Many years ago, the Lord spoke to me about the fact that He is always giving us opportunities to move up into higher places with Him. He is always providing us with opportunities to mature and expand spiritually. If we take them, we’ll go on to greater places in God. If we pass them by, we won’t.
A friend of mine who heard me preach along those lines recently pointed out this fact to me: the greatest, most consistent opportunity God gives us each day is the opportunity to spend time with Him.
That is absolutely the truth!
Every day, you and I have the opportunity to go higher in God. We don’t have to wait for a prophet to come prophesy great things over us. We don’t have to wait for some specially anointed preacher to come give us a special revelation.
All we have to do to move into a higher spiritual place is take the time to go into the throne room and fellowship with God.
Don’t let that opportunity pass you by!
Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4:14 – 16
On the chilly March night in 1972 when Lynne Hammond took her first step into a life of Spirit-led prayer, she had no idea what was about to happen. All she knew was the hunger in her heart for God wouldn’t let her sleep. In the few short months she’d been born again, her desire to fellowship with Him had grown so strong she could hardly contain it. “Help me, God!” she cried. “I want to know you. I want to be able to talk to you. Please, teach me to pray!”
Suddenly, a heavenly presence flooded the room. Lynne sensed waves of spiritual fire sweeping over her and a beautiful language began to flow like a river from within her. Although she’d never heard of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, she knew instantly, without a doubt—this was God!
What began that night soon blossomed into a life of prayer that ultimately became a ministry of prayer when, in 1980, Lynne and her husband, Mac, founded Living Word Christian Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Under Lynne’s leadership, the prayer ministry at Living Word has become an internationally recognized model for developing effective pray-ers in the local church.
A teacher and an author, Lynne publishes a newsletter called Prayer Notes, has written numerous books, and currently serves as the national prayer director for Daughters for Zion. Her passion for inspiring and leading others into the life of Spirit-led prayer continues to take her around the world to minister to believers whose heart cry, like hers, is “Lord, teach me to pray!”