The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward
Interpretation
True prayer is about a continuous journey towards God, rather than just making repeated requests.
G. Campbell Morgan emphasizes that the essence of a genuine prayer life is not found in repeatedly asking for things, but in fostering a continual relationship with God that propels one to grow spiritually and seek a higher purpose. It highlights the importance of a dynamic and forward-looking faith, where prayer is an integral part of an ongoing journey toward a deeper connection with the divine.
In practice
In a sermon about spiritual growth, you might say, 'As G. Campbell Morgan reminds us, the prayer life is about moving upward and onward, cultivating a closer relationship with God.'
Those who wait for God are pilgrim souls that have no tie that will hold them when the definite command is issued; no prejudices that will paralyze their effort when in some strange coming of the light they are commanded to take a pathway entirely different to that which was theirs before; having no interests either temporal or eternal, either material or mental or spiritual, that will conflict with the will of God when that will is made known.
If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.
Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.
The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may become "present" within it.
Seek to be made holier every day; pray, strive, wrestle for the spirit, to make you like God. Be as much you can with God. I declare to you that I had rather be one hour with God than a thousand with the sweetest society on earth or in Heaven. All other joys are but streams; God is the fountain.
The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sinβ¦If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face
May we always say thank you to God, especially for his patience and mercy.
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