“Love will always be at the center of a work that prays.”
“Though our main emphasis is intercession, a word may not be out of place here on the use of tongues in praise and thanksgiving. ‘If you bless with the Spirit . . . you may give thanks well enough’ (verses 16, 17). Paul’s restricting of the gift here is because of the presence of ‘the other man’ Who is not helped by an utterance he does not understand. In the solitude of one’s own devotions these restrictions no longer apply. Only God is present, and ‘one Who speaks in tongues speaks not to men but to God’ (verse 2). But is it not better to do it in your mother tongue and understand What you are saying? Not necessarily, or God would never have given this gift, nor would Paul have used it so much. Have we not known times when, in adoration of the Lord, we feel the inadequacy of our own language to express all that we feel in our hearts? The very language which is usually an indispensable channel of communication seems to become a barrier to communication. It is then that this gift comes to our aid, and the human spirit is released in an utterance of praise or thanksgiving that would not have been possible in our native tongue.”
“Wyatt sat by the fire and silently and secretly prayed, thanking God for giving him the strength he did not have.”
“Yes, you are a son of God. But a son must have a heart to serve.”
“Find your freedom in God, and have your heaven on Earth”
“Zijn vader zette een witte plastic zak van de snackbar op tafel en daarna moesten we bidden. Ik vouwde mijn handen en deed mijn ogen dicht, maar ik bad niet. Met patat had God niets te maken.”
“The sad news is, those born into poverty usually remain in poverty. The good news is, these people are among the first to turn to God. The pain of life has made them seek for something better. When they find it, they are no longer poor.”
“Those who pray for your downfall are concentrating negative thoughts towards you, without taking cognisance of the slippery ground in which they are standing, which could lead to their downfall.”
“The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.”