es, there are, because we are meeting with the only One who is Supreme.
I laugh when some authorities name themselves, "Supreme council". No one is supreme but God (Psalm 62:11; Rom 13:1). But even those lesser beings, who rule over us, we know that we cannot just meet with them unorganized. We must have prepared in sequence, what we want to discuss with them; in most cases listing our discussion points on a small piece of paper while appearing before them. So, in the same manner, with the leading of the Holy Spirit, we are guided as to our presentation while meeting with the King of kings.
The preacher in Eccl.5:2, says "Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few".
When we appear before our superiors, on many occasions we are not comfortable while with them because of the power they wield. In fact, often we cannot meet with them except by appointments. But in the case of our Father in heaven, we make no appointment whatsoever and there is no reason to be uncomfortable in His presence, because He is ever glad and willing to have us commune with Him but because He is our creator and God, we should give Him the deserved respect. King David in Psalm 4.4 advised: "Stand before the Lord in awe and sin not, lie quietly upon your bed in silent meditation".
I will do whatever I can to make me stay alert, during prayers e.g. having a bath especially in the morning (This, I do often) and while in the bathe, I usually have some taped spiritual music on the play. This practice lifts my spirit up to a high estate (realm) as I bathe and I can easily be on my knees afterwards because I would have been in the prayer mood already.
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