Jesus said of Himself, "I can of mine own self do nothing." But there we go again, thinking of prayer as an alternative to work, whereas Jesus thought of it as an alternative to fainting, an alternative to losing heart in our labors and so failing to get anything affective done at all. I am quite sure that if only we did not set about our daily round so unthinkingly, so unprayingly; if only we gave more time to the practice of inward recollection; if only, while we are actively occupied with our tasks we were more conscious of doing them in God's presence and by the aid of His divine grace, we would not only get more real work done, but we would do it with less expense of spirit, less weariness, less worry and less anxiety. Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. John Baillie Christian devotion, 1962 #pipergreenwriter #PipersPen #Bible #earthenvessel #Wordgirl #Biblestudy #Bibleteacher #Christiandevotion #JohnBaillie #livetheWord #readtheWord #practiceHispresence #prayer #spiritualdevotion (at Centennial, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1JWNAD6Ev/?igshid=7eiedixvseox