Another quote taken from When You Pray. This one isn’t from Ryken, himself, but quoted by him. I loved the picture the Puritan theologian Thomas Watson made. When we pray for God’s Kingdom to come, we pray for a present, yet future reality. ‘);
A couple of weeks ago, I posted in my Daybook this quote from When You Pray, “We cannot hallow God until God hallows us.” I’ve been reading When You Pray by Philip Graham Ryken for a month or two now and very much enjoying it. I’m finding it very helpful in my own praying of the…
For Today… February 8, 2016 Outside my window…. it’s dark but the first edges of sun are peeping about the horizon. I am thinking… about the myriad things I need to do today. I should work in my bullet journal to straighten out my thoughts. I am thankful… for another year with family and friends…
For Today… Monday, January 18 Outside my window…. it is a frigid 3* this morning. It is cold and gray and a wonderful day to stay inside. I am thinking… about God as Father. I am thankful… that I was able to get so much accomplished on Saturday, a rare day with no outside committments…
Last summer, our associate pastor preached through praying the Lord’s Prayer (Here’s the first: Our Father Who is in Heaven). It was revolutionary to my thinking. And my praying. Oh, my prayer life isn’t still what I’d like it to be (is anyone’s ever), but the ideas and actual praying is actually better. I decided…
From Robinson Crusoe: … I rather prayed to God as under great affliction and pressure of mind, surrounded with danger and in expectation every night of being murthered and devoured before morning; and I must testify from my experience, that a temper of peace, thankfulness, love, and affection is much more the proper frame for…