Written by Rueben P. Job (1928-2015), an American writer and Marjorie J. Thompson, a contemporary minister, teacher, and writer. This is an excerpt from their book “Companions in Christ.”
A loving, living relationship with God is impossible without prayer. We cannot know the mind and heart of Christ, receive God’s direction, hear God’s voice, or respond to God’s call without this means of grace. We may enter God’s kingdom without the benefit of some of the means of grace but not without prayer. Prayer is so important that Jesus left even the needy crowd to pray. His entire life and ministry were set in the context of prayer. Those who choose to follow him can do no better than to take up his example.
Prayer:
Written by Eli Stanley Jones (1884-1973), an American Methodist missionary, theologian, and author.
Gracious Christ, teach me to pray. For if I fall down here, I fall down everywhere—anemia spreads through my whole being. Give me the mind to pray, the love to pray, the will to pray. Let prayer be the aroma of every act, the atmosphere of every thought, my native air. In Your name. Amen.
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