Our Purpose in Prayer
Today is Wednesday and therefore my eyes are looking toward this evening and the time of prayer we will share as a church. This weekly meeting is a wondrous time of unity as we come together to set our eyes on Christ and commune with the Father. I am reminded of E.M. Bounds description on the purpose of prayer. I pray it may it encourage you in your daily time with God."His ear is ever attentive to the cry of His child,
but we can never get to know Him if we use the vehicle
of prayer as we would use the telephone, for a few words
of hurried conversation. Intimacy requires development.
We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him,
by brief and fragmentary prayers and unconsidered repetitions
of intercessions that are requests for personal favors and
nothing more. That is not the way in which we come into
communion with heaven's King. The goal of prayer is the
ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient
and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring
out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us.
Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we
come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His
presence and find that presence a constant and
ever-increasing delight."
posted by Eric @ 12:59 PM
1 Comments:
This was so meaningful and inspiring. Have a blessed day.
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