There is sth to do before we kneel down to pray in our closet, or begin our worship in the sanctuary, or come to the Lord’s Table. There ought to be a look inward at our own hearts before the look upward at the face of God. Are we ready to pray? Are the obstructions out of the way? Is our heart ready for worship? The worship that pleases God the best is love in our heart. He has no pleasure in sacrifices and ceremonies and ordinances while the heart is full of bitterness. He cares nth for our professions of love to Him so long as we hate our brother. “If a man says, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he had seen, how can he love God whom he had not seen?”

If, therefore, we want our worship to be acceptable to God, we must be sure to come into His presence with hearts cleansed of all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and all malice. Thus every approach to God in prayer requires self-examination; and if we can remember that we have wronged anyone, or that there is any estrangement or strife, we should seek reconciliation before we pray. At least we must see that our own spirits are thoroughly cleansed of all bitterness before we come to God’s altar. This rule is fitted to keep our hearts free from anger. Paul counsels that we should not let the sun go down upon our wrath. No day should be allowed to close with anger in our hearts. We may never see another day, and we should not lie down to sleep cherishing bitterness against any other. The evening prayer should cleanse our spirits of all feelings of anger, as we pray, “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

I think it is true tt everytime we come before the Lord, Our hearts have to be prue and acceptable before Him... It is becuz in the Word, He had already tells us wat to be done so we have to follow according to the Words... But not foolishingly follow the rituals but with wisdom n understanding hoping for God's revealation in our life tt we know wat He wants us to do everytime when we seek our Father in Heaven... It is impt we know wat is right and acceptable in the Lord's eye... Our worship cannot juz be an mere offering to Him but an offering tt is of substances and full of great annointing tt is gg to be used by the Lord for greater purposes in life and to be an impact and great influence into the World to make a differences... I think tt is impt for us to know especially as a Christian n a believer of God...

Hei ppl... I know I have been missing out alot of revealation stuff since I went to the operation till now But I will be starting a new season again cuz during my operation n resting period I dun have the thinking to write yet but I will slowly start the revealation n gd stuff coming up in my blog... Plz stay on n be inspired n wait for a jolly good ride ahead...

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