My heart's cry is that this would be the cry of my heart in prayer. My heart's cry is that this would be the cry of the hearts of all those who are in Christ. How feeble are our petitions. How easy we slip into a man-centered, temporal mind-set, even in our prayer life.
"Banish from our minds low thoughts of Christ. Saturate our souls with the Spirit of Christ and all His greatness. Enlarge our capacities to be satisfied in all that you are for us in Him. Where flesh and blood are impotent, reveal to us the Christ, and rivet our attention and our affections on the truth and beauty of your all-glorious Son. And grant that whether rich or poor, sick or sound, we might be transformed by Him and become an echo of His excellence in the world."
Excerpt from "Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ" by John Piper
Orthodoxy (correct doctrine), Orthopraxis (correct actions) and Orthocardia (correct heart). The Puritans used to talk about the need to have all three. We tend to think a lot about the first two. Let us not forget that, "The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith."
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