David McIntyre (5)
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One sometimes hears it said, "I confess that I do not spend
much time in the secret chamber (in quiet, secluded prayer), but I try to cultivate the habit of continual prayer (short prayer in the midst of other activities). And it is implied that this is more and better than that. The two things ought not to be set in opposition. Each is necessary to a well-ordered Christian life; and each was perfectly maintained in the practice of the Lord Jesus.The Hidden Life of Prayer
And if no better place presents itself, the soul which turns to God may clothe itself in quietness even in the crowded concourse or in the hurrying streets. A poor woman in a great city, never able to free herself from the insistent clamor of her little ones, made for herself a sanctuary in the simplest way. "I threw my apron over my head," she said, "and there is my closet."The Hidden Life of Prayer
For, although communion with God is the life-energy of the renewed nature, our souls "cleave to the dust," and devotion tends to grow formulaic it becomes emptied of its spiritual content, and exhausts itself in outward acts. The Master reminds us of this grave peril, and informs us that the
true defense against insincerity in our approach to God lies in the diligent exercise of private prayer.The Hidden Life of Prayer
We do not know the true potency of prayer until our hearts are
so steadfastly inclined to God that our thoughts turn to Him, as by a divine instinct, whenever they are set free from the consideration of earthly thingsThe Hidden Life of Prayer
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