Building The Altar
“Building The Personal Altar of Prayer”
Matthew 6:6
5 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mark 1:35
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place; and there he was praying.
1 Kings 8:3-5
3 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark. 4 The priests and the Levites brought the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and the holy utensils that were in the tent. 5 King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel, who had gathered around him and were with him in front of the ark, were sacrificing sheep, goats, and cattle that could not be counted or numbered, because there were so many.
Hebrews 10:10
10 By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.
Romans 12:1
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
Of the sacrifice, there were three parts:
Leviticus 4:11-12
11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs, and its entrails and waste— 12 all the rest of the bull—he must bring to a ceremonially clean place outside the camp to the ash heap, and must burn it on a wood fire. It is to be burned at the ash heap.
1. The part that is .
Leviticus 6:25-26
25 “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the sin offering. The sin offering is most holy and must be slaughtered before the Lord at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 26 The priest who offers it as a sin offering will eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting
2. The part that is .
Leviticus 4:8-10
8 He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs, 9 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys— 10 just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
3. The part that is.
Practical Things for Building the Personal Altar of Prayer:
- Decide you will pray.
- Decide you will pray.
- Start with .
- Keep a prayer
- Pray the .
* Bibliography: Bible: Christian Standard Version, Blue Letter Bible Dictionary, Inspired by In Jesus Name: 5 Altars That Move Heaven & Earth by AG ASSIT. Superintendent Rick Dubose