Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Prayer and the Christian Life

I have been reading The God Who Draws Near: An Introduction to Biblical Spirituality by Michael Haykin. I really love the book, but the chapter on prayer is particularly good. It is filled with great biblical exposition and insights from spiritual giants of the past. The following quote written by William Cowper (1731-1800) is one of the quotes Haykin includes in this chapter which so eloquently calls us to diligent and faihtul prayer:

Restraining pray'r, we cease to fight;
Pray'r makes the Christians armour bright;
And Satan trembles, when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.


Haykin sprinkles great gems like this one throughout the whole book. I highly recommend reading it.

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