It shouldn’t surprise us…to find that prayer is not finally about getting things from God, but getting God.
David Mathis, Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines
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Prayer doesn’t begin with our needs, but with his bounty.
This is the heart of prayer—not getting things from God, but getting God.
…Prayer to God is not only the place for divulging our heart, but also developing our desires.
The great purpose of prayer is not getting things from God but getting God.
It is grace to be forgiven of sinful acts, and grace to be supplied the heart for righteous ones.
The grace of God cannot be quarantined to individuals.
The Bible is gloriously for us, but it is not mainly about us.
In our sin, we’d rather trust in ourselves than another, amass our own righteousness than receive another’s, speak our own mind rather than listen to someone else.
One of the effects of the gospel going deeper into our souls is that it frees our fingers to loosen their grasp on our goods.
The hands of the clock are ever in the hands of God. It is arrogant to plan without planning for God.
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