Thursday, January 15, 2009

Have you covered it in prayer?

When I was a child, there was this little plaque hanging on the wall, that said, "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." (quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson) I used to stand and ponder that little plaque...it had a cute little white bunny on it looking upward :)...and to this day, whenever I need a "keep looking up!" reminder, the Lord oftentimes brings that little beige childhood plaque to mind. No matter what you're going through today, I hope you remember that the Lord is sovereign...seek His council at all times and in all things...He is worthy to turn to and to praise.

"No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees." ~J.C. Ryle
"We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life." ~J.C. Ryle
"Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows them to have a tremendous fall. " ~J.C. Ryle
"I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,...." ~Ephesians 1:18