“If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.”
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
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Reported in Wright L. Lassiter, The Power of Prayer (2005), p. xiv.
“Never rush into anything—unless into is the direction you want to go.”
Source: The Thread That Binds the Bones (1993), Chapter 5 (p. 46)
“Prayer is the breath of a new-born soul, and there can be no Christian life without it.”
P. 457.
With Open Hands (1972)
Context: Prayer leads you to see new paths and to hear new melodies in the air. Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you freedom to go and to stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land. Praying is not simply some necessary compartment in the daily schedule of a Christian or a source of support in time of need, nor is it restricted to Sunday mornings or mealtimes. Praying is living. It is eating and drinking, action and rest, teaching and learning, playing and working. Praying pervades every aspect of our lives. It is the unceasing recognition that God is wherever we are, always inviting us to come closer and to celebrate the divine gift of being alive.