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And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.

- Jeremiah 29:13

God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

- John 4:24

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

- Philippians 1:10

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

- I John 3:18



How is sincerely praying upon the basis of God's grace different from sincerely praying upon the basis of my qualifications?

5. Praying sincerely

  • Praying when our walk does not follow our talk - Heart and tongue, word and work, lip and life, and prayer and practice must echo one another.

  • Asking Pharisee-like, not publican-like - The sincere person knows and feels his many insincerities. He knows and uprightly confesses who he is, apart from God's grace.

  • Viewing prayer as a gift from man to God, instead of from God to man - God does not need human prayer, but human beings need godly prayer. Without prayer, spiritual life withers.



      • A filthy beggar was once told to beg at the king's palace; that those who did so never returned empty. Looking at his coat, he felt it was not good enough, his face not clean enough, his shoes not dressy enough, etc.

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