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Here's an excellent addendum on the first post about prayer The Upper Register Blog:
"...once we realize that Christ’s righteousness is sufficient to make our weak and distracted prayers acceptable, then we become less constrained in prayer. We won’t be afraid to address our confused anxieties to the Lord, even if we can’t articulate them as we would like (”groanings too deep for words,” Rom 8:26). We won’t be afraid to pray, even if we know we’ll get distracted. We can pray liberally, at any time, at any place, and in any state of mind. Why? Because our weak prayers are made mighty by the intercession of Christ for us. - Lee Irons
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This is VERY important.
I remember that as we were going through our "Law" unit in the Three Forms of Unity - there was a strong feeling among my students about making sure that they were praying "correctly," which makes one afraid of praying at all!
Amen!
Good point Kyle. It's the difference between God as a vending machine needing exact change, or as a Father. Sometimes I can only get out a "help!" to God. But as our Father, God knows exactly what I mean, even more than I, and wants to help! So many of the good old authors/pastors of the past would urge Christians to "keep their prayers short and to the point". Spurgeon being one of them.
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