HOW TO RECIEVE

1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Before we can impact our world with God’s Kingdom trough prayer we must have first been impacted ourselves by God’s kingdom through prayer. Prayer is the vehicle of the Spirit that transports divine revelation; prayer is what connects God’s Word and His Spirit to our spirit. His Words being Spirit and life must be handled in reverent prayer. Logic alone cannot handle the revelation or the understanding found in God’s Word, it takes a hungry spirit burning with the desire to understand.
Consequently, our spirit must be positioned in prayer that we may connect to God’s Word and His Spirit or that His Word and His Spirit may connect to us. Prayer is a position of mind and spirit; prayer is not just verbal discharge in and of itself. Jesus said, “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7).
Productive prayer begins with time spent with God and it is time spent in His Word or in what He has said or has to say. It is not until our spirit has wallowed around and around in His Word and until His Word has wallowed around and around in our spirit; and besides, it is not until we have wallowed around and around in His presence through intimate worship that we are ready to pray prayers that avail, prayers that give us the understanding we need to face the things that are facing us.