I was mowing the lawn a while ago, and it appears that I just can\u2019t keep from thinking and drawing analogies. Do you know how much praying is like using a lawn mower? Consider this:<\/p>\n
| Mowing<\/th>\n | Prayer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|
| If the mower is too high above the grass, you won\u2019t achieve anything.<\/td>\n | If you\u2019re not getting close to what you\u2019re praying for, you aren\u2019t going to achieve anything.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If the mower is too close to the ground, you\u2019re going to destroy your blade before the job is done.<\/td>\n | If you\u2019re getting bogged down in the detail in prayer, you\u2019re not going to achieve what you need to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If the mower is going too slowly, the grass won\u2019t get cut.<\/td>\n | If you\u2019re not going to put the effort into prayer, you\u2019re not going to achieve anything.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If the mower is going too fast, it makes an awful lot of noise, and you\u2019ll run out of fuel.<\/td>\n | If you go flat out in prayer using your own resources, you\u2019re going make an awful lot of noise, and you\u2019re going to burn out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If you only mow half your lawn, your lawn is going to look strange.<\/td>\n | If you\u2019re not praying for everything you need to, your life is going to look strange.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If your lawn is too big, you\u2019re never going to finish, and you should have help.<\/td>\n | If you\u2019re praying for the salvation of an entire nation, get help.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If you just ramble over your lawn with the mower, your lawn is going to look strange.<\/td>\n | If you pray without direction, there is no guarantee that you\u2019re going to achieve anything.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| If you\u2019re blind, get a guide.<\/td>\n | Even if you can see the spiritual realm, get a guide. He\u2019s the Holy Spirit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was mowing the lawn a while ago, and it appears that I just can\u2019t keep from thinking and drawing analogies. Do you know how much praying is like using a lawn mower? Consider this: Mowing Prayer If the mower is too high above the grass, you won\u2019t achieve anything. If you\u2019re not getting close […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cairns-family.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |