Lately I’ve been pondering a statement that J. C. Ryle (d. 1900) made about prayer:
“Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.”
(From A Call to Prayer)
In my estimation–judging by Scripture, history, and personal experience–prayer has not been given the attention that it deserves with respect to our war with sin.
“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41)
