p. 107 | The Habit of Prayer by Bickersteth

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 6, 1857

The Habit of Prayer.

By Bickersteth

The believer's character, I give myself unto prayer, shows that he is continually in the spirit of prayer. The lifting up of holy desires unto God, will only quicken us in the performance of the daily labors of our life. Such an habitually devout disposition of mind, the expression of which is sometimes called ejaculatory prayer, will make every action of life holy. We shall learn to do nothing without connecting it by prayer with the presence and glory of God. We shall see nothing, and hear nothing, without its raising our hearts unto him. What a spiritual life may the Christian, improving everything by prayer, lead! This will consecrate every field, and every word, and every dwelling-place, and turn an ordinary walk into a morning or evening sacrifice.—Bickersteth.