21 Seconds to Change Your World Quotes

“...we must release God from any subconscious belief we have that He is indebted to us to run a better universe.”
― Mark Rutland, 21 Seconds to Change Your World: Finding God's Healing and Abundance Through Prayer

“we can see that Jesus models an appropriate prayer protocol that begins and ends with praise. The praise at the first and the last is altogether conscious of who God is. The petitions are about human need, but the praise is about the divine character summarized in four words: holiness, kingship, power, and glory. Thy name is holy. Thine is the kingdom. Thine is the power. Thine is the glory. All four are about Him, not us, not our needs, not our sins, and not our service. So much of what passes for praise today is saccharine emotionalism, filled with narcissistic self-absorption. How I feel about God. How much I love God. How good His love makes me feel. How victorious God makes me. Me, me, me. The Lord’s Prayer begins and ends with God and God alone. His name. His kingdom. His power and His glory. Yes, in between God’s holiness and God’s glory I am free to express my needs, but what good are my petitions if God is not who He is?”
― Mark Rutland, 21 Seconds to Change Your World: Finding God's Healing and Abundance Through Prayer