Forsyth: to seek God

Friday, October 25, 2024
    Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285
Meditation:
I love those who love me,
    and those who seek me find me.
    —Proverbs 8:17 (NIV)
Quotation:
    If prayer is not a play of the religious fantasy, or a routine task, it must be the application of faith to a concrete actual and urgent situation. Only remember that prayer does not work by magic, and that stormy desire is not fervent, effectual prayer. You may be but exploiting a mighty power; whereas you must be in real contact with the real God. It is the man that most really has God that most really seeks God.
    ... P. T. Forsyth (1848-1921), The Soul of Prayer [1916], Regent College Publishing, 2002, p. 76 (see the book)
    See also Pr. 8:17; Deut. 4:29; Ps. 119:10; Jer. 29:12-14; Lam. 3:25; Matt. 6:33; 7:7-8; John 3:18-19; Heb. 4:2; 11:6; 1 John 1:7
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, draw me closer to You. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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