Prayer, genuine and victorious, is continually offered without the least physical effort or disturbance. It is often in the deepest stillness of soul and body that it wins its longest way. But there is another side of the matter. Prayer is never meant to be indolently easy, however simple and reliant it may be. It is meant to be an infinitely important transaction between man and God. And therefore, very often…it has to be viewed as a work involving labor, persistence, conflict, if it would be prayer indeed.
— C.F.D. Moule (1908–2007), Neutestamentler
Note on attribution: Der devotionale Ton weist eher auf Handley C. G. Moule (1841–1920) als auf den Neutestamentler C. F. D. Moule; Sammlungen verwechseln die beiden regelmäßig.
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Courage & Strength, Patience & Waiting
Occasions: For Reflection
All quotes by C.F.D. Moule (2)
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