If God knows what I need before I ask, then why ask?
Consider Oswald Chambers' answer in My Utmost for His Highest, Aug. 6.
"The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God; prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God. If we pray because we want answers, we will get huffed with God. The answers come every time, but not always in the way we expect, and our spiritual huff shows a refusal to identify ourselves with Our Lord in prayer. We are not here to prove God answers prayer; we are here to be living monuments of God's grace."
Van Savell
What I'm Reading
Gene Edwards: Exquisite Agony (Originally titled: Crucified by Christians)
David Platt: Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
David Platt: Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God
Chip Ingram: Good to Great in God's Eyes: 10 Practices Great Christians Have in Common
Please Read
- Jim Collins: Good to Great
I would have missed out greatly had I not spent six months absorbing "Good to Great." (*****) - David Platt: Radical
A must read for anyone serious about church and their walk with Jesus Christ. (*****) - Andy Stanley: The Best Question Ever
This is a must read, and a great gift book. (*****) - Andy Stanley: The Principle of the Path
Direction Determines Destination (*****)
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