“Prayer brings you into God’s presence, where our shortcomings are exposed.”
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
“Prayer, true prayer, does not allow us to deceive ourselves. It relaxes the tension of our self-inflation. It produces a clearness of spiritual vision. . . . It saps our self-deception and its Pharisaism. . . . So by prayer we acquire our true selves.”242”
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
“Idols are much more than statues that our ancestors bowed down to. Anything that we build our lives on, anything that we lean on for meaning or identity, anything that we hope will bring us freedom, can be an idol.”
― Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free
― Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free
“What is prayer, then, in the fullest sense? Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.”
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
“While Moses had his frustrations, and perhaps some doubts, throughout his interactions with Pharaoh, Moses continued to believe and obey God despite what seemed like a series of triumphs on Pharaoh’s part. Moses trusted in the veracity of God’s words and he acted upon them. He not only believed God’s words at a cognitive level, he also believed them at the volitional level. He heard God’s word and he did God’s word.”
― From Bondage to Liberty: The Gospel According to Moses
― From Bondage to Liberty: The Gospel According to Moses
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