The Meaning of PrayerAssociation Press, 1915 - 196 pages When anyone undertakes to study the meaning and to cultivate the habit of prayer, it is well for the person to understand, from the beginning, that he is dealing with a natural function of his life and not with an artificial addition. For instance, raising palm trees in Greenland would be an unnatural proceeding. They never were intended to grow there and never can grow there save under stress of artificial forcing. The culture of prayer would be just as strained a procedure, were it not true that the tendency to pray is native to us, that prayer is indigenous in us, that we do pray, one way or another, even though fitfully and without effect, and that we humans always have prayed and always will pray. |
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... habitual prayer . As in our Christian songs , where we leave the more superficial differences of opinion and go down into the essential spirit of worship , Catholics and Protestants , Jews and Gentiles , men of every shade of special ...
... habitual prayer . As in our Christian songs , where we leave the more superficial differences of opinion and go down into the essential spirit of worship , Catholics and Protestants , Jews and Gentiles , men of every shade of special ...
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... habitually , persistently - and its results are cumulative with the years . So prayer is a cumulative life of friendship with God . And it came to pass , as he was praying in a certain place , that when he ceased , one of his disciples ...
... habitually , persistently - and its results are cumulative with the years . So prayer is a cumulative life of friendship with God . And it came to pass , as he was praying in a certain place , that when he ceased , one of his disciples ...
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... habitual attitude , and not simply an occasional act . It is continuous fellowship with God , not a spasmodic demand for his gifts . Many people associate prayer exclusively with some special posture , such as kneel- ing , and with the ...
... habitual attitude , and not simply an occasional act . It is continuous fellowship with God , not a spasmodic demand for his gifts . Many people associate prayer exclusively with some special posture , such as kneel- ing , and with the ...
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... habitual attitude of secret communion lies at the heart of the matter ; they are seeking God himself , rather than his outward gifts . As Horace Bushnell says : “ I fell into the habit of talking with God on every occasion . I talk ...
... habitual attitude of secret communion lies at the heart of the matter ; they are seeking God himself , rather than his outward gifts . As Horace Bushnell says : “ I fell into the habit of talking with God on every occasion . I talk ...
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... habitual communion with God that expressed itself in occasional acts , and occasional acts that deepened habitual communion ; but whatever the method , alike the basis and the end of all was abiding fellowship with God . " There is a ...
... habitual communion with God that expressed itself in occasional acts , and occasional acts that deepened habitual communion ; but whatever the method , alike the basis and the end of all was abiding fellowship with God . " There is a ...
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Ahab answer believe Bible blessing called cause Christian communion Consider DAILY READINGS dominant desire earnest earth Eternal evil experience face faith Father feel fellowship friendship gifts give glory God's grace grant Habakkuk habitual hand hear heart heaven Henry Ward Beecher Holy Holy Spirit Horace Bushnell human individual intercession Jehovah Jeremy Taylor Kingdom knowledge lives Lord man's Master Matt means mercy mind moods natural natural law never ourselves peace petition practice prayer wheel presence Psalm Psalmist READINGS First Day realm reign of law rejoice religion righteous sake Scripture secret seek servant soul speak spirit SUGGESTIONS FOR THOUGHT supplication Thine things Thomas à Kempis Thou art Thou hast thou wilt thy name Thyself tion trouble true truth unanswered unanswered prayer unselfish unto thee Walter Rauschenbusch wants Week wisdom wish words