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On Praying the Psalms -Bonhoeffer
“If we want to read and pray the prayers of the Bible and especially the Psalms, we must not ask first what they have to do with us, but what they have to do Jesus Christ.” BonhoefferFiled under:...
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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.” BonhoefferFiled under: Bonhoeffer,...
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On Praying God’s Word -Bonhoeffer
“The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.” BonhoefferFiled under: Bible Reading, Bonhoeffer, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines Tagged: Bonhoeffer, Prayer
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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. SpurgeonFiled under: Bible Reading, C.H. Spurgeon, Prayer, Teachable Spirit Tagged: Bible...
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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. WilsonFiled under: Daily Life, Douglas Wilson, Gratefulness, Prayer,...
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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...
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On Speaking Light Words -John Flavel
“Light words weigh heavy in God’s balance.” John Flavel, Works: The Art of Preserving the Fruit of the Lips Filed under: Christian Virtues, Discretion, Growing in Grace, John Flavel, Keeping the...
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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’CheyneFiled under: Prayer, R. Murray M'Cheyne, Spiritual Disciplines Tagged: Prayer, Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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On Repentance and Grace at Hand -Toby J. Sumpter
The problem is that when Christians talk about the problem of sin, the reality of what it means to be guilty before God, the condemnation that holds the world captive, we actually do not mean to coax...
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On Breathing Little Prayers
“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...
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