Comments on: Who do you depend on? http://www.joshagerton.com/2006/05/06/who-do-you-depend-on/ For Love Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:28:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JohnDeere http://www.joshagerton.com/2006/05/06/who-do-you-depend-on/comment-page-1/#comment-72 JohnDeere Thu, 18 May 2006 19:08:00 +0000 http://sfillmer.wordpress.com/2006/05/06/who-do-you-depend-on/#comment-72 great post josh-- prayer is a demonstration of voluntary poverty-- without which nothing really significant ever really happens.<br/><br/>Mother Theresa said something like this--- "If you do not pray your deeds will have no power; your words will have no power. Prayer enlarges the heart until it can contain the gift of God himself. great post josh– prayer is a demonstration of voluntary poverty– without which nothing really significant ever really happens.

Mother Theresa said something like this— “If you do not pray your deeds will have no power; your words will have no power. Prayer enlarges the heart until it can contain the gift of God himself.

]]> By: Amie Lou http://www.joshagerton.com/2006/05/06/who-do-you-depend-on/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Amie Lou Sat, 06 May 2006 18:54:00 +0000 http://sfillmer.wordpress.com/2006/05/06/who-do-you-depend-on/#comment-71 this sounds like a good thing to have stuck in your head, and your heart :)<br/><br/>A big surprise for me when I work with the "converted later on" crowd is the move away from prayer. It's like at first people can see the need for Christ - the hopeless state of their lives. Yet, something happens - a spiritual pride? That causes people to shrug off on prayer. I have heard this comment many times "you know, when I use to pray a lot..." isn't that wierd? And frankly, I can't be satisfied with the "enemy" answer. Practicing the spiritual disciplines is one of those things completely under our control.<br/><br/>...I will nonchalantly put my soapbox back under my bed :)<br/><br/>Smiles,<br/>ames this sounds like a good thing to have stuck in your head, and your heart :)

A big surprise for me when I work with the “converted later on” crowd is the move away from prayer. It’s like at first people can see the need for Christ – the hopeless state of their lives. Yet, something happens – a spiritual pride? That causes people to shrug off on prayer. I have heard this comment many times “you know, when I use to pray a lot…” isn’t that wierd? And frankly, I can’t be satisfied with the “enemy” answer. Practicing the spiritual disciplines is one of those things completely under our control.

…I will nonchalantly put my soapbox back under my bed :)

Smiles,
ames

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