The real power of prayer lies in ihe union of man's will with God's will, or, put.in another way, he would say that, to be effective prayer should be offered in active cooperation with God's plan for the universe. An old Latin proverb says: "To work is to pray." That is not the whole truth, but the entire bent of a Christian's life should be the doing not of his own will. but of God's. Prayer is not a kind of magic; it is not an exercise to bend God's will to our purpose. It is not leaving to God duties we Ourselves ought to undertake, It is not a substitute for industry and foreifhought "We are ask, seek and knock as a sculptor asks, seeks and knocks when out of wood or stone he carves a lovely statue, or as a painter who with oil or water portrays a beautiful picture. To pray in the Christian sense is to work together with God. It is to bring our wills into such complete harmony with God's, that God will be able to accomplish His will through us."
"Unless this spiritual union—this oneness with the Father—is made a very vital thing in the Christian life the bearing of fruit would be impossible. An invisible contact must be maintained between God and those who profess to be His followers, "so that when faced with such a situation as we are witnessing today, when lite becomes dark and incomprehensible God's comforting, assuring, heartening voice can reach us, giving new hope, new courage, fresh confidence
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