Knowing God through Prayer

The quote for this week's posting comes from Watchman Nee's book, "Spiritual Knowledge." In his chapter entitled "Knowing God in Prayer", Nee says the following,

"Many hardly have any experience of God answering their prayer. I do not mean they do not pray. I only mean their prayers are ineffective...The problem is that many know prayer only through the Bible; they do not know prayer in the presence of God...you may pray fervently or casually, pray at length or briefly. Yet the strangest thing is, you never think of knowing God in such a time of prayer...Through this time of prayer you (should) come to know God a little more. Our knowledge ought not to come from reading the Bible alone; we must have it also directly from God."

Lord, thank You that prayer is about relating with You. Thank You that you want us to know You through prayer and that every time we pray, it is an opportunity to know and understand You - what's in Your heart and what You're thinking. Oh Lord, teach us to pray in such a way that we are continually going deeper into union with You. You are what we want; reveal Yourself to us in prayer for the sake of Jesus. Amen.