Inspiration Read-Luke 11:1-13

   I Talked With God!   When you pray, say:"Our Father...." Luke 11:2

   A comment by Robert A.  Cook, president of the King's College in New 
York, renewed my appreciation for the privilege of prayer.

   Speaking at the Moody Bible Institute Cook said that the day before, 
he had been at a gathering in Washington and had talked with 
Vice-President George Bush.  Two hours later he spoke briefly with 
President Ronald Reagan. Then smiling broadly, Cook told us, "But 
that's nothing!  Today I talked with God!"

   Prayer takes on new power and fervency when we become conscious of 
how great and glorious God is.  Think of how the saints of ages past 
responded when they caught a glimpse of the Almighty.  They were 
awestruck!  Job, who had complained bitterly about his misfortune and 
had made some self- righteous statements,  finally met the Lord and 
cried out, "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my 
eyes see You.  Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and 
ashes"(Job 42:5 and 6).  Isaiah saw a vision of God and 
exclaimed, "Woe is me,  for I am undone!" (Isa.6:5).  Ezekiel observed 
the glory of the Lord and declared, "So when I saw it, I fell on my 
face"(Ezek.1:28).  The apostle John, after seeing a vision of the 
glorified Son of God said, "I fell at His feet as dead"(Rev.1:17).

   With all of these men, the vision of God's greatness and glory 
brought about an overwhelming sense of weakness and depravity.  Yet God 
invites us to talk to  Him and He actually wants us to address Him as 
"Our Father." What a privilege! What a responsibility!  -H.V.L.

   God made this earth,  The mountains, plains and sea; And yet, as 
great as this earth is, He still has time for you and me.

   Summers

   THE HIGHEST PRIVILEGE OF MAN IS TO TALK TO GOD.