Govern By The Word

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“The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” As we continue praying for our public servants, we pray they would know and value the commandments of God and teachings of Christ, and may these guide them in how they live and govern. Even a casual glance will reveal that our much of nation -- and her government, has rejected the Lordship of Christ. But we know politics is not the answer, the Gospel is — that is, the Word of God that teaches the good news that we are all sinners, in need of a savior, and that Jesus is that redeemer. In our PrayerPodcast we will be praying today from Psalm 19:7-11… Prayer Insights … from C.S. Lewis We are told by Dr. Art Lindsley, writing in C.S. Lewis on Prayer, that prayer was an important part of Lewis’s life, but that he had problems with praying. Don’t we also? Much of his struggle came from his early life, for as a boy his mother died and his father then sent him to boarding school. Writes Lindsley: He tried to pray every night but developed what he called a “false conscience” about prayer. He had been told that it was not enough to say your prayers; you also had to think about what you were saying. As soon as he finished his prayers each night, he would ask himself, “Are you sure you were thinking about what you were saying?” The answer was inevitably no. Gradually his faith was restored and his prayer life became more robust and he was restored to a sense of closeness with God. Still, Lewis felt that prayer was not primarily something to talk about but something to “do.” We agree, it is more important to actually pray than to just talk about it. Nothing teaches us more about prayer than praying! To Lewis, prayer changes us from the inside out. Since I have begun to pray, I find my extreme view of personality changing. My own empirical self is becoming more important, and this is exactly the opposite of

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