'The imperative necessity of importunate prayer is plainly set forth in the Word of God,
and needs to be stated and re-stated today. We are apt to overlook this vital truth. Love
of ease, spiritual indolence, religious slothfulness, all operate against this type of
petitioning. Our praying, however, needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy
that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage which never fails.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 36)
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Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
Spiritual laziness.
We grow spiritually lazy don't we? We like it better the easier things are. We are taught that the easier things are the better. We are told to take shortcuts to get to the end goal as long as they are good shortcuts. If we have something to do the faster, the easier, the better it is. To tell someone that something was easy -is a good thing, they're happy to hear it was easy. We don't want things to be hard, we despise the hard things. Yet some of the best things take a lot of long, hard work. When we pray- we can't take the easy way of it! We can't look for the fastest route to prayer. We can't pick the shortest prayer and say it as fast as we possibly can and expect that to be true prayer!
Truly our praying does need to be "PRESSED and PURSUED with an energy that never tires." with "a PERSISTENCY which will NOT be denied." As well as with "a COURAGE which NEVER fails."
Do you pray this way?! Should you pray this way?! With passion? With depth? With heart? Yes! We must, we must understand that our prayer is something amazing, not something to be taken for granted, not something to be taken lightly, not something we ignore. Prayer is something so incredibly special, so incredibly important that we have to take it seriously, a lot more seriously that Satan ever wants us to.
Please, Heavenly Father, please bless us! Open our hearts to You, teach us to pray with a faith unwavering. Teach us to pray to You as You would have us pray. Please, all by YOUR grace! Help us be Yours as we need to be Yours. All in YOUR LOVE!
and needs to be stated and re-stated today. We are apt to overlook this vital truth. Love
of ease, spiritual indolence, religious slothfulness, all operate against this type of
petitioning. Our praying, however, needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy
that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage which never fails.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 36)
*******
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
Spiritual laziness.
We grow spiritually lazy don't we? We like it better the easier things are. We are taught that the easier things are the better. We are told to take shortcuts to get to the end goal as long as they are good shortcuts. If we have something to do the faster, the easier, the better it is. To tell someone that something was easy -is a good thing, they're happy to hear it was easy. We don't want things to be hard, we despise the hard things. Yet some of the best things take a lot of long, hard work. When we pray- we can't take the easy way of it! We can't look for the fastest route to prayer. We can't pick the shortest prayer and say it as fast as we possibly can and expect that to be true prayer!
Truly our praying does need to be "PRESSED and PURSUED with an energy that never tires." with "a PERSISTENCY which will NOT be denied." As well as with "a COURAGE which NEVER fails."
Do you pray this way?! Should you pray this way?! With passion? With depth? With heart? Yes! We must, we must understand that our prayer is something amazing, not something to be taken for granted, not something to be taken lightly, not something we ignore. Prayer is something so incredibly special, so incredibly important that we have to take it seriously, a lot more seriously that Satan ever wants us to.
Please, Heavenly Father, please bless us! Open our hearts to You, teach us to pray with a faith unwavering. Teach us to pray to You as You would have us pray. Please, all by YOUR grace! Help us be Yours as we need to be Yours. All in YOUR LOVE!
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