Prayers Are Incense in Heaven, How Holy Are Our Prayers

Revelation 5:8 When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints. | Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

When I heard this verse in a recent devotion, I had a WOW moment. A realization came to me that My prayers are important, and they are treasures held in heaven as sacred incense. It puts a whole new perspective on prayer. 

As I read through the Bible yet again, I continue to learn new things. Gods Word is surly alive! I’m not a scholar, I don’t have a seminary degree, and I definitely don’t have any sort of formal Bible education. I have, however, read through the Bible a few times in my life, attended and studied in a few Bible studies, and spend time in Gods Word often. I’ve loved reading the Bible before I was even a Christian, and I thank my dad and godmother for instilling that in me. I’ve also loved going to church and have prayed as long as I remember. However, I didn’t accept Christ as my Savior until I was 21 years old. The first time I remember the truth of Gods Son, Jesus dieing for me,  giving His life in obedience to His Holy Father, so all could be with Him for eternity, that lit a fire under me. I didn’t want to just accept it from a persons mouth that I barely knew. I wanted to see it in Gods word, written. As I read the Bible verse that changed my life forever, I knew that at that second, I had to make a decision. Whichever decision I would make would indeed change my life forever, one way or another. I chose God, and have never looked back. The Bible verse that I base my life changing moment on, that August evening at my kitchen table was John 3:3

John 3:3 Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” | Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

It was God Himself speaking to me that night. 

Since then I’ve grown in prayer, faith and a close wonderful relationship with our Lord and Savior. And it will never end. My relationship with Christ will live for eternity! 

So what does this all have to do with Sacred Incense in Heaven? Just reading this scripture gives me a new hope, a new meaning to encouraging others to just how important and special prayer is. Prayers of Praise and Thanksgiving! Prayers of need and desires. Prayers of forgiveness and interceding. All prayers given in faith to our Heavenly Father are Sacred Incense in Heaven. 

My special prayer in these days of uncertainty and hopelessness and fear, is that this blog will bring hope, certainty, and peace to all who read it. That’s why God has me writing these blogs, not for personal reasons, though I do enjoy writing. And I do enjoy sharing about our awesome Holy God! But to share the Love and Truth of our creator is the only reason needed!

Do you know Him? Do you really know our Creator and Savior and Encourager? All the prayer, church, Bible reading, religious acts in the world mean nothing at all without a personal relationship with God our Father through His Son Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior!

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