Forgive me for not sharing more of my thoughts, sometimes I believe it would be better to say nothing than to go on about something that would waste your time reading... However I been reading in my devotions about prayer and thought I'd share...
If you feel in no danger, and if you offer no prayer for help and strength to resist temptations, you will be sure to go astray; your neglect of duty will be marked in the book of God in heaven, and you will be found wanting in the trying day.—(Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 363, 364.)
“Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.” —(Steps to Christ, 70.)
The very first out-breathing of the soul in the morning should be for the presence of Jesus. "Without Me," He says, "ye can do nothing." It is Jesus that we need; His light, His life, His spirit, must be ours continually. We need Him every hour. And we should pray in the morning that as the sun illuminates the landscape, and fills the world with light, so the Sun of Righteousness may shine into the chambers of mind and heart, and make us all light in the Lord. We cannot do without His presence one moment. The enemy knows when we undertake to do without our Lord, and he is there, ready to fill our minds with his evil suggestions that we may fall from our steadfastness; but it is the desire of the Lord that from moment to moment we should abide in Him, and thus be complete in Him.—(My Life Today, 15.)
Nothing tends more to promote health of body and of soul than does a spirit of gratitude and praise. It is a positive duty to resist melancholy, discontented thoughts and feelings—as much a duty as it is to pray.—(Ministry of Healing, 251.)
When we feel the least inclined to commune with Jesus, let us pray the most. By so doing we shall break Satan's snare, the clouds of darkness will disappear, and we shall realize the sweet presence of Jesus.—(Lift Him Up, 372.)
A friend and I were just talking about prayer yesterday, how if we prayed like Daniel what growth in our own lives and the lives of others we would see.
ReplyDeleteThe thoughts you shared, reminded me of a quote that a friend shared with me over a year ago, but of which never lost it's impact.
"The secret of success is the union of divine power with human effort. Those who achieve the greatest results are those who rely most implicitly upon the Almighty Arm. The man who commanded, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon," is the man who for hours lay prostrate upon the earth in prayer in the camp of Gilgal. The men of prayer are the men of power." (PP 509)
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ReplyDeleteAhh, I am reminded (by paragraph 3)
ReplyDeleteI am nothing. He is everything.
Thanks, my friend! :)
Thank you! I needed to hear the last two paragraphs today. God is good!
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