Posts from March 2019

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The Schematic of Prayer

by Open Gate Ministries

C.S. Lewis on prayer… “God is the thing to which to which he is praying, the goal he is trying to reach. God is also the thing inside him which is pushing him on, the motive power. God is also the road or bridge along which he is being pushed to that goal… The man […]

Prayer is Surrender

by Open Gate Ministries

Jeremiah 10:23 “Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.”    Prayer is surrender to the will of God and ultimately our co-operation with that will. An illustration found in the book, “A Song of Ascents” by E. Stanley Jones’s might be helpful; if […]

Where is Your Head?

by Open Gate Ministries

John 15 / Where is your head? 7 If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.    Prayer is a gift […]