Prayer, Relationship... intimate interactions

by Geffry Fields
geffry@interlinc.net

Prayer is relationship...
our relationships reflect what we are in prayer.

Prayer is the constant interaction of Spirit through us as it inter-relates constantly in Spirit. Spirit flows back and forth to us. It is the communication of spirit with Spirit (of God).

Three views of Prayer
1. Some see prayer as a Pollyanna thing out of a fairy tale book. They see it as serving no useful purpose and a ridiculous, stupid thing to do or count on. They do not believe a Spiritual force exists we can actually tap into through prayer… that is alive, intelligently active and interacts with us.

2. Some see prayer as a way to get things. It is much like the Santa wish list. It's a way to acquire things we want in life. It is about asking and receiving things wanted just because we want it.

3. Another view of prayer is... it is our interacting relationship with God in Spirit. Spirit communicates with us and directs us on what to do throughout a day. It's a total Spiritual communication involving all the mind, heart and soul.

The highest, deepest level of intimate interactions!!
This is the Jesus is Us view.

It is a relationship channel we interact with constantly in Spirit... Jesus Spirit.

It’s reproductively active and flows through us. As Jesus said, "I will provide a Spring of Living Water"... that's a constant flow of fresh water that comes into us. We then disperse this flow(Jesus Spirit) to others and it is shared with all. It is receiving who and what God is… and giving it away.

Oswald Chambers said this about prayer:
"Prayer is not a normal part of the life of the natural man. We hear it said that a person’s life will suffer if he doesn’t pray, but I question that. What will suffer is the life of [Jesus Spirit] in him, which is nourished not by food, but by prayer.
...We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the Spiritual purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
...To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'Prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person’s inner nature." (My Utmost for His Highest, August 28 reading.)

Dr. A. summed things up as two key areas for Jesus is Us power...
--Prayer... existing in constant interaction in Spirit with God himself.
--Relationship... extending this “in Spirit” relationship to relating “in Spirit” with others.

It's so much about relationship... with Jesus Spirit, within ourselves and with others. Prayer... then is who we are, not so much what we do.

We are prayer... Jesus Spirit in continual interaction in us.

In prayer, we connect in relationship with others of the Same Spiritual pursuit. We respond to others consistent with Jesus Spirit (Who is literally One with everything in the universe).

So, when in this Spiritual relationship "in Spirit,"
we normally practice these people relationship qualities…
--loving others as ourselves
--giving freely to others needs
--forgiving when things go wrong
--tolerating what we can't change

Through Jesus Spirit, in prayer, we team with others’ complementary gifts for increasing Power. Our Spiritual Gifts team with their Spiritual Gifts which create tremendous power.

With this in mind, as you pray and when you pray, relationships build between the two interacting in Spirit... it can be vocal or silent. It happens when those in the same Spirit are in uninhibited flow, flowing without emotional hindrances.

If, after we pray, there is disregard for the “relationship feature” of being One in Spirit, potency of prayer diminishes, digresses and lessens.

When we disregard the relationship factor, everything breaks up. The potential of prayer is drastically hampered and dampened. What is committed to in Spirit needs to remain consistent with the Jesus Spirit and the Qualities of Spirit within you, to God and to each other. But if respect for another one of God's creation is not there, prayer power, Spirit working power, is not there either. Spirit honors its creation, we must honor it in the same way too.

Spirit that likes to give itself away, Spirit (prayer) flows in a natural manner between those with the Same Spirit.

It connects without effort... while loving freely.

Jesus Spirit flows back and forth like a stream circulating, refreshing, refueling, re-energizing.

In prayer, interacting in Jesus Spirit, we become bigger, much bigger than ourselves as this flow builds on itself. It is like putting two surging Springs together which form a mountain stream of great rapids of flowing power.

Potential for power keeps increasing steadily and compounding at Supernatural rates.

As we refine the process of this flowing Spirit of relationship among each other, power intensifies.

As you intensify Spirit in prayer… by interacting in Spirit constantly, and building relationships with others in Spirit, the magnitude of Spirit will live as a natural part of you.

Cultivate prayer,
build relationships.

Make Prayer
and Relationships your emphasis in life.