Prayer People
August 13th, 2008“You can do more after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed” (John Bunyan).We may try to treat prayer as a magic cure-all, like the little girl who prayed, “Dear Lord, please make Boston the capitol of Vermont because that is what I put on my test.” Prayer is much more! It connects us to the will and mind of God (Matthew 6:9-13).
A reporter once asked Samuel Morse, “In inventing the telegraph, did you ever come to a place where you did not know what to do?” Morse replied, “Yes. I asked God for knowledge. That is why I never felt that I deserved the honor I have received for inventing the telegraph. I have made a valuable application of electrical power, but it was all through God’s help. It was not because I was superior to other scientists. When the Lord wanted to bestow this gift on mankind, he had to use someone. I am just grateful he chose to reveal it through me.”
It is no wonder that the first telegraph message Samuel Morse sent, ‘What hath God wrought?’
How do we view our prayers? What great things are we asking from God? How do we honor him?
Keep The Light Burning!
Perry Greene
