Torrey: wait for the Holy Spirit

Saturday, March 24, 2012
    Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980
    Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953
Meditation:
    “Abba, Father,” [Jesus] said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
    —Mark 14:36 (NIV)
Quotation:
    If, then, we would pray aright, the first thing that we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God, that we really get into His very presence. Before a word of petition is offered, we should have the definite and vivid consciousness that we are talking to God, and should believe that He is listening to our petition and is going to grant the thing that we ask of Him. This is only possible by the Holy Spirit’s power, so we should look to the Holy Spirit to really lead us into the presence of God, and should not be hasty in words until He has actually brought us there.
    ... R. A. Torrey (1856-1928), How to Pray, Fleming H. Revell, 1900, p. 33-34 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, bring me into your presence. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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