Charles Spurgeon has said, "Prayer is the falling of a tear. Tears are the diamonds of heaven, sighs are a part of the music of Jehovah's court, and are numbered with the sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high."
Isn't that a beautiful quote! This blog has concentrated on articles concerning prayer in the past, but when I read a recent devotion (recent to my Email inbox, that is) by Charles Spurgeon I felt compelled to share it with you.
Spurgeon continues, "Prayers are instantly noticed in heaven....... Oftentimes a poor broken-hearted one bends his knee, but can only utter his wailing in the language of sighs and tears; yet that groan has made all the harps of heaven thrill with music; that tear has been caught by God and treasured in the lachrymatory of heaven."
Psalm 56:8 says, "Thou tellest my wanderings: put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: are they not in thy book?"
Spurgeon says the above verse "implies that they (tears) are caught as they flow. The suppliant, whose fears prevent his words, will be well understood by the Most High. ....... Think not that your prayer, however weak or trembling, will be unregarded. ..... Our God not only hears prayers, but also LOVES to hear them. "He forgetteth not the cry of the humble" (Psalm 9:12 b) ......He regards not the triumph and pride of man; but wherever there is a heart big with sorrow, or a lip quivering with agony, or a deep groan, or a penitential sigh, the heart of Jehovah is open; He marks it down in the registry of His memory; He puts our prayers, like rose leaves, between the pages of His book of Remembrance, and when the volume is opened at last, there shall be a precious fragrance springing up therefrom."
"Their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, even unto heaven." - 2 Chronicles 30:27
Charles Spurgeon used the above verse as a starting point in another of his devotions delivered recently to my Email inbox. Here is a partial quote from that :
"Prayer is an open door which none can shut. Devils may surround you on all sides, but the way upward is always open, and as long as that road is unobstructed, you will not fall into the enemy's hand. We can never be taken by blockade, escalade, mine, or storm, so long as heavenly succours can come down to us by Jacob's ladder to relieve us in the time of our necessities. Prayer is never out of season. ...... In every condition, whether of poverty, or sickness, or obscurity, or slander, or doubt, your covenant God will welcome your prayer and answer it from His holy place. Nor is prayer ever futile. True prayer is evermore true power."
Andrew Murray was a South African Christian pastor, teacher and writer and lived from 1828 to 1917. Following is a very special audio video from one of his books. The video is 25 minutes, and is about prayer. Excellent teaching !
"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." - 1 Peter 4:7
"Pray without ceasing." - 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Romans 10:9,10,13 tells us, (9) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend - and life !!
