Tuesday Prayer: 5

This post comprises the fifth consecutive week of my 'Tuesday Prayer' series, where each week I try and share a quote or thought from my reading on the topic that I've found particularly helpful or challenging. This week, following quotes from Tom Wright, John Wimber, Richard Foster and Don Carson, I'm excited to share a powerful quote from J. C. Ryle, from his excllent little 'A Call to Prayer';

“Just as you are, go to Christ. The worse you are, the more need you have to apply to him. You will never mend yourself by staying away. Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you. Just as a mother understands the first lispings of her infant, so does the blessed saviour understand sinners”

I think this is an important, releasing, gospel-rich truth. I think Ryle puts it really well!  But what do you think? Do you agree? How would you phrase it? Let me know in the comments.