Sunday School Lesson
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tax collector had nothing in his
favor except the one thing need
ful namely a penitent heart; and
he was Justified.
The Christian's Prayer
The tax collector gives us the
right lead for prayer. The form
of our prayer Is not the essential,
but whether we have "the faith
which lays hold on God and
touches the heart of the Father
who knew us long before we
came to him."
The balance wheel of a Chris
tian's prayer is the Father's will.
"Not as I will, but as thou wilt"
(Matthew 26:39). John Baillie
in his devotional classic put it this
way: "In the last resort Christian
prayer has alway lef it to God's
own wisdom to decide what pre
cisely He is to do about our
need." The Christian's true
stance in prayer is humility.
Our prayers and our character
are directly related. Infrequent
and superficial prayers express
a shallow character. Selfish pray
ers reveal that we put ourselves
at the center rather than God. We
pray best when the Holy Spirit
himself is guiding oiur prayers.
'He who has learned how to
pray," says William Law, "has
earned the greatest secret ol a
holy and happy life."
What D* T*> Tkiak?
How do you reconcile earnest'
prayer that is unanswered with
the idea ot a loving Goq? What
prayer habits ? such as prepara-!
tion for prayer, time, place,
method and types of prayers ?
mean most to you? What are
some ways in' which our prayers
reveal self - centeredness? How
can we learn to shift the center
of our lives from ourselves to
God? How does one help answer
his own prayers? How could
Christians make their prayers
more Chrstlike?
Eternal Father, go possess our
hearts by Ay Holy Spirit that
?ur prayers may be prompted
by the*. Teach as so to love all
thy children that we will become
faithful intercessors In their be
half and thus become Instru
ments for the advancement of
thy Kingdom. Keep us In thy
service by thy jrace and for thy
irlory. Amen.
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