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4/29/2023
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MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON
Why are you so downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise Him
my Savior and my God. PSALM 42:5-6
However great may be the temptation, if we know how to
use the weapon of prayer well we shall come off as conquerors at last, for prayer is more powerful than all the devils. He who is attacked by the spirits of darkness needs
only to apply himself vigorously to prayer and he will beat them back with great success. (Bernard of Clairvaux)
PRAY ABOUT IT: The best antidote to spiritual depression is prayer. When we enter into communion with God, despair and hopelessness must go. Never fear the darkness. Overcome it through the power of prayer. Commune with the Lord Jesus who, though a "man of sorrows," was also "anointed with gladness more than [His] companions,"
(Hebrews 1:9). Truly the Christian's strength IS the JOY of the Lord. Where His joy rests, hopelessness can't remain!
If you're one of those blessed with a sunny temperment, remember to pray for those who battle a seeming perpetual sadness.
If you have no joy in your religion, there's a leak in your Christianity somewhere. (William A. "Billy" Sunday) |
