7 Marks of a Right Heart before God (5)

7 Marks of a Right Heart before God (5)

(5) A right heart is a PRAYING heart.

 

It has within it “the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba Father” (Romans 8:15).

Its daily feeling is, “Your face, Lord, will I seek” (Psalm 27:8).

It is drawn by an habitual inclination to speak to God about spiritual things — weakly, feebly, and imperfectly perhaps — but speak it must.

It finds it necessary to pour out itself before God, as before a friend, and to spread before Him all its needs and desires.

It tells Him all its secrets. It keeps back nothing from Him.

You might as well try to persuade a person to live without breathing, as to persuade the possessor of a right heart to live without praying.

 

  • C. Ryle: Old Paths, ‘The Heart’