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Friday, July 3, 2026

Underhill: the worth of prayer

Feast of Thomas the Apostle
Meditation:
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
—2 Corinthians 5:18-21 (KJV)

Quotation:
The purifying worth of prayer consists in the increasing contrast which it sets up between the holy God and the creature; subordinating that creature’s fugitive activities and desires to the standard set by this solemn apprehension of Reality.
... Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), The Golden Sequence, Dutton, 1933, p. 104 (see the book)
See also 2 Cor. 5:18-21; John 14:10-11; 17:23; Rom. 8:26; Eph. 6:18; Jude 1:20

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, conform my being to Your will.
 
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