Thoughts on Prayer

Brevity

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:55:00 GMT

Brevity: Shortness; conciseness; contraction into few words; applied to discourses or writings.

Unworthy to Pray

blog@cmfhq.org — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:44:00 GMT

The wondrous ministry of prayer is an opportunity of the heart to be lifted to places never imagined! We oftentimes think of prayer as a duty (it certainly is that) or heavy work (a weight upon the soul), but when we truly experience a sojourn within the Holy of Holies we experience a foretaste of our new nature.

"Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7 NLT)

The soul must solemnly remind itself of Who it is that is to be approached, even the Most High, before whom the very seraphim veil their faces (Isaiah 6:2). Though Divine grace has made the Christian a son, neverthelesMore...

Sunday - Robert Lewis Stevenson

blog@cmfhq.org — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:09:00 GMT

Bless to us our extraordinary mercies; if the day come when these must be taken, brace us to play the man under affliction. Robert Louis Stevenson - Vailima Prayers and Sabbath Morn

The armor of His peace surrounds me undisturbed so I need not be anxious for the Lord of Glory guards my heart.

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Another in Time of Rain - Robert Lewis Stevenson

blog@cmfhq.org — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:08:00 GMT

The sea around us, which this rain recruits, teems with the race of fish; teach us, Lord, the meaning of the fishes. Let us see ourselves for what we are, one out of the countless number of the clans of thy handiwork. Robert Louis Stevenson-Vailima Prayers and Sabbath Morn

I, like George, think I have mastered the little things only to find that there is a complexity hidden from my eyes that I am incapable of understanding. In the very midst of the process, I have failed to give thanks for the providence unfolded.

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Secret Prayer - The Treasure Unexplored

blog@cmfhq.org — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:08:00 GMT

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For the Family - Robert Lewis Stevenson

blog@cmfhq.org — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:07:00 GMT

"Aid us, if it be thy will, in our concerns. Have mercy on this land and innocent people." Robert Louis Stevenson - Vailima Prayers and Sabbath Morn

What a great sentiment of the Father's love who does not relate to us based upon the pain we cause Him. Rather He relates to us based upon what we need!

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For Friends

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:06:00 GMT

For our absent loved ones we implore thy loving-kindness. Keep them in life, keep them in growing honor; and for us, grant that we remain worthy of their love....Robert Louis Stevenson—Vailima Prayers and Sabbath Morn

Let us not only be a gentle rain of blessing to a parched land but also a mighty river that flows through the desert bringing a valley of dry bones back to life.

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Woodshed 101

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:44:00 GMT

Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things. (Jeremiah 5:25 NLT)

“These mercies were kept back from them in order to humble them, and to bring them to a sense of their sins, and an acknowledgement of them.” Dr. John Gill

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Death Come Unexpectedly

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:14:04 GMT

No matter how much we anticipate the pending loss of a loved one, knowing the result of age, ill health, or injury will have its way in the end, their death still comes unexpectedly. Our hearts are never ready to say goodbye. Isaiah says that "we all do fade as a leaf." James says that our life is like a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Why is it then that as vapors we should cling so tightly to our sojourn here? When faith call us onward and we trust to takeMore...

Guard Your Heart With Prayer

blog@cmfhq.org — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:42:00 GMT

We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. (1 John 1:4 NLT)

Before we show how that possibility may be realized, let us solemnly ponder what brought that poor soul into such a sorry plight a plight into which both writer and reader will certainly fall unless we are ever on our prayerful guard. Arthur W. Pink, Practical Christianity

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