LIFE CHANGING PRAYER compiled by Debra Maffett

Thus the Christian, withdrawn for a season from the world, and
realizing the immediate presence of God, the solemness of eternity,
and the vast importance of heavenly things — prays to his Father,
who sees in secret. He gets more humbling views of himself, and
makes fresh discoveries . . .
of the exceeding sinfulness of sin,
of the super-aboundings of Divine grace,
of the long-suffering patience of the Lord,
of the grace he has bestowed on him,
of the deliverances he has wrought for him, and
of the abundant mercy which is treasured up in Christ Jesus for all
true believers. Thus he, who began his secret prayers "with
groanings that cannot be uttered" . . .
finds spiritual enlargement;
is "strengthened with might in the inner man;"
is enriched with the light of God's reconciled countenance;
and comes forth from his closet in a more humble, more watchful,
more spiritual, more holy, more heavenly frame. And, consequently,
is more fit for the public duties of religion, or the particular duties of
his calling — the Lord having put into his heart more gladness than
an increase of corn and wine could give, (Psalm 5.7,) and caused his
holy comforts to delight his soul. (Psalm 44.19.
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