Posted in Philip Yancey, Prayer, Quotes, tagged John 06 on August 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Prayer includes moments of ecstasy and also dullness, mindless distraction and acute concentration, flashes of joy and bouts of irritation. In other words, prayer has features in common with all relationships that matter. — Philip Yancey, Prayer, pg.19
We may not be satisfied with our prayer time, but it’s the best thing we have so we keep at it.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” – John 6:68 (NIV)
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Posted in God's Plan, Philip Yancey, Prayer, Quotes, tagged Matthew 06 on August 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
[Y]our Father knows what you need before you ask Him. — Jesus (Matthew 6:8b)
Philip Yancey has some insight about why God wants us to pray when he already knows it all.
“We do not pray to tell God what he does not know, nor to remind him of things he has forgotten. He already cares for the things we pray about…. He has simply been waiting for us to care about them with him” – Philip Yancey, Prayer pg. 60
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Posted in Philip Yancey, Prayer, Quotes, tagged Matthew 06 on July 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” — Jesus (Matthew 6:7)
“[T]he words I use are the least important part of prayer … Prayer invites me to lower defenses and present the self that no other person fully knows to a God who already knows” – Philip Yancey (Prayer, pg. 30)
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