The illustration was made about how a man can live 40 days without food, 3 days without water and 8 minutes without air.  But, the Spirit cannot exist at all without God and will starve when we are not 'eating' of Him.  Just like a man who has not natural food in days and can think about only his next meal, we must also hunger for the presence of God.   Without the presence of God in our lives, it is impossible for us to be witnesses of the Gospel.  We should be sure to be clean before trying to get into God's presence.

We should repent and ask forgiveness of our sins before hand.  It is important to remember that as former sinners, we only have access to God because God sent His Son to bridge the gap.  In our meditation we are to seek intimacy with Him and not be asking for things, only praising Him and finding out what His will for us is.  We make it less about us and our wants and needs and more about Him and His plans.

Our challenge for the week is to spend at least 1 hour in the presence of God. Here are some important points to help you.

1. Make sure it is quiet.
2. Try to keep it at the same time daily to help with habit forming.
3. Sing songs and read scripture to usher in the Spirit
4. Listen, lean on, and thank Him.

Today we also dedicated Renia Marie Scales to the Lord - God has known each of us before we were born

Scriptures used for this message:

1 Samuel 1:11(dedication)
Luke 2:22-23(dedication)
Romans 12:2
Exodus 33:14
Psalms 31:20
Psalms 100:1-5
I Chronicles 16:27
Psalms 16:11