If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ... _x000D_ It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of prayer and the distractions that can prevent it.
Corrie Ten Boom highlights the struggle many people face in prioritizing prayer amidst a busy life. She suggests that if one is too preoccupied to pray, it may be worth seeking forgiveness for neglecting this essential spiritual practice, possibly influenced by external forces like Satan who distract us with excessive work.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a church service to encourage prayer in busy lives.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin…If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my soul, and keep my heart and all its ways so that I will not be entangled." When this is true in our lives, a passing temptation will not overcome us. We will remain free while others lie in bondage.
Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality, and the essential nature of prayer is faith.
We regard prayer no longer as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege which is to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.
Heavenly Father is constantly raining blessings upon us, but it is our fear, doubt, and sin that, like an umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.
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