Prayer & Heaven

"Direct your prayer; this our Saviour has taught us in the preface to the Lord's prayer, Our Father which art in heaven. Not that he is confined to the heaven's, or as if the heaven, or heaven of heavens could contain him, but there he is said to have prepared could contain him, but there he is said to have prepared his throne, not only his throne of government by which his kingdom ruleth over all, but his throne of grace to which we must by faith draw near. We must eye him as God in heaven, in opposition to the god of the heathen, which dwelt in temples made with hands. Heaven is a high place, and we must by faith draw near. We must eye him as God in heaven, in opposition to the god of the heathen, which dwelt in temples made with hands. Heaven is a high place, and we must address ourselves to him as a God infinitely above us; it is the fountain of light, and to him we must address ourselves as the Father of lights; it is a place of prospect, and we must see his eye upon us, from thence beholding all the children of men; it is a place of purity, and we must in prayer eye him as an holy God, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness; it is the firmament of his power, and we must depend upon him as one to whom power belongs. When our Lord Jesus prayed, he lift up his eyes to heaven, to direct us whence to expect the blessings we need."

Matthew Henry, The Secret Of Communion With God, Pg. 20-21