Practiced in Prayer

He only is my rock and my salvation;
... I shall not be moved. Psalm 62:6, NKJV

"The self wants to be excited, entertained, gratified, coddled, reassured, rewarded, challenged, indulged. There are people on hand to manipulate and market these impulses by seduction and persuasion.

The American self characteristically chooses advertisers instead of apostles as guides. Self-assertion is, in fact, a euphemism for a way of life dominated by impulse and pressure. The self is alternately moved from within by whatever occurs in the emotions and glands, from without by whatever is presented by fashion and fad. As we become practiced in prayer we are unmoved by such bagatelles."

Where Your Treasure Is

God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson.