"Of all the list of Christian duties there is none to which there is such abounding encouragement as prayer. It is a duty which concerns all. High and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned,--all must pray. It is a duty for which all are accountable. All cannot read, or hear, or sing; but all who have the spirit of adoption can pray. Above all, it is a duty in which everything depends on the heart and motive within. Our words may be feeble and ill-chosen, and our language broken and ungrammatical, and unworhty to be written down. But if the heart be right, it matters not. He that sits in heaven can spell out the meaning of every petition sent up in the name of Jesus, and can make the asker know and feel that he receives." -John Charles Ryle, Bishop of England. ("that man of granite, with the heart of a child")
What encouraging words from one of God's true servants nd shepherds, to take to heart.
Jesus said, "If My word abides in you, and you abide in Me, than you can ask, and you shall receive."
What a promise! Of course, when we pray we need to ask according to what God deems as good, and honoring to His name.
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