My wife just sent me this ecnouraging reminder:
"And if it be deemed a great wickedness to contaminate any thing that is dedicated to God, he surely cannot be endured, who, with impure, or even with unprepared hands, will handle that very thing, which of all things is the most sacred on earth. It is therefore an audacity, closely allied to a sacrilege, rashly to turn Scripture in any way we please, and to indulge our fancies as in sport; which has been done-by many in former times."
--John Calvin (in the Epistle Dedicatory, Dedication to Simon Grynaeus, in his Commentary on Romans)
Desire Without Ceasing: How Longing Fuels a Life of Prayer
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This very desire is your prayer, and if your desire is continuous, your
prayer is continuous too. The apostle meant what he...
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