Tracy
9/5/2026
11:31:38 AM | |  | |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 3:14 NKJV)
Pray distinctly. Pray upon your knees. One grows tired sometimes of the free thought which is yet perfectly
true, that a man can pray anywhere and anyhow. But
men have found it good to make the whole system
pray. Kneel down, and the very bending of these
obstinate and unused knees of yours will make the soul
kneel down in the humility in which it can be exalted in
the sight of God. (Phillips Brooks)
PRAY ABOUT IT: Kneeling has become the traditional
pose for prayer. The prophet Daniel knelt as he prayed,
as did many other great pray-ers of the faith. William
Newell said that kneeling is a good way to pray,
precisely because it's uncomfortable (it's hard to fall
asleep on one's knees). Of course we can pray in any
position, but today we will kneel, if physically possible.
The bending of the knees to God is a picture of our
broken strength. It signifies surrender, as do uplifted
hands. Pray distinctly to God today. And do so with
surrender in your heart and in your knees. Then drink
from the great fountain of God.
Is there any place in any of our rooms where there is
a little bit of carpet worn white from our knees?
(Alexander MacLaren)
A Christian who kneels before God will stand before men.
(Leonard Ravenhill) |
