Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.
Interpretation
Prayer is a deep and spiritual connection with God, emphasizing that it originates from a divine inspiration within us.
In this quote, Thomas Brooks articulates the concept of prayer as an essential and intimate form of communication with God, which is initiated by the Holy Spirit. It suggests that our ability to pray is not solely a human endeavor but rather a response to the divine breath that has been imparted to us, highlighting the interconnectedness of humanity and the divine in our spiritual practices.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the importance of spiritual practices, utilize this quote to emphasize the nature of prayer.
Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his own righteousness, and living really and purely upon the righteousness of Christ.
Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.
He is the best preacher, not that tickles the ear, but that breaks the heart.
Ah! sinner, remember this, there is no way on earth effectually to be rid of the guilt, filth, and power of sin, but by believing in a Saviour. It is not resolving, it is not complaining, it is not mourning, but believing, that will make thee divinely victorious over that body of sin that to this day is too strong for thee, and that will certainly be thy ruin, if it be not ruined by a hand of faith.
Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.
Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.
When one bell is rung, by the sound of that one bell other bells will also vibrate. So it is with the dancing of the soul...it produces its reaction, and that again, will make other souls dance.
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.
I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!
Female heterosexuality is not a biological drive or an individual women's erotic attraction or attachment to another human animal which happens to be male. Female heterosexuality is a set of social institutions and practices... Those definitions... are about the oppression and exploitation of women by men.
Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.
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