As a believer you have been given a great privilege - being able to come into the holiest of all places and talking face to face with the Living God! Through Jesus Christ, we have been given access into the Holiest! Hebrews 10:19-23, "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.)"

There are many realms of prayer defined in the New Testament. We are also shown, through the scriptures, how to approach the throne of God. Before we examine the approach, let us observe how to prepare.

In preparing ourselves to come before God, we must realize that we are entering into the Holy of Holies! This is an exciting yet awesome opportunity. The Holy of Holies is the most sacred place in the universe and nothing unclean is permitted there.

Therefore, cleansing through confession is imperative! 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness," verse 7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Verse 8 further says, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." We can see from these verses that cleansing comes by the blood of Jesus Christ as a result of our admission and confession of sin. When we come to Him, we should ask Him for forgiveness for anything we think would be sin in our life (sin simply means to miss the mark).

When you ask Him for forgiveness, after that you are to consider yourself cleansed. You are not to carry guilt before Him any longer, Psalms 66:18, "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." He says, as far as the east is from the west, so shall He put them from His remembrance, Psalms 103:12, "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." and Hebrews 8:12, " For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." It is interesting to note that He didn't say as far as the north is from the south, because that would limit His forgiveness, for when you pass the north pole you are headed south, whereas east to west is infinite.

After you've prepared yourself before the Lord, asking for forgiveness and cleansing through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He made for you, you can begin to approach the throne of God.

In approaching God, we must always have the understanding that we are not coming before Him through our own righteousness, but because of the righteousness of Christ. Meaning we are coming before Him cleansed of our sins and made right before God through the work of Christ. Romans 3:24, "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus," and 2 Corinthians 5:21, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." Righteousness has been imputed to us, Romans 4:22-24, "And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead." (That is to say, it's been put upon us.) Therefore, we can come boldly before the throne of grace. Hebrews 4:16, "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

As a believer you have been given a great privilege - being able to come into the holiest of all places and talking face to face with the Living God! Through Jesus Christ, we have been given access into the Holiest! Hebrews 10:19-23, "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.)"

There are many realms of prayer defined in the New Testament. We are also shown, through the scriptures, how to approach the throne of God. Before we examine the approach, let us observe how to prepare.

In preparing ourselves to come before God, we must realize that we are entering into the Holy of Holies! This is an exciting yet awesome opportunity. The Holy of Holies is the most sacred place in the universe and nothing unclean is permitted there.

Therefore, cleansing through confession is imperative! 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness," verse 7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Verse 8 further says, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." We can see from these verses that cleansing comes by the blood of Jesus Christ as a result of our admission and confession of sin. When we come to Him, we should ask Him for forgiveness for anything we think would be sin in our life (sin simply means to miss the mark).

When you ask Him for forgiveness, after that you are to consider yourself cleansed. You are not to carry guilt before Him any longer, Psalms 66:18, "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." He says, as far as the east is from the west, so shall He put them from His remembrance, Psalms 103:12, "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." and Hebrews 8:12, " For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." It is interesting to note that He didn't say as far as the north is from the south, because that would limit His forgiveness, for when you pass the north pole you are headed south, whereas east to west is infinite.

After you've prepared yourself before the Lord, asking for forgiveness and cleansing through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He made for you, you can begin to approach the throne of God.

In approaching God, we must always have the understanding that we are not coming before Him through our own righteousness, but because of the righteousness of Christ. Meaning we are coming before Him cleansed of our sins and made right before God through the work of Christ. Romans 3:24, "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus," and 2 Corinthians 5:21, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." Righteousness has been imputed to us, Romans 4:22-24, "And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead." (That is to say, it's been put upon us.) Therefore, we can come boldly before the throne of grace. Hebrews 4:16, "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."