Come Boldly Before The Throne of Grace

This a piece of work by Ron DiCianni. Don't you LOVE IT?

God wants us to be able to come to Him so HE CAN HELP US!

Hebrews 4:14-16
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

A lot of people are intimidated at the thought of prayer.
In this passage, God is telling us:
1. We have a Great High Priest - that's Jesus.
2. Jesus passed through the heavens to get here to earth.
3. Jesus is the Son of God.
4. Jesus was tempted in all points as we are.
5. Jesus got through all this without sin.
6. We can go boldly before the throne of God
7. We may find mercy and grace to help us in time of need.
8. We need to hold fast to our confession.

Confession of what?

Confession of what God's Word tells us.
It's WONDERFUL that Jesus went through ALL the temptation that we are confronted with - did it without sin. I LOVE THAT, that means we can also.
We're told to go BOLDLY before God's throne. It's alright, He WANTS us there.
We will find nothing but grace and mercy to HELP US.

There's no shame to go before God.
If there's anything between He and us, He'll show us, and all we have to do is to confess it before Him and repent/turn away from it.

It's no biggie.

Some of us have had Earthly Fathers that have not been as gracious, but that's not the case of our Heavenly Father.

It's a comforting thought to go before the Lord and ask, seek and knock.
It's good to know that I can do this and not be turned away.
He knows the cries of our hearts, even if they are not voiced with our lips.
He's not there to strike us with a heavy hand and to condemn us.
He's there to RECEIVE US.

God really wants us to be comfortable with Him.
He doesn't want us to be ashamed to come to Him.
If things are not right, all we have to do is make them right.
He is there to HELP US!
HELP US GOD!

Father, I ask You to HELP US to come before You and bear our hearts, ask You for Help, for solutions in our lives, and just allow You to love on us. LOL LOL :)
Father, thank You that You have made yourself approachable. Thank You for making provision FOR us to be able to come to You boldly. In Jesus' Name.