Instinctively and automatically [the carnal mind] will mobilize all the reasons it can conceive of for not praying now: You are too busy; your mind is too preoccupied; your heart is not inclined toward prayer; later on you will have more time, your mind will be more calm and collected, and you will be able to pray in a more devotional frame of mind… Before you know it, the entire day is gone, and you have not had a single quiet hour with God. [O. Hallesby (1879-1961), Prayer, pp. 88-89.]
HT: CQOD.
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