Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.When was the last time you prayed earnestly to God, which is, praying in act of humility and worship?
~Satchel Paige
For quite awhile, I must confess, I stopped praying. It is not that I stopped believing too, it is simply an attitude toward it. For, like many of us, I pray this way more often:
Prayer is JUST a way to ‘place my order’ with God. But that’s how some people pray. They pray only because they’d like to have something they don’t have. Only because they’d rather not have something they do have. Only because someone is bugging them and they need to have God straighten that person out. Only because they don’t want to have to go through the hard times. I don’t believe in that kind of prayer. ~AnonymousGod deserves more than being treated like a drive-through burger chain or a 24-hour call pizza delivery hotline. God deserves a prayerful person with a worshipful heart. For in essence, the first intention of praying is recognizing HIS limitless power in reverence and in worship.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
~Søren Kierkegaard
This is so true. I've been praying like for years, but I realize now that I can't treat God as santa. God is giving me what I need (sometimes want) out of His grace and generosity. I can't abuse this relationship.
ReplyDeleteso true eh.
ReplyDeletemost of us treat God like an ATM machine where we go and expect to withdraw money when we have not made any deposit.