For to Me, to Live Is Christ and to Die Is Gain
For me there is no question. “To die is gain” and “to live is Christ”. I am confident that the minute I die, will be followed by movement into the presence of God. If that is not gain, I don’t know what is.
God’s Spirit Spoke to the Prophets and Gave Them Visions
As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.” Ezekiel 2
Christian Mysticism – Life in Christ
The simple desire for living in the presence of God indicates that the journey has began. Abiding in Christ often begins with appreciating what God has already done. This appreciation is worship.
Biblical Words Related to Prayer
Prayer is communication between the soul and what that soul considers divine. For me divinity is found in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, Christianity’s Trinity. To whom the soul prays matters.
דָּבַר, daw-bar’; To Speak – Communicative Prayer
![דָּבַר, daw-bar’; a prim. root; perhaps prop. to arrange; but used fig. (of words) to speak, rarely (in a destructive sense), to submit – answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehurse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use [ entreaties], utter, *well, *work. mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, Thoughts of God](https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtsofgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/daw-bar’-Jeremiah-Then-I-said.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1)
דָּבַר, daw-bar’; to speak,, to submit – answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use, utter, *well, *work.
דָּרַשׁ, daw-rash’; To Trust, To Seek – Submissive Aspect of Prayer
![דָּרַשׁ, daw-rash'; a prim. root; prop. to trust or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by impl. to seek or ask; spec. to worship -ask, *at all, care for, *diligently, inquire, make inquisition, [necro -] mancer, question, require, search, seek [for, out], *surely. , mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God](https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtsofgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/daw-rash-trust-follow-pursue-search-seek.jpg?fit=426%2C240&ssl=1)
דָּרַשׁ, daw-rash’; a prim. root; prop. to trust or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by impl. to seek or ask; spec. to worship -ask, *at all, care for, *diligently, inquire, make inquisition, [necro -] mancer, question, require, search, seek [for, out], *surely.