God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
Billy GrahamRead
Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.
Interpretation
Prayer is not just a ritual; it should be a fundamental part of how we live our lives.
Billy Graham emphasizes that prayer should transcend being a mere act we perform and instead be embraced as a continual attitude that shapes our daily lives. This perspective encourages us to integrate mindful communication with God into every moment, fostering a deeper spiritual connection and a sense of peace in our actions and thoughts.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon to illustrate the importance of a prayerful life.
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.
God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.
Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.
To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember Godβs kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done.
If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.
Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish, silly, and sometimes sinful notions. Prayer means that I am to be raised up into feeling, into union and design with him; that I am to enter into his counsel and carry out his purpose fully.
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
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