Tracy
2/22/2025
2:41:49 PM | MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON
But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13
Prayer doesn't consist in sweet feelings, nor in an excited
imagination, nor in an enlightened intellect. All these are
external gifts from His hand, in the absence of which love
may exist even more purely. Without these things, our soul
may attach itself immediately and solely to God, instead of
to His gifts. (Franqois Fenelon)
PRAY ABOUT IT: If we arise from our time of prayer unchanged in our feelings, does that mean God wasn't present or that we were unsuccessful in our prayers? NO!
The measurement of prayer isn't in our feelings, our imagination, or our intellect. All these may be present, yet
if love is lacking, it profits nothing.
Today, look solely to God as you pray. Don't worry about
your fickle feelings.
He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does
not know he is praying. (Francis De Sales) |
