I’d like to share some thoughts on prayer with you. I don’t know who wrote these words. I do know that, when I came across them about two years ago, they touched my
heart and soul. Thus, I want to share them with you in the hope that they will touch your heart, too.
Thank you, to the unknown author of this prayer!
“Briefly, the way to escape religion as a front is to make it a fount. See to it that we pray more than we preach and we will never preach ourselves out. Stay with God in the secret place longer than we are with men in the public place and the fountain of our wisdom will never dry up. Keep our hearts open to the inflowing Spirit and we will not become exhausted by the outflow. Cultivate the acquaintance of God more than the friendship of men and we will always have abundance of bread to give to the hungry. Our first responsibility is not to the public but to God and our own souls.” (I added the emphasis on this last sentence.)
This unknown author ended his thoughts by turning his eyes and heart and mind to God in prayer. Here is that brief prayer:
“Lord, why does our first responsibility so easily get crowded out? Quiet me today that this first thing might get the time and attention it deserves. Amen.”
I hope this author’s prayer is also the prayer of your heart.
Related Scripture:
Ephesians 6:18 – “…praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.”
Psalm 119: 147-148 – “I rise before the dawning of the morning, and cry for help; I hope in Your word. My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.”
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Matthew 21:22 – “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Mark 11:24 – “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
John 14:13-14 – “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”