Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

by R.C. Sproul

One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.

while God seeks His own glory supremely, man benefits when God is glorified.

The more we understand God's sovereignty, the more our prayers will be filled with thanksgiving.

It is impossible to know how much of human history reflects God's immediate intervention and how much reveals God working through human agents.

God is the Covenant Maker; we are the covenant breakers, frequently on a collision course with the will of the Father.

We dare not claim to be possessors of His life and nature and at the same time fail to exhibit that life and nature.

When God promises us that He will forgive us, we insult His integrity when we refuse to accept it. To forgive ourselves after God has forgiven us is a duty as well as a privilege.

The sovereign God cannot be manipulated, for He knows the hearts of all who pray to Him.

Notice that Jesus did not say, "If you have turned again, strengthen your brothers," but "when you have turned." Jesus was confident of Peter's restoration.