"Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me."

~Psalm 119:132-133

Friday, December 19, 2008

Loving Our Neighbor on Our Knees

More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within the brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer
Both for themselves and those who call them friend?
For so the whole round earth is every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
~Alfred Tennyson

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees.
~Charles H. Brent

Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord, in ceasing to pray for you. ~I Samuel 12:23