Prayer and incense

During the time of prayer this morning, I had a strong "smell" of incense and then had a picture of smoke rising from the congregation as if from an incense stick. Against the smoke, colours seemed to change until there appeared a background of purple which I believe represented heaven touching earth. Purple is often depicted as a royal colour but it is also a mix of blue (the heavens) and red (the earth).

 I was reminded of the passage in Revelation 8:3-4:

"Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's hand"

What follows is quite awesome but is perhaps a reminder that our prayers are powerful and can have far greater effects than we realise. Our prayers not only reach the heavens but have a dramatic effect on the world.

"Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth: and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake" Revelation 8:5

"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him...." 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

My prayer this morning was to fall more in love with God and as a result, to make Him better known.

Kerry