Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer.
Interpretation
Praying together strengthens the bonds of love and unity among Christians.
This quote emphasizes the profound impact that communal prayer has on fostering love and connection among individuals within the Christian faith. When people come together to share their vulnerabilities and hopes in prayer, it deepens their mutual support and strengthens their relationships, leading to a more profound sense of community and affection for one another.
In practice
In a church service, the pastor can share this quote while encouraging the congregation to pray together.
A revival may be expected when Christians have a spirit of prayer for a revival. That is, when they pray as if their hearts were set upon it. When Christians have the spirit of prayer for a revival. When they go about groaning out their hearts desire. When they have real travail of soul.
Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.
There's almost nothing that hasn't been said about me. But there's an awful lot that I haven't said. I don't talk about private things.
A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
The only people out at this hour were ones who couldn't sleep,those haunted by one thing or another:love thwarted, love lost, love thrown away. They were the sort of people who didn't want to be noticed, who wanted to slip through shadows, be alone with their despair.
Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.
Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.
Bullying, to me, starts very small around the kindergarten age where the first thing we learn is to call each other names. Something so small can be so long lasting in someone's life.
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