Because of technical difficulties with my Word program---probably me---today’s blog just got changed to what I can control by cutting and pasting with minimal typing. Hopefully, “Prayer Prompts” will follow tomorrow.
I have included some prayer quotes by scholars/theologians,---mainly from authors whose writings I have read.
Let me know if any speak to your heart! Or share a new one with me that is meaningful to you. Ponder away…….
- Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God. --Andrew Murray
- Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? --Corrie Ten Boom
- We look upon prayer as a means for getting something for ourselves; the Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. --Oswald Chambers
- To pray is to listen to the One who calls you "my beloved daughter," "my beloved son," "my beloved child." To pray is to let that voice speak to the center of your being, to your guts, and let that voice resound in your whole being. --Henri Nouwen
- When we sing, 'Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,' we are not thinking of the nearness of place, but of the nearness of relationship.……We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts. --A.W. Tozer
- In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. --John Bunyan
- There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. --Brother Lawrence
I have learned that my prayer time is helping me get to know God better daily. I, too, thought prayer was more just for me! God uses the time with Him as an opportunity for us to get to know just how loving, caring, faithful, and true-to-His-word that He really is!
ReplyDeleteS. D. Gordon wrote:
ReplyDelete"The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing, but it is the chief thing. The great people of earth are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time to pray."
Thank you, Dotsy, for reminding us of the privilege and importance of prayer!
Love and prayers, from Agnes in France