The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you.
Chuck SmithThough prayer doesn't change God's mind or God's purposes, prayer does change something- It changes us.
Chuck SmithI want the real deal whatever that means and whatever it takes to get there so I've been exploring.
Chuck SmithI think it rather pathetic that so many people are looking forward to heaven to prove that their doctrinal position was correct.
Chuck SmithPrayer is not an agency by which my will is to be accomplished upon the earth. The purpose of prayer is to get God's will to be accomplished upon the earth, and so many times we ask and receive not because the motive behind our asking is really that of accomplishing my will rather than God's will.
Chuck Smith