“Beware of prayerless tears and beware of tearless prayers.”
My heart has been so hard of late and I think that is why I have been feeling so lost. This quote has really been on my thoughts. At this point I am not even sure I understand its meaning, but I think Father is using it to speak to me...?
Elizabeth
Ask Him to melt your heart and let you see things as He sees them. Prayerless tears would be crying over things that He has not put upon your heart.
God bless you Elizabeth.
Dear Elizabeth,
Where did you come upon that phrase? I do not see it in scripture.
HeartSong is correct about Prayerless tears. I also feel they are tears spend on vain thoughts or for things which God has said, 'No, not for you.'
Today we read the James. It is a very short but I found myself making notes of practically every point he brought up. It is a wonderfully clear set of scriptures that one could read for years and keep gaining more from it. I think it might help you now.
It is wonderful to see you post, even if you are distressed.
You are in my prayers,
white stone
P.S. and you too, HeartSong.
This reminded of when my precious wife died in 2001 and I began to cry out to the Lord in earnest. For a number of months, all I could literally hear in the spirit was "Why don't you just curse God and die?" Even though I had long left Jesus some years before, something didn't seem quite right and I thought of Job and that's where I began reading the scriptures again. Fortunately, I didn't believe the demons or I would have been a dead man...“Beware of prayerless tears and beware of tearless prayers.”
As I began to read the scriptures and seek Jesus more earnestly, he gave me this verse in Hosea 7:14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail upon their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.
The prayerless tears came because God didn't give me what I wanted, which was a life with my wife. The tears were tears of remorse, not tears of repentance. The Holy Spirit didn't condemn me but the conviction was so strong I wept for days and finally said Lord now I need to repent and he began walking through my life of sin and I began to repent.
I'm not saying this is you dear one but this is what the Holy Spirit revealed about my own heart. And oh, how the blood of Jesus has set me free and healed me of the damages of my sin and those around me. There is healing in the blood of Jesus!
I know that He wants us to seek Him for who He is (i.e. seek His face), rather than He can do for us (i.e. seek His hand). Praise God for that conviction that comes through the Holy Spirit.
Dear death2self,
Your testimony here really ministered to me. Thank you for sharing it. I praise God for His mercy and grace in healing and restoring you. His mercies are new every morning. He is truly the God who worketh wonders!
Grace and peace,
R2W
death2self
Thanks for what you shared here. What you wrote really touched my heart, i just wanted to tell you that.
You said "I know that He wants us to seek Him for who He is (i.e. seek His face), rather than He can do for us (i.e. seek His hand). Praise God for that conviction that comes through the Holy Spirit."
This really has been on my heart, I think that the reason that quote kept coming up is because I have been spending time seeking after things that God does not really want me to be about. Things that are not in His will for me.
Thanks again so much for sharing.
Elizabeth
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