Too many times we pray for ease, but that's a prayer seldom met. What
we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when
the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be swept asunder.
-- Philip Gulley
American Author and Storyteller
Prayer is the most powerful means of overcoming any kind of
discouragement. It connects you with an omnipotent,
omniscient Father who loves you unconditionally, who sees
where you are and is going to help you in it.
-- Charles Stanley
How often have we prayed something like, "O Lord, be with cousin Billy now
in a special way"? Have we stopped to consider what it is we're requesting?
Imagine that you are a parent who is preparing to leave your children with
a babysitter. Would you dream of saying, "O Betsy, I ask you now that you
would be with my children in a special way?" No way. You would say, "Betsy,
the kids need to be in bed by 9 pm. They can have one snack before their
baths, and please make sure they finish their homework. You can reach us
at this number if there's any problem. Any questions before we go?" We are
very specific with our requests and instructions for our babysitters. We
want them to know specifics. It should be no different with prayer.
-- David Jeremiah
Tell God all that is in your heart, as one unloads one's heart, its pleasures
and its pains, to a dear friend. Tell God your troubles, that God may comfort
you; tell God your joys, that God may sober them; tell God your longings,
that God may purify them; tell God your dislikes, that God may help you
conquer them; talk to God of your temptations, that God may shield you
from them: show God the wounds of your heart, that God may heal them.
If you thus pour out all your weaknesses, needs, troubles, there will be no
lack of what to say. Talk out of the abundance of the heart, without
consideration say just what you think. Blessed are they who attain to such
familiar, unreserved intercourse with God.
-- Francois Fenelon
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