As it is the sister of reading, so it is the mother of prayer. Though a man’s heart be much indisposed to prayer, yet, if he can but fall into a meditation of God, and the things of God, his heart will soon come off to prayer… Begin with reading or hearing. Go on with meditation; end in prayer… Reading without meditation is unfruitful; meditation without reading is hurtful; to meditate and to read without prayer upon both is without blessing.
— William Bridge (1600–1670), Puritanischer Prediger, Theologe und Mitglied der Westminster Assembly
Topics: Prayer & Silence, The Bible & the Word of God
William Bridge
William Bridge (1600–1670) war ein englischer puritanischer Geistlicher und Theologe, der nach zeitweisem Exil in Rotterdam in England predigte und Mitglied der Westminster-Synode war. Bekannt wurde er als Vertreter der kongregationalistischen Minderheit für die Autonomie der Ortsgemeinden sowie als Autor seelsorgerlicher Schriften über geistliche Anfechtungen. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als puritanischer Seelsorgetheologe, der den Umgang mit Schuldgefühlen, Depression und Glaubenszweifeln anhand biblischer Gnadenzusagen behandelte.
All quotes by William Bridge (7)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson