“Think what it would mean to have every word that passes our lips winged and blessed with prayer—always to breathe a little prayer before we speak, as we speak. This would put heavenly sweetness into all our speech! It would make all our words kindly, loving, inspiring words—words that would edify and minister grace to those who hear.”
“Think of a woman amid her household cares—taking everything to God for His blessing, for His approval, for His direction. These are not by any means impossible suppositions. Indeed, this is the way a Christian is to live, should always live—doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus!”
Tag Archives: Prayer
On Who We are Before God -R.Murray M’Cheyne
“What a man is on his knees before God,
that he is
-and nothing more.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
On Meeting God in the Domestic Tasks -A.W. Pink
“Intimate fellowship with God can be enjoyed not only by one in the cloister but by the housewife while engaged in her domestic tasks and by her husband as he works for his daily bread. God graciously communes with each of His people while they are about their secular duties as there are discharged in obedience to Him.”
A.W. Pink, Gleanings from Paul: The Prayers of the Apostle (p.313)
On Thanking God for Unanswered Prayers -D.Wilson
“Be sure to set aside time in your life to thank God for the unspeakable grace that He shows in not granting all your prayers.” D. Wilson
On Understanding Hard Passages in the Word -Spurgeon
“I have always found that the meaning of a text can be better learned by prayer than in any other way.”
C.H. Spurgeon
On Praying God’s Word -Bonhoeffer
“The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer,
not the poverty of our heart.”
Bonhoeffer
On Praying Aright -Bonhoeffer
“If we are to pray aright; perhaps it is necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray.” Bonhoeffer
On Fighting Fear through Prayer -John Flavel-
“Pour out to God in prayer those fears which the devil and your own unbelief pour in upon you in times of danger. Prayer is the best outlet to fear.”
John Flavel, Keeping the Heart
On Prayer and God’s Sovereignty -Jerry Bridges-
“Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers would become nothing more than wishes. But while God’s sovereignty, along with His wisdom and love, is the foundation of our trust in Him, prayer is the expression of trust.”
Jerry Bridges, Trusting God; Even When Life Hurts (p.113)
On Exercising our Faith -Isaac Watts-
“In pleading also we are required to exercise faith in the promises of the gospel, faith in the name of Christ Jesus our Mediator, and faith in the mercies of our God according to the revelations he has made of himself in His Word. We are called to believe that He is a rewarder of all who diligently seek him (Heb.11:6); that he is a God who hears prayers and will bestow upon us what we seek, so far as is necessary for his glory and our salvation. ”
Isaac Watts, A Guide to Prayer
