Lately, I've been rediscovering the joy and privilege of personal prayer. Prayer has always been difficult for me - in the midst of a busy week, it has usually seemed at best unproductive or at worst pointless in terms of "getting things done."
But lately, I've joyously found that prayer is at its core a conversation between a Father and his little children. To know and believe that God is my Father motivates me to pray in a way that suck-it-up self-discipline never has. Martin Luther encourages Christians to pray like this:
But lately, I've joyously found that prayer is at its core a conversation between a Father and his little children. To know and believe that God is my Father motivates me to pray in a way that suck-it-up self-discipline never has. Martin Luther encourages Christians to pray like this:
Now through your mercy implant in our hearts a comforting trust in your fatherly love, and let us experience the sweet and pleasant savor of a childlike certainty that we may joyfully call you Father, knowing and loving you and calling on you in every trouble.
2/28/2011 12:42:00 PM
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