This “ROOM‘ is clearly not a place in our house or anywhere on the ‘Exterior’ of ourselves! It is a space that you — ‘B-u-i-l-d Inside of YOU! It is a place of great value that You construct through the Guidance of God. Like He instructed Moses to build an ‘ARC’ — to hold the ‘Presence of God’ in the Desert (Exodus 26). And what a beautiful Passage. It is said that ‘God –  Sat on Top of the ARC’ – upon the Wings of the Cherubim. Once Built — The Holy Spirit would come in the form of a ‘Tower of Fire’ to announce that God was present. Moses would come, and all the Israelite’s would stand at the doors of their tents – in attendance – while , ‘God – Spoke with Moses.’
This is a powerful Passage of Scripture describing HOW to come to the place of ‘Interior Prayer’ which is found – when You decide – that you want to know God better. God has spoken to my heart through the years. But the first time that I distinctly remember hearing His voice was when I was twenty. I was wanting to enter a Franciscan Convent, and, after Communion, in the silence of my heart — I heard, “W-A-I-T!” So — I waited —- and Prayed, that I would discover what God wanted me to do for Him.
Because I choose to make time — to quite my mind and heart for a few minutes of everyday – to spend with God — He ‘Rewards me with words of ‘Wisdom’ to follow — and to share with others. It was through this ‘Quiet Time,’ that I wrote my book, ‘Christ in our Midst’ — through P-r-a-y-e-r — and — L_I_S_T_E_N_I_N_G — Being New to this listening for God to speak to me — and not knowing how to pray anyway other than ‘Rote’ (memorized) prayers — I knelt for awhile in front of the Altar and begged God to help me … because I had no idea of where to begin with my assignment from my Spiritual Director, to ‘Write a Paper on each Fruit and Gift of the Holy Spirit.’ I had NO IDEA what they even were!!!
So I Surrendered my whole self to God at the Altar at St. Ann’s Catholic Church and began to Pray — BEGGING God for help. I remember that I prayed in the Spirit for awhile and then went back to the pew and I sat quietly in front of the Tabernacle – and “W-A-I-T-E-D” upon the Lord to direct my ways. In the silence – that was created — I heard, “Jeremiah 15.“ I read that Scripture and found these words: “When I read your words, I devoured them, they became the joy and happiness of my life.” The word ‘Joy‘ was within that phrase, so I discovered where to begin writing about the ‘Fruits’ of the Holy Spirit.
Now that I am looking back on that event, I also see a ‘Prophecy’ for my life. “When I read your words – they became the joy and happiness of my life.” And they truly have! I am Dyslexic! And God has healed me enough to be able to Write a Book — and now He is asking me to Share this Journey with you. Praise God always!
These words came to me after morning prayer on 5/15/2020. ” Prayer is about listening to the ‘Stirrings,’ within me . . .whether they are ‘SEEING, FEELING, HEARING, TASTING, or KNOWING. It is all about the Holy Spirit using our bodily senses, to touch us in a tangible way.’
3/7/2020 – ‘Interior prayer – is not about us —- it is about — Adoring God —- in the silence of our hearts.’
3/17/2020 – ‘There was another ‘Great Commission’ before Pentecost – It was God’s word to us in (Psalm 46:10) “Be still and know that I am God.” That is why we need to try to apply ourselves to Interior Prayer.
3/13/2020 – During my Prayer these words came to me. ‘‘Prayer is my Greatest Gift. Writing, Teaching, are secondary to it – because all that I write about – flows out of my ‘Prayer. All that I teach – flows out of my writings. I Evangelize – because of the ‘Gifts’ that flow from my Prayer.”
Building my special ‘Room’ for God — has filled my life immensely!
3/14/2020 – ‘The goal of Private – Interior Prayer – is to come to the place of Union with God.’   

7/3/2020 — There are all kinds of prayer. I cant begin to describe all of them – but I will talk about the ones that I have Experienced.

‘Oral Prayer‘ is the memorized prayers of ;Praise, Worship, Petition, Thanksgiving, that help us to Focus on God. They can be spoken out loud – or spoken in our hearts or mind, and spoken out loud in Songs of Praise and Worship.

‘Spontaneous Prayers’ are prayers that ‘Burst Forth‘ out of us when we experience; Joy, sorrow, Fear, Anxiety, or any other emotion that directs our thoughts to God. It is a prayer of need. A prayer of Petition or Thanksgiving.

The ‘Prayer of Quiet’ is a time of silence . . . This is a Prayer that is very important to Building your relationship with God. This Prayer changes our Prayer Life – from “talking to God – to talking WITH God.” You have to think about that distinction . . . Talking too God . . . in Oral or Spontaneous Prayer is all about our NEED’s of Petition or Thanksgiving, or Gratitude.

In my experience – ‘The Prayer of Quiet’ is about TRUSTFULLY-SURRENDERING my whole self — at this moment — to God . . . to do with as He wills. God WILLS that I listen to Him. ‘The prayer of Quiet’ is basically about learning to be S-I-L-E-N-T, which is not easy in our world where we ‘multi-task’ all of the time. I’m sure that you have heard the Phrase, “Let go and let God!” That is what learning ‘The Prayer of Quiet ‘ –  leads to.

Let go of our troubles, anxieties, fears or depressive thoughts, and give them to God in our Oral or spontaneous prayers, then Allow ourselves to be free of these attachments . . .at least for these few moments that you want to learn how to trust God  —  if only for a little while . . . It is not easy – but it is important to the process of ‘Letting go – and letting God,” carry your troubles and burdens.

‘The prayer pf Quiet’ . . . is just the beginning of the process letting our humanity – touch ‘The Divinity of Jesus” within us.

The above Prayers all helped me write my book ‘Christ In our Midst.’ I did not know anything about the subject, ‘The Fruits and Gifts of the Holy Spirit,’  but through the power of the Holy Spirit, I was guided through the Scriptures  to write ‘Christ in our Midst.’

Clairann

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