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Billy Graham
Observe carefully the prayer life of Jesus, and notice the earnestness
with which He prayed. In Gethsemane He cried out with a loud voice,
and in the intensity of His supplication. He fell headlong on the damp
ground and pleaded before His Father until "his sweat was like drops of
blood falling to the ground (Luke 22:44). Too often-and in very sharp
contrast-you and I use petty petitions, oratorical exercises, and the same
words we have used for years rather than the cries of our inmost being.
Also, too often when we pray, our thoughts roam. We insult God by
speaking to Him with our lips while our minds and hearts are far from Him.
When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans.
Matthew 6:7
Observe carefully the prayer life of Jesus, and notice the earnestness
with which He prayed. In Gethsemane He cried out with a loud voice,
and in the intensity of His supplication. He fell headlong on the damp
ground and pleaded before His Father until "his sweat was like drops of
blood falling to the ground (Luke 22:44). Too often-and in very sharp
contrast-you and I use petty petitions, oratorical exercises, and the same
words we have used for years rather than the cries of our inmost being.
Also, too often when we pray, our thoughts roam. We insult God by
speaking to Him with our lips while our minds and hearts are far from Him.
When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans.
Matthew 6:7
