If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the power of prayer and the grace that overlooks our imperfections.
Charles Spurgeon highlights the belief that when one approaches prayer with sincerity, the shortcomings or faults in that prayer are forgiven due to divine grace. It suggests that the act of reaching out to a higher power is more important than the perfection of the words spoken during prayer, as grace encompasses our flaws.
In practice
In a sermon on the importance of faith, you might quote Spurgeon to emphasize that God's grace covers our imperfections.
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When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
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Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.
We are afraid that if we stop and really look at God in his Word, we might discover that he evokes greater awe and demands deeper worship than we are ready to give him.
Talk to Allah in your own language with your heart fully present. Allah doesn't need you to rhyme or speak arabic.
When you read the New Testament, you see the Holy Spirit was supposed to change everything so that this gathering of people who call themselves Christians had this supernatural element about them.
Let us love God my brothers, let us love God. But let it be with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brow.
Missions is God finding those whose hearts are right with Him and placing them where they can make a difference for His kingdom
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