I really like these- the music and scenery is so calming. Some day I am going to see the Alps in person (Lord willing!).
However, in this one something he says doesn't sit quite right with me:
Prayer is not the exercise of changing the will of that Being [God] but of adjusting oneself to His will.
Now, to be fair, I believe that this statement is true. Oswald Chambers, in several of his daily devotions, says something very similar. And I am not sure if I disagree with Mr. Chambers on anything.
But I do not believe that this is ALL that prayer is.
On a local conservative christian radio station (Moody broadcasting) they have been running an ad about prayer basically saying that there is much build up of force when water is pushing against a dam, and when just enough force is applied, the dam will burst. The analogy is made to prevailing prayer- i.e. how sometimes a person or group of person will pray for a breakthrough in a certain area- often for years-- and how at some point that prayer will be answered. The implication is that God is perhaps waiting (for His own purposes) for a certain amount of prayer to be offered up before answering. I believe there is truth in this.
Prayer is something of a mystery- and I think for the most part the purpose of prayer is to fellowship with God so that we will know what His will is. Jesus WAS the will of God becaue of His relationship to the Father. But when it comes to intercessory prayer- i have to believe that we can "persuade" God to act. Jesus told us to ask with childlike faith.
TK
