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Tracy 2/8/2026 1:12:32 PM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON The LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground. 1 Samuel 3:19 Prayer is no magic transformation of words into heavenly language just because we close our eyes. Words are not prayer because we utter them on our knees, nor because we say them in the pulpit, nor because they are breathed within the confines of a church. . . . We can use words without prayer, and we can pray without using words. We can also pray when words are used. But there is a language of the Spirit beyond words --- groanings that defy language, that are above language, that are the yearnings of the heart of God committed to those who seek to know His will and to care for a lost world and feeble Church. (Leonard Ravenhill) PRAY ABOUT IT: Never pray words that "fall to the ground" before reaching God's ears. If necessary, let your heart speak, and your mouth remain shut. Be sensitive to God. You will know when words are the language of the spirit and when silence or the groanings of a heart are appropriate. Today, consider if silence might speak more loudly to God than words. Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips. (Ole Hallesby) | |||
Tracy 1/31/2026 6:49:23 AM MST | MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65:14 There is no danger of the individual Christian being overlooked amidst the multitude of supplicants who daily and hourly present their various petitions, for an infinite Mind is as capable of paying the same attention to millions as if only one individual were seeking its attention. So too, the lack of appropriate language, the inability to give expression to the deepest longing of the soul, will not jeopardize our prayers, for "It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." (Arthur Pink) PRAY ABOUT IT: Don't put limitations on God. He can hear your prayers at the same time your brothers and sisters are at prayer all around the world. J.B. Phillips wrote what has become a classic book, entitled Your God Is Too Small, wherein he challenged the limitations that most people put on God. The One to whom we pray knows the past, the present, and the future, and nothing is allowed to happen without His knowledge and permission. Thus, we may have firm confidence in God. He is Sovereign. The prayers you will pray today, God will hear while you are yet speaking. And even more: before you call on Him, the answer is on its way! Your thoughts of God are too human. (Martin Luther) | |||
Tracy 1/24/2026 7:42:51 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD. (LUKE 1:37) Whatever God can do, faith can do, and whatever faith can do, prayer can do when it is offered in faith. An invitation to prayer is, therefore, an invitation to omnipotence, for prayer engages the Omnipotent God and brings Him into our human affairs. Nothing is impossible to the Christian who prays in faith, just as nothing is impossible with God. This generation has yet to prove all that prayer can do for believing men and women. (A.W. Tozer) PRAY ABOUT IT: Is there a better reason for prayer than that it "engages the Omnipotent God and brings Him into our human affairs"? When we pray, God is truly on our side. May ours be the generation that proves what prayer can do. Today, boldly invite God into your affairs. And He will come boldly. Prayer is the releasing the energies of God. For prayer is asking God to do what we cannot do. (Charles Trumbull) | |||
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