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Tracy 5/10/2026 12:15:50 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27 Why has God established prayer? (Blaise Pascal) PRAY ABOUT IT: Pascal answered his own question by maintaining that God wants to "communicate to His creatures the dignity of causality." In other words, He wants us to enjoy a taste of what it's like to be a creator. By praying for what God puts on our hearts, we actually see something come into being that wasn't there before. Perhaps it's restored health, a mate, a child, a job, or some other such need. By being made in God's image, we, like Him, enjoy watching things happen through our "causality." And although prayer causes God to bring about our answer, we still see how God has given us a part in ushering it into being. Has God given you something to create through prayer? Perhaps not yet, but maybe soon. Watch and see. God will either give you what you ask, or something better. (Robert Murray McCheyne) | |||
Tracy 5/2/2026 7:38:58 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON "Do not come closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." Exodus 3:5 Here is the secret of a life of prayer. Take time in the inner chamber to bow down and worship and wait on Him until He unveils Himself, and takes possession of you, and goes out with you to show how a man can live and walk in abiding fellowship with an unseen Lord. (Andrew Murray) PRAY ABOUT IT: Begin your prayer time with worship. It sets the tone for all that will follow. The unseen Lord will inhabit the praises of His pray-ers and you will be standing on holy ground. Allow the Lord to thus take possession of you as you pray. When you go about the day's business, you will be confident and His Holy Spirit will live through you. Others will see and be blessed. Worship should never be pursued as a means to achieving something other than worship. Worship is never a step on our way up to any other experience. It is not a door through which we pass to get anywhere. It is the end point, the goal. (John Piper) | |||
Tracy 4/25/2026 7:49:41 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. (Nehemiah 8:10) Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life. (William Law) PRAY ABOUT IT: When we think of enjoying God, we often think about the goose-bump emotions that can result in some highly charged worship services. But to Christians who know better, emotions are never a measurement of the spiritual life. The true enjoyment of God is deeper than our emotions and is only known by those who meet God in prayer. Even a brief time of enjoying God is priceless and far more sustaining than all the goose-bumps you can muster. Today is an opportunity for you to enjoy your God. And by the way, He will enjoy you too. A calm hour with God is worth a whole lifetime with man. (Robert Murray McCheyne) | |||
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