Prayer is not "getting in touch with your true self,"as is so often said. It is the practice of shifting preoccupation away from yourself toward attentiveness and responsiveness to God. It is a deliberate walking away from a me-centered way of life to a Christ-centered way of life. It is certainly true that in weakness and thirst and desperation we reach out to God, but the larger and more encompassing reality is that God is already reaching out to us. Prayer has its origin in the movement of God toward us.
- Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson. Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (Kindle Location 1858). Kindle Edition.
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