Monday, September 18, 2006

Prayer

Prayer is something we all could do more of. I know for myself, it is something that I easily forget in the business of my life, but oh, how important and powerful it is!

"The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it had bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of a thunderbolt. Prayer is an all-effcient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings." --Chrysostom

foreverHis,
~becca~

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yet again another really good one! Expanded the gates of heaven is really insightful! Wow prayer is sooo effective and so powerful. It does make one wonder why it is soooo hard for us to do and keep up with. WHy is it soooo hard to talk with our CREATOR?!?!?!?!?!?!

Anonymous said...

I'm asking God when I get to heaven. :) lol.

Anonymous said...

On my vacation...*gloats* I read a Frank Peretti book called "This Present Darkness". It is a VERY good book, and reminded me SO clearly HOW vital prayer is...it's powerful always...always when I don't realize it...always.

Yeh, i mean hellooo...how cool would it be to talk to the president? Like NOTHING ELSE! yeh, then I think about i don't even take the time to talk to the KING of all, the SMARTEST dude in the UNIVERSE, the most LOVING being EVER! How LAME is that?!?!?! And we have the chance to talk to him 24-7...why?!

Why do we tell things to God that He already knows? Because he wants to HEAR it from US! He loves to hear from us. He treasures every prayer we have ever prayed. How selfish do we get!