"How can you expect to God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again." - Francois Fenelon in The Spiritual Letters
"The unreflective person thinks and imagines that when he prays, the important thing, the thing that he must concentrate upon, is that God should hear what he is praying for. And yet in the true, eternal sense, it is just the reverse; the true relation in prayer is not when God hears what is prayed for, but when the person continues to pray until he is the one who hears what God wills."
Wow. In all areas and all ways, God has confirmed to me today that I need to work on actually listening to Him when I pray. I've been so busy telling God all the things I want Him to do (or don't want Him to do) that I've totally neglected listening to Him telling me what He wants me to do. I cannot do it without Him, so I need to be quiet and listen to him!!
Lord,
Teach me to pray the way You desire me to pray.
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