Consuming Prayer

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"The giving of self is a necessary

part of prayer and of experiencing

the depths of Jesus Christ." Guyon

The apostle Paul wrote to first century Romans:

"I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship."

Romans 12:1, The Passion Translation

A 'living sacrifice', burns yet is never consumed.

How can I, practically, become a living sacrifice?

Continually come before God as an act of surrender and worship.

Guyon teaches, "Real prayer, of necessity, has worship as its central element, and requires the one praying utterly abandon self." She continues, "Moreover, God desires that such a state ultimately become yours at all times."

As we come to God daily, or moment by moment, and we pour our heart out to him like Hannah in 1 Samuel 1:15, our self, our will and our solutions burn up.

All that remains is the incense of self-sacrifice. It raises to Heaven and pleases God.

Such prayer contains the warmth of love. Our opinions melt in the warmth of the unconditional love of God. Our will dissolves like salt in warm water. Then, our bare soul is uplifted to the heights of Heaven.

Naked but not afraid, it's here we are embraced in God's loving protection.