The Treasury of David
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Do we not
miss very much of the sweetness and efficacy of prayer by lack of careful
meditation before it and of hopeful expectation after it? We too often rush
into the presence of God without forethought or humility. We should be careful
to keep the stream of meditation always running, for this is the water to drive
the mill of prayer. Prayer without preparation is hawking with a blind falcon.
Prayer is the work of the Holy Spirit, but he works by means. The Holy Spirit
is the author of prayer, but he employs the thoughts of a fervent soul as the
gold with which to fashion the vessel. Let not our prayers and praises be the
flashes of a hot and hasty brain, but the steady burning of a well-kindled
fire.
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