"And then they will call upon God for pardon of sin and for power against sin, and yet God know that their hearts close with sin and are loath to part with sin in the meantime. This is falseness of heart when the inward disposition is not answerable to the outward expressions." -Gospel Worship, pg. 293 I agree with Burroughs that there must be an inward disposition compatible with what you are praying about. I believe part of the struggle in not having the right disposition at times comes from not seeing the complete ugliness of our sins. I think that it is important to pray for understanding and remorse regarding our sin, but there are times when our inward dispositions in prayer don't completely match the gravity of the things we are praying about. I definitely believe that it is important to pray with suitable hearts, but sometimes our hearts aren't fully suitable. To what extent does our inward disposition have to match the reality of what we're praying about?
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