A lot of people want more. They want to experience more in their relationship with God and in their Christian walk.

But the question is, where's the fruit of the measure that you have taken in already?

God doesn't accept past glory. When you're fruitful, He prunes you so you can bear more fruit.

So when you wake up to say that I studied the Word of God for five hours or I prayed for eight hours, it's not a laurel, it is a life.

And in the diligence of seeking God, the Holy Spirit begins to take off the weed in the seeds of your desires.

And sometimes what your spirit is longing for is clouded by what your soul is lusting for. And you can start out wanting something and now you're asking for something different.

The Bible didn't say that God walked with Noah. It says that Noah walked with the Lord. And what you realize here is that God is the willing one in the relationship. And so Jesus came to teach His disciples how to pray in Luke chapter 11 and He taught them how to pray.

And amazingly, the first thing that Jesus taught them in prayer is our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Friends, you need to realize that what Jesus was teaching is that our awareness of God's presence and attentiveness to His presence, all in adoration of His name is the most important part of prayer.

Friends, we must reduce ourselves to the full awareness of God and attention to God.

And with this reduction, seduction loses its power and loses its power.

I mean, the clouds and dust of our self-effort and self-consciousness can only be settled when we get still with Him and with Him ever before our face.

And the purpose of prayer is to produce a consciousness of the presence of God. And there is no other accomplishment that is greater than this.

And there's actually no other way to accomplish anything outside this when you give Jesus His proper place in your life. Everything else begins to fall into their rightful place.

Have a blessed day, friends.