Prayer is the main secret of success in spiritual business. It moves Him who can move heaven and earth. It brings down the promised aid of the Holy Spirit, without whom the finest sermons, the clearest teaching, and the most diligent labors, are all alike in vain. It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep up closest communion with Christ and are most constant in prayer.Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1985], 123.
~ J.C. Ryle
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Monday, 3 January 2011
Secret of Success
Monday, 5 July 2010
New-Heart Softness
A Prayer about New-Heart Softness
....Father, you’ve already declared your children to be perfectly righteous in your sight forever—a status that makes me yearn for the complete healing of my yet-to-be perfected heart. How I long for the Day when my heart will only beat for Jesus’ glory… be enamored with his beauty… feel with his passion… think with his wisdom… and love with his affection.
Be blessed by the whole prayer from Heavenward by Scotty Smith.
Part of my daily sustenance.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:25-27
....Father, you’ve already declared your children to be perfectly righteous in your sight forever—a status that makes me yearn for the complete healing of my yet-to-be perfected heart. How I long for the Day when my heart will only beat for Jesus’ glory… be enamored with his beauty… feel with his passion… think with his wisdom… and love with his affection.
Be blessed by the whole prayer from Heavenward by Scotty Smith.
Part of my daily sustenance.
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
What do I pray?
* The publican's prayer: “God be merciful to me a sinner!”
* The Syrophoenician woman's: “Lord help me!” (Mt. 15:25)
* The prayer of the thief on the cross: “Lord, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom!”
* Peter's prayer: “Lord, save me!” (Mt. 14:30)
* Mary's prayer: "I am the Lord's servant... May it be to me as you have said." (Lk. 1:38)
* Jesus' prayer: "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." (Lk. 22:42)
*Stephen's prayer: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." (Acts 7:60)
* David's prayer: "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight" (Ps. 19:14)
Borrowed from Holy Experience
* The Syrophoenician woman's: “Lord help me!” (Mt. 15:25)
* The prayer of the thief on the cross: “Lord, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom!”
* Peter's prayer: “Lord, save me!” (Mt. 14:30)
* Mary's prayer: "I am the Lord's servant... May it be to me as you have said." (Lk. 1:38)
* Jesus' prayer: "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." (Lk. 22:42)
*Stephen's prayer: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." (Acts 7:60)
* David's prayer: "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight" (Ps. 19:14)
Borrowed from Holy Experience
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Prayer
All you need to do to learn to pray
is to pray.
~Wesley Duewel
is to pray.
~Wesley Duewel
ps If you missed this video, it is worth a watch.
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