How To Draw God Near!
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father
which is in secret."
Matthew 6: 6
Dick Eastman wrote a book about starting and
maintaining daily time of Bible study and prayer. He
called the book The Hour That Changes the World.
Eastman said he grew up singing the old hymn
“Draw Me Nearer,” yet it wasn’t until his thirties
he discovered the secret of spending an hour
each day with the Lord in prayer,
praise,
Bible study, and biblical meditation.
When we get alone with God and open His Word,
we enter a nuclear reactor, a treasury building, a
communications center, a vast library, an illumined
chamber, a music hall, and a dear friend’s
house
all at once. All of that is in our “closet.”
If we walk according to God’s Word, we can’t
pick and choose things from it but follow all of
it, accepting it cover to cover. We must follow
it exclusively, not change it or hold any
other
words as more valuable.
We have a treasury of wisdom and comfort
between the covers of our Bible. Don’t miss
the hour that can change both you and the
world!
"When we neglect the closet of
prayer, we remove ourselves
from the
focus of God’s power."
Dick Eastman