This brings into focus a startling truth concerning an inappropriate method of prayer, which I am afraid has been practiced by many: They have fixed their spiritual eyes on the thing they are praying about more than on Jesus. The principle is: “When anything is larger than Jesus in the eyes of your heart, that thing has become an idol.” Mark Virkler
Logos is the whole Bible. Rhema is the word of God spoken by His mouth for the immediate time and situation. We need to understand and experience rhema as well as Logos. Mark Virkler
Jesus lived out of an inner flow of thoughts and pictures from His Father, doing nothing of His own initiative (see John 5:19-20,30). We can do the same. Mark Virkler
Rhema, or the voice of God, is Spirit-to-spirit communication—where the Holy Spirit, in union with your spirit, speaks directly to you. Mark Virkler
Therefore, we, like the Israelites, are faced with a decision: either we hear God speak and live in relationship with Him, or we must live under the biblical laws we discover. I believe it is imperative that we learn to discern God’s voice and live in it so that our relationship is not reduced. Mark Virkler
So Moses got a relationship and the Israelites received laws, commandments, statutes, and judgments. Law was added to law until the burden became heavy. Mark Virkler
God’s passion has always been to have fellowship with His children. God created us for the supreme purpose of having a love relationship with Him. Mark Virkler
God yearns to be your Friend. He wants you to recognise His voice so that you can get to know Him personally. He longs for you to spend intimate time with Him, having no agenda other than sharing love together. Mark Virkler
We hurt Him so when we become too busy with our daily tasks to spend time enjoying His love or when we carelessly let sin slip into our lives and do not repent, destroying our close communion. We must seek Him as our greatest treasure, seeing our time of sharing with Him as the highest priority in our lives. Mark Virkler
I repented for my dispensationalism and told God I wanted my Bible back, so I could live it from cover to cover. If you don’t have your whole Bible to live, I suggest you, too, may want to take a moment right now in prayer and repent for allowing it to be stolen from you and tell God you want it all back for you to live today. Mark Virkler
