Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it in my prayer, so that I may be a prince prevailing with God.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire to understand the divine nature and power of Jesus, emphasizing the importance of prayer and spiritual connection.
In this quote, Charles Spurgeon articulates a profound longing for a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. He seeks to experience the glory and love associated with His name, believing that such understanding will enhance his prayers and enable him to connect more intimately with God. The quote highlights the significance of reverence in prayer and suggests that knowing the essence of Jesus can empower an individual spiritually, allowing them to become a 'prince' in their communication with God.
In practice
In a church sermon about the power of prayer.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. _x000D_ Let me find you again. Amen.
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
The blessings of the priesthood transcend our ability to comprehend.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.
Holy Angels, our advocates, our brothers, our counselors, our defenders, our enlighteners, our friends, our guides, our helpers, our intercessors - Pray for us.
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