My Savior’s Prayers
Filed under {!-- ra:0000000031b857b1000000007df2c3c0 --}{if 'My Savior\'s Prayers' == '52home' && category_name == '52home'} Biblical Womanhood | Suffering {if:else} Biblical Womanhood | Suffering {/if}There have been certain times during this trial when my prayers were reduced to nothing more than cries for help throughout the day. “Lord, have mercy on us.” “Lord, we need your grace.” “Lord, please help.” On these days I sometimes felt guilty that my prayers lacked substance. Then I remembered the truth of Christ’s prayers for me:
“It is a consoling thought that Christ is praying for us, even when we are negligent in our prayer life; that He is presenting to the Father those spiritual needs which were not present to our minds and which we often neglect to include in our prayers; and that He prays for our protection against the dangers of which we are not even conscious, and against the enemies which threaten us, though we do not notice it. He is praying that our faith may not cease, and that we may come out victoriously in the end.”
Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology, p.403.
“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne, Robert Murray M’Cheyne p.179.
(From a post by Justin Taylor)
What enormous comfort and courage poured into my soul when I remembered my Savior’s prayers!