A Christ Awakening And The Struggle Of Prayer
by David Bryant [extracts] Chuck Swindoll in his book, The Grace Awakening, makes this observation: "The greatest heresy in the modern evangelical movement is our emphasis on what we should be doing for God rather than on what Christ has done and is getting ready to do for us." In other words, we don ’ t emphasize the hope grace brings to us. If there is any reason why there may be a struggle with prayer in our lives, it could be that we need much more emphasis on what we may hope, on what God gives us permission to believe, and on how large that hope should be because of who Jesus is as Lord. The Disciples Struggle Remember when the disciples came to the Lord Jesus to ask, "Teach us to pray." My reaction would probably have been at that point to set up a seminar on prayer and tell them what they need to know about prayer, and what they need to do in prayer! But Luke, chapter eleven, says that when the disciples said, "Teach us to pray," what...
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