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Christian Theologian

J. I. Packer is a prominent Christian theologian whose influential writings on Christian doctrine and spirituality have shaped theological discourse. Born on July 22, 1926, Packer has made significant contributions to the field of theology through his extensive scholarly work and theological education.

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“I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.”

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“The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer; and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.”

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“God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make.”

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“Trying to describe what I do in prayer would be like telling the world how I make love to my wife.”

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“Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.”

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Book:Hot Tub Religion

Source: Hot Tub Religion

“How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is simple but demanding. It is that we turn each Truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.”

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Book:Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide

Source: Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide

“Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do.”

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“We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we pray and what goes on in our hearts. Many of us, I suspect, have no idea how impoverished we are at this level. Let us ask the Lord to show us.”

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Book:Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide

Source: Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide

“Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.”

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“Men who know their God are before anything else men who pray, and the first point where their zeal and energy for God's glory come to expression is in their prayers. If there is little energy for such prayer, and little consequent practice of it, this is a sure sign that as yet we scarcely know our God.”

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“God has spoken to man, and the Bible is his Word, given to us to make us wise unto salvation... Godliness means responding to God's revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God's Word. This, and nothing else, is true religion.”

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“If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God's child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.”

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Author:J. I. Packer

About the Author

Born: July 22, 1926
Known for: Christian Theologian
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