For the people of the Bible it is the relationship between God and his people that is central. Western individualism has made the individual alone with God the centre of spirituality. ![]() Our experience of God in Christ is corporate. Timothy Chester: "It is sometimes said that good private prayer is the foundation of good corporate prayer, but it may be more biblical to say that that corporate prayer is the foundation of private prayer. Do you think your prayers are more likely to be answered if you are living a more godly life or if you are also fasting or if you bind demons in your prayer or if you pray for two hours rather than one hour? If we are inclined to answer yes to any of these questions then we have not grasped the sufficiency of Christ’s mediatorial role." ![]() Timothy Chester: "Here is the test of whether you have grasped the radical simplicity of the gospel. Bounds: "Prayer….is simply making known our requests to God for things agreeable to His will in the name of Christ….Prayer is infinite ignorance trusting to the wisdom of God." When we pray in the Spirit, as John Owen says so compellingly, ‘we see a sight of God as on a throne of grace’ and we know He welcomes our prayers to Him.”Ĭorrie Ten Boom: ”Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden."Į.M. It is the Spirit imparting the heart of God to us in the moment. Tim Kerr: “To pray in the Spirit is to pray when the Spirit moves in our hearts and helps us to desire and seek God’s will. While we are at prayer, but not while we are reading a novel or solving a cross-word puzzle, any trifle is enough to distract us." When it is over, this casts a feeling of relief and holiday over the rest of the day. Lewis: "Well, let’s now at any rate come clean. ![]() Andy and JT discuss the practice, challenges and glories of prayer and how they have been inspired to pray by the experience and words of others.Ĭ.
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