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Introduction: The Road to Real Change 
Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his kneeshe comes face to face with God.
D. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES
So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face,as a man speaks to his friend.
EXODUS 33:11
Praying Chritian nvr frgt th firt tim thy ught th fac
f Gd and xprincd th pwr f a tranfrming piritual intimac. Fr m, it ccurrd during m cllg ar. It wa a Frida night. I wa aln in m drm rm, which wa highl unuual a I wa tpicall bu in chl activiti and dating.Lking back, I raliz th Hl spirit had bn prparing m hart fr thi mmnt, a i th ca fr mt blivr. Th
accunt f M paking t Gd in dp intimacy “fac t
fac, a a man pak t hi frind” (exdu 33:11) had rcntl captivatd m hart. on f m prfr had bn paking f th tim in hi lif whn th prnc f Gd flt  ral
that if h had pnd hi y it md h wuld b taring Gd in th fac. Hntly, I had nvr xprincd that kind
f mmnt.I bgan t thumb thrugh a jurnal I had maintaind vr th pat ar, rading variu ntri that pk f m truggl
 
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TRANsFoRMING PRAyeR
and victri. I rflctd n Bibl vr that had mvd my hart
and anwr t prar that wr apparnt alng th wa. I wa
mditating pcifically n Philippian 3:7–10 and th mag
f cunting all thing a l in rdr t knw Chrit.That night, a I at in m impl drm rm, th raliti cnvrgd a th Hl spirit tirrd m hart with a trang and nw piritual hungr. Withut calculatin, I fund mlf flat
n my fac, puring ut my painat gratitud and wrhip t
th savir wh knw m, walkd with m, guidd m, taught
m, and lvd m with a tndr and attntiv hart. In th
mmnt, th prnc, prviin, and pwr f Gd in m lif bcam ral. Trul, I flt that if I had pnd m , I wuld hav bn lking at th Hl on . . . fac t fac.
Whn I finally gt up frm th tartaind carpt, vr
an hur had pad. I had xprincd mthing f Hi pr-nc and grac that changd m. M hart traurd Chrit a nvr bfr. A “nw nrmal” had ccurrd and m ul wa r-calibratd t mv bnd prfunctr prar lit and t t m hart t k Hi fac.
sinc thi impl ncuntr I hav knwn th grac f imilar
intimac, nt nl in m prnal prar lif but in crprat tting a wll. I wih I culd a it i a dail xprinc. on thing I knw—nc u hav tatd thi kind f prar xpri-nc, nthing l atifi and vrthing l i n in a nw light. But lik a catrpillar tring t brak ut f it ccn t dicvr th flight f a buttrfl, ur gal t mak thi kind f xprinc th nrmal ralit f ur prar lif d nt cm ail.
My Confessional
evn thugh I am writing thi bk n prayr, I nd t
cnf up frnt that I am nt a natural “prar gu.” I hav mt plnt f th flk. Th cm acr vr piritual, cntm-plativ, and apparntl quit dp. It m th hav mrgd
frm thir dnminatinal mnatry and huld b waring a rb, winging an incn cnr, and glwing in th dark

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