I read a wonderful review of a new book written by Sam Storms entitled A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ, based on 2 Corinthians. Here is a sample of the author's thoughts on prayer:1. The ones who pray experience the joy of being an instrument in the fulfillment of God’s purposes and delight in beholding how God works in response to their intercessory pleas.
2. The one who is prayed for experiences the joy of being delivered from peril or sustained in trial or being made the recipient of some otherwise unattainable blessing.
3. The one to whom prayer is offered (in every case, God) experiences the joy of being thanked, and thus glorified, for having intervened in a way that only God can in order to bless or deliver or save his people.
Sounds like a win-win-win situation! Let us be instruments in fulfilling God's purposes by blessing others through our prayers, and then thanking God for sustaining His people.
And let me remember to order this book...
2. The one who is prayed for experiences the joy of being delivered from peril or sustained in trial or being made the recipient of some otherwise unattainable blessing.
3. The one to whom prayer is offered (in every case, God) experiences the joy of being thanked, and thus glorified, for having intervened in a way that only God can in order to bless or deliver or save his people.
Sounds like a win-win-win situation! Let us be instruments in fulfilling God's purposes by blessing others through our prayers, and then thanking God for sustaining His people.
And let me remember to order this book...
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