Jesus hasn’t revealed a God we can perfectly understand, but he has revealed a God we can perfectly trust. Trust is the certainty that the listening God hears and cares.
Jesus hasn’t revealed a God we can perfectly understand, but he has revealed a God we can perfectly trust. Trust is the certainty that the listening God hears and cares.
If you’re years into an active life of mature prayer and beginning to wonder what’s left to discover, remember that you’ll spend eternity in the presence of God and never reach the end of him. You’ll never lose a sense of wonder at his goodness, never grow bored in his presence, and never have him all figured out. There is discovery ad infinitum in this divine relationship.”
“The most important discovery you will ever make is the Father’s love, and it’s just that—a discovery. It cannot be taught. It has to be discovered, and everything else flows from that discovery.”
“Pray as you can, and somewhere along the way, you will make the most important discovery of your life—the love the Father has for you. That discovery is God’s end of the deal. Your part is just to show up honestly. Show up, and keep showing up. That’s the one nonnegotiable when it comes to prayer.”
“That’s it! You talk to God like a friend. You vent. You ask. You laugh. You listen. You unload. You just talk. You don’t try to sound more holy or pure or spiritual than you are. Prayer isn’t a noble monologue; it’s a free-flowing conversation, and the only way to get prayer wrong is to try to get it right.”
“When it comes to prayer, God isn’t grading essays; he’s talking to children.”
“The Holy Spirit does not flow through methods, but through men and women. He does not anoint plans, but men, men of prayer, okay? And so I think the idea here is if we’re going to start, if we want to see a disciple making movement, if we want to see God move in our churches, we have got to live this out, man, and it’s got to start with the man or the woman in the mirror, because God is not looking for a new method."
May we be men of prayer.
Tyler Staton, Praying Like Monks
Tyler Staton, Praying Like Monks
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