Thursday's Thoughts: Prayer Is The Soul's Sincere Desire

 

"The earnest, heartfelt prayer of a righteous man makes
tremendous power available, dynamic in its working."
(James 5:16)
 The Amplified Bible

The Lord's Prayer

(Le Pater Noster)

(1886-1894)

James Tissot

(1836-1902)

French Painter

Image courtesy The Brooklyn Museum
 via Wikimedia Commons

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,

Unuttered or expressed;

The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh,

The falling of a tear,

The upward glancing of an eye,

When none but God is near.

Prayer is the simplest form of speech

That infant lips can try;

Prayer the sublimest strains that reach

The Majesty on high.

Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,

Returning from his ways;

While angels in their songs rejoice

And cry, "Behold He prays!"

Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,

The Christian's native air,

His watchword at the gates of death;

He enters heaven with prayer.

O Thou, by whom we come to God,

The Life, the Truth, the Way;

The path of prayer Thyself hast trod:

Lord, teach us how to pray!

"Prayer Is The Soul's Sincere Desire"
(1818)
James Montgomery
(1771-1854)
Newspaper editor, political activist,
and hymn writer