Helen,

This is good.  Thanks for sharing.  Puts things in perspective regarding our
prayer life.  Again coming down to Lordship.

Vicki

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From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] Tozer: Prayer Changes the Man


> Prayer: Prayer Changes the Man
>
> And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be
> glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. --John
> 14:13-14
>
> In all our praying, however, it is important that we keep in mind that God
> will not alter His eternal purposes at the word of a man. We do not pray
in
> order to persuade God to change His mind. Prayer is not an assault upon
the
> reluctance of God, nor an effort to secure a suspension of His will for us
> or for those for whom we pray. Prayer is not intended to overcome God and
> "move His arm." God will never be other than Himself, no matter how many
> people pray, nor how long nor how earnestly.
>
> God's love desires the best for all of us, and He desires to give us the
> best at any cost. He will open rivers in desert places, still turbulent
> waves, quiet the wind, bring water from the rock, send an angel to release
> an apostle from prison, feed an orphanage, open a land long closed to the
> gospel. All these things and a thousand others He has done and will do in
> answer to prayer, but only because it had been His will to do it from the
> beginning. No one persuades Him.
>
> What the praying man does is to bring his will into line with the will of
> God so God can do what He has all along been willing to do. Thus prayer
> changes the man and enables God to change things in answer to man's
prayer.
> The Price of Neglect, pp. 51-52
>
> "Eternal God, I realize that I am in no position to tell You how to run
> Your universe--or even my tiny corner of it. Yet somehow You have given me
> the awesome privilege of communing with You, bringing my requests, and
> waiting upon You to bring my will in line with Yours. Then somehow You
work
> in answer to my prayer! Thank You. Amen."
>