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Subject: [anzac] PRAYING TILL WE TRULY "PRAY"


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> "Praying Till We PRAY"
> -by A.W. Tozer.
>
> Dr. Moody Stuart, a great praying man of a past generation,
> once drew up a set of rules to guide him in his prayers.
> Among these rules is this one:  "Pray till you pray."
>
> The difference between praying till you quit and praying till
> you pray is illustrated by the American evangelist John
> Wesley Lee. He often likened a season of prayer to a
> church service, and insisted that many of us close the
> meeting before the service is over. He confessed that once
> he arose too soon from a prayer session and started down
> the street to take care of some pressing business. He had
> only gone a short distance when an inner voice reproached
> him. "Son," the voice seemed to say, "did you not
> pronounce the benediction before the meeting was ended?"
> He understood, and at once hurried back to the place of
> prayer where he tarried till the burden lifted and the
> blessing came down.
>
> The habit of breaking off our prayers before we have truly
> prayed is as common as it is unfortunate. Often the last
> ten minutes may mean more to us than the first half hour,
> because we must spend a long time getting into the
> proper mood to pray effectively. We may need to struggle
> with our thoughts to draw them in from where they have
> been scattered through the multitude of distractions that
> result from the task of living in a disordered world.
>
> Here, as elsewhere in spiritual matters, we must be sure
> to distinguish the ideal from the real. Ideally we should be
> living moment-by-moment in a state of such perfect union
> with God that no special preparation is necessary. But
> actually there are few who can honestly say that this is
> their experience. Candor will compel most of us to admit
> that we often experience a struggle before we can escape
> from the emotional alienation and sense of unreality that
> sometimes settle over us as a sort of prevailing mood.
>
> Whatever a dreamy idealism may say, we are forced to
> deal with things down on the level of practical reality. If
> when we come to prayer our hearts feel dull and
> unspiritual, we should not try to argue ourselves out of it.
> Rather, we should admit it frankly and pray our way
> through. Some Christians smile at the thought of
> "praying through," but something of the same idea is
> found in the writings of practically every great praying
> saint from Daniel to the present day. We cannot afford to
> stop praying till we have actually prayed.
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