This week I'm stepping away from Andrew Murray's book and want to share a short quote on prayer by Patrick Reardon for you to meditate on in the Lord's presence to hear what He may want to say to you about His welcome to you through the poured out blood of His Son Jesus, our Elder Brother:
"Our incorporation into Christ is the foundation of all our prayers. Only in Christ do we call God our Father. The only prayer that passes beyond the veil to His very throne is prayer saturated with the redeeming blood of Christ."
When I read this a few days ago, I was struck once again with how costly it was to God for me to have access into His holy presence; taking time to ponder this awakens renewed gratitude in me for such Love that would spill His life freely in order to have me with Him now and forever.
(Scriptures that you can go to along this line are all through the book of Hebrews, but a couple of specific portions are: Hebrews 9:11-28 and 10:19-22.)
God bless you this week and strengthen your heart in His love!
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I was struck by the phrase...saturated with the redeeming blood of Christ. Just this week in our family devotions we were reading in Exodus about the consecration of the priests and were commenting on the animals sacrificed and the huge amounts of blood that were poured out on the altar. PTL - Jesus blood gives us this access!!
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