Once again I type, as my beloved Mariners make an attempt to blow another lead. So apologize ahead of time for any profanity that slips out in this post.
I was reading a book the other day entitled "Why Revival Tarries"(a great book by the way) by a fellow by the name of Leonard Ravenhill. Upon reading the book, something jumped out at me. That would be the word Prayer. Many churches and it's leaders speak of great ideas for doing the Lord's works, but what good will those ideas be without prayer. Even in my own life, do I take the time for daily, secret intercession with our Lord? Or do spit off the typical prayers of "help this person, help that person, thank you this, thank you that, etc" I admit most of the time it is the latter. What the book really impressed upon me is that even if we spend every considerable amount of our time studying for a sermon, doing good works, etc. what good will they be if we have not spent earnest time in prayer asking to Lord to break us and to mold us. It is really to much of us to spend an hour a day in solemn prayer. I know we live in rat race type of society, so our excuses will always abound. If our desire is to glorify God, shouldn't we at least be in solemn conversation with One whom we want to glorify.
As you go think on this quote by Jonathan Edwards, "Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious and gracious Friend expressing his mind to us by his word, that we may know it."
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