All tagged E.M. Bounds
Are you a serious person? By this I mean, do you present yourself in faith as a stuffy, academically aloof, or “better than you” Christian? If you are like this or are more interested in appearing righteous than actually being righteous, then it is time to wake up. Jesus was born a carpenter’s son and lived a common life, despite being anything but common.
When we serve others and do small things of good in our day it should become a sermon, but only if we will allow ourselves to receive the blessing of that deed. Equally, when we see God at work around us, or his majesty in creation, it becomes a prayer.
Heavenly Father, lead us through this life, direct us in our prayers, and prepare us for eternity with You. We thank you for the example of your son Jesus Christ as, even on the cross, He taught us to not only follow your teaching, but to pray in your Word... unto His dying breath when after "He cried again in a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."
"He who prays stands midway between God and people." - E.M. Bounds