Fasting in the biblical sense is choosing not to partake of food because your spiritual hunger is so deep, you determination in intercession so intense, or your spiritual warfare so demanding that you have temporarily set aside even fleshly needs to give yourself to prayer and meditation.
— Wesley Duewel (1916–2016), Missionar, Missionsleiter und christlicher Buchautor
Topics: Prayer & Silence
Wesley Duewel
Wesley Duewel (1916–2016) war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Missionar, Missionsleiter und Buchautor, der fast 25 Jahre lang in Indien und später in den USA wirkte. Verwurzelt in der methodistischen Heiligungsbewegung, betonte er in seinen Schriften vor allem persönliche Hingabe, weltweite Mission und die Notwendigkeit beharrlichen Gebets. Bibellesern heute vermittelt er praktische Impulse für ein engagiertes Glaubensleben und das Fürbittegebet jenseits rein organisatorischer Methoden.
All quotes by Wesley Duewel (3)
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