“We’ve muted the holy with our self-centered and isolated lifestyles, but it is not God who decided to stop talking. It is us who walked away from the conversation. . . . And yet, even though we’ve seemed to empty the skies of glory, we bemoan the lack of holiness we experience in the world […]
“My emotions — the ones that a full schedule and an outwardly productive life can prevent me from feeling — are a road to conversation with God. The hidden places of my heart get exposed and He responds.”- Sara Hagerty Sara Hagerty concludes Chapter 9 of Unseen as she notes that the hidden places help […]
“Prayer is the hand of faith on the door handle of your heart. The willing pull. The happy welcome to Jesus.”- Max Lucado In Chapter 1 (“The Pocket Prayer”) of Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer, Pastor Max Lucado states that “we all pray . . . some.” However, Max asks, wouldn’t we […]
Today Timothy Keller discusses the second and third touchstones of prayer in Chapter 9 of Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. 2. Prayer is conversing with God- responding to the Word. Pastor Keller notes that “to walk with” someone in the Bible is to have a friendship, since people talk as they walk together. […]