tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833346465381681646.post4731979518948829244..comments2023-04-26T09:45:40.703-04:00Comments on cheaper by the baker's dozen: How to PrayCheaper by the Baker's Dozenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03961259527193294736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833346465381681646.post-3403967520808447212009-04-29T08:55:00.000-04:002009-04-29T08:55:00.000-04:00One of my favorite bits of instruction on prayer i...One of my favorite bits of instruction on prayer is from C. S. Lewis in his Screwtape Letters: "Let me pray to You not as I imagine that You are, but as You know Yourself to be." He calls that mindset "the nakedness of the soul in prayer."<br />May God give it to all of us. <br /><br />Miss LeahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833346465381681646.post-35116672890973333872009-04-28T19:28:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:28:00.000-04:00I have to stop quite often during prayer to refocu...I have to stop quite often during prayer to refocus on the Lord. I am hoping one day to be less selfish and more God focused.Marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031051783262984879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833346465381681646.post-65894960563570247142009-04-28T18:49:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:49:00.000-04:00Mrs. Pittman,
Prayer is one of those things that ...Mrs. Pittman,<br /><br />Prayer is one of those things that I've been constantly in Christ's school learning, lately (the past several months).<br /><br />I HAVE to HIGHLY recommend Pastor Ben Miller's (Daddy went to seminary with him) Sunday school lessons on The Larger Catechism on Prayer. They are EXCELLENT! I have already listened to them twice and have listened to some of the cds way more Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09309556732892580324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833346465381681646.post-29357498987438976842009-04-28T09:21:00.000-04:002009-04-28T09:21:00.000-04:00That's why I sometimes wonder if the actions of th...That's why I sometimes wonder if the actions of the flesh (posture, gesture, even atmosphere) aren't tools that we dismiss because we KNOW are of the flesh - and yet would help us train ours.<br /><br />If I practiced prayer with the actions that made me FEEL I was entering into the presence of God my flesh might be better prepared? <br /><br /><br />I'd forgotten about these thoughts until now,Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328625869028861536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833346465381681646.post-62131368450311203502009-04-27T17:17:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:17:00.000-04:00The other book I like on this subject is "With Chr...The other book I like on this subject is "With Christ in the School of Prayer" by Andrew Murray.<br /><br />Deep.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416857928244268243noreply@blogger.com