We usually use amen at the end of our prayers, as though to say, “May what I have prayed come to pass.” But in light of the story of Jesus and the centurion, our goal should be to pray such gutsy prayers that God says amen to us.
— Levi Lusko (b. 1982), Pastor und Buchautor
Source: I Declare War: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Faith & Trust, Courage & Strength
Occasions: For Reflection, Encouragement
Levi Lusko
Levi Lusko ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor und Autor, der 2007 die Fresh Life Church im Bundesstaat Montana gründete. Er wurde vor allem durch Bücher und Predigten bekannt, die Themen wie persönliche Trauer, psychische Gesundheit und christliche Lebensführung in einer modernen Alltagssprache behandeln. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er praxisorientierte und seelsorgliche Zugänge zur Schrift, wobei Kritiker mitunter eine Überbetonung motivationaler Elemente gegenüber theologischer Tiefe bemängeln.
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