prayer only make us more thirsty and more determined to climb the mountain and wait as long as it takes to hear the Your voice. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, we would appreciate your prayers this week, teaching and ministering on brokenness & dissociation, inner healing & deliverance, sponsored by Grace Harvest Church at our citywide conference in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Thank you! To subscribe/unsubscribe/reply please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries -- "preparing the way of the Lord" -- MessiahMin@aol.com God bless you!