Notes from Week 2

Week III – Focusing on God’s Character
(notes reliant heavily on Pray with Your Eyes Open – Pratt)

Fascination with God:

What kind of things fascinate you?

Do people, books, animals, concepts, etc??

What does the word fascinate mean?

Webster’s dictionary says:
fascinate:
a: to transfix and hold spellbound by an irresistible power fascinate its prey>
b: to command the interest of : allure fascinated by carnivals>
c: to be irresistibly attractive fascinates>

Richard Pratt in Pray with Your Eyes Open says:

“Fascination with God is to have an enthusiastic appreciation for Him”

Think of the word again in the context of your relationship with Christ.

Are we as Christians called to be fascinated with God?

Psalm 27:4

As our fascination with something grows, we desire to be with the person or thing more, to learn more about it, and naturally we want to talk about it more with others, and talk to it (if possible) more.

What happens to our prayers as we become more and more fascinated with God?

We will want to learn more about who this great God of ours is:

Psalm 18:1-3
Exodus 34:6-7

Even more, when we are gazing upon the beauty of the Lord as the Psalms tells us, we can look deeper and learn more about the things He has done.

Genesis: 1:1
Colossians 1:15-20
1 Samuel 2:6-7
Isaiah 40:26

When we are fascinated with God, His character and His actions, we will be drawn by the Holy Spirit to sit at His throne and learn more about Him and to converse openly with Him through prayer. He is our Lord in
Heaven who created us, however He is also our Father who loves us and cares for our every need, and if we ask Him, He will meet those needs.