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“What a man is alone and on his knees before God, that he is, and no more.”
The chief purpose of this book, then, is to think through some of Paul’s prayers, so that we may align our prayer habits with
That means we must self-consciously
set aside time to do nothing but pray.
it is better to pray often with brevity than rarely but at length.
you can do many things to stamp out daydreaming, to stifle reveries.
vocalize
your pr...
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pray over
the Scriptures.
journaling.
real praying is an immensely intimate business—and
Most of us can improve our praying by carefully, thoughtfully listening to others pray.
All are characterized by a wonderful mixture of contrition and boldness in prayer.
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but when you intercede, try to tie as many requests as possible to Scripture.
one of the most
important elements in intercession is to think through, in the light of Scripture, what it is God wants us to ask for.
effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.
To enter the spirit of prayer, we must stick to it for a while.
thanksgiving is a fundamental component of the mental framework that largely controls Paul’s intercession.
The unvarnished truth is that what we most frequently give thanks for betrays what we most highly value.
Paul gives thanks for signs of grace among Christians, among the Christians whom he is addressing.
we must look for signs of grace in the lives of Christians and give God thanks for them. It is
Yea, amen! let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne: Savior, take the power and glory, Claim the Kingdom for Thine own: O come quickly, Hallelujah! come, Lord, come!
the Christian gospel is solidly based on some elementary notions of retribution.
There is no evidence anywhere in the Bible that there is any repentance in
hell.
In Paul’s writings, however, the call or calling of God is always effective:
We learn that these sins, too, we must confess and seek to overcome.
He envisages the final consummation, the final vindication, and grasps what kind of lives we should be living in the light of the end. That
vision properly places us in God’s universe, which was made by and for him, answerable to him, redeemed by him, and it establishes what our priorities must be wherever that vision prevails.
at the heart of all our praying must be a biblical vision.
One of the remarkable characteristics of Paul’s prayers is the large proportion of space devoted to praying for others.
There are two corollaries. First, we
must always submit to God’s definition
of what i...
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Second, praying for others demands that we examine our own hearts.
God himself declares that unconfessed
sin will cut us off from communication
with him, from his powerf...
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If you are serious about reforming your prayer life, you must
begin with your heart. Unconfessed sin, nurtured sin, will always be a barrier between God and those he has made in his image.
That means that if we are to improve our praying, we must strengthen our loving.
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He means that, in his regular times for prayer, day and night, he remembers the Thessalonians before the Lord.
From that perspective, there is no prayer we can pray for others more fundamental than this: that God might strengthen their hearts so that they will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father on the last day. When
Even so,
a deepening grasp of Scripture is bound to have a reforming influence on
our
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