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Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3) QUOTES

Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3) QUOTES

1 " Prayer is not simply a soliloquy, a mere exercise in therapeutic self-analysis, or a religious recitation. Prayer is discourse with the personal God Himself. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

2 " what better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received? "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

3 " The idea that God “always wills healing” has been a destructive distortion in the Christian community. The pastoral problems emanating from this are enormous. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

4 " Prayer is not magic. God is not a celestial bellhop ready at our beck and call to satisfy our every whim. In some cases, our prayers must involve travail of the soul and agony of heart such as Jesus Himself experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane. Sometimes the immature Christian suffers bitter disappointment, not because God failed to keep His promises, but because well-meaning Christians made promises “for” God that God Himself never authorized. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

5 " If God knows what I’m going to say before I say it, His knowledge, rather than limiting my prayer, enhances the beauty of my praise. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

6 " Of course, knowledge is also important because without it we cannot know what God requires. However, knowledge and truth remain abstract unless we commune with God in prayer. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

7 " James 1:13 specifically says that God tempts no one. God may test, but He never tempts to evil. A test is for growth; temptation is toward evil. Not "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

8 " First, they stopped thanking Him for His provision. Second, they stopped asking Him for His provision. Third, they began grumbling about His provision. Finally, they began reminiscing about how good things had been in Egypt. They dreamed about the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, and the garlic they had had in Egypt—all the while forgetting about the oppression, the hardships, and the tortures they had endured at the hands of Pharaoh. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

9 " All of our prayers are to include thanksgiving. Like the leper, we must pause, turn back, and give thanks. We are so indebted to God that we can never exhaust our opportunities for expressing gratitude. Forgetting "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

10 " True prayer presupposes an attitude of humble submission and adoration to the Almighty God. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

11 " Prayer is not magic. God is not a celestial bellhop ready at our beck and call to satisfy our every whim. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

12 " goal of the Christian life? It is godliness born of "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

13 " The mind of God does not change for God does not change. Things change, and they change according to His sovereign will, which He exercises through secondary means and secondary activities. The prayer of His people is one of the means He uses to bring things to pass in this world. So if you ask me whether prayer changes things, I answer with an unhesitating "Yes! "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

14 " All that God does is for His glory first and for our benefit second. We pray because God commands us to pray, because it glorifies Him, and because it benefits us. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

15 " La razón exacta por la que oramos es la soberanía de Dios, porque creemos que está dentro del poder de Dios ordenar las cosas conforme a su propósito. Eso es precisamente la soberanía: ordenar las cosas conforme al propósito de Dios. Así que entonces, ¿la oración hace que Dios cambie de parecer? No. ¿La oración cambia las cosas? "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

16 " Alguien podría preguntarse si Dios no está lo suficientemente informado sin que se le advierta de lo que nos pesa y de lo que consideraríamos necesario. Así, no tendría sentido pedir nada con oraciones, igual que no solemos pedir nada a quienes ante nuestros asuntos no tienen interés y se duermen. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

17 " En la Institución de la religión cristiana, Juan Calvino hace algunas profundas observaciones respecto a la oración:   Alguien "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

18 " Nos es necesario implorar asiduamente a Dios: Primero, para que nuestro corazón se inflame de un inmenso y ardiente deseo de siempre buscarlo, amarlo y honrarlo, debemos habituarnos a encontrar en él nuestro refugio, en todas las circunstancias, como único puerto de salvación. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

19 " La oración, como todo lo demás en la vida cristiana, es para la gloria de Dios y para nuestro beneficio, en ese orden. "

― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)

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― R.C. Sproul , Does Prayer Change Things? (Crucial Questions, #3)