The Lord spoke through Isaiah when he said, “In repentance and rest is your salvation” (30:15). I love how those two words go together — repentance and rest. When we repent, we can rest in the Lord. We can’t rest peacefully in God’s presence if we haven’t repented, and so the continual process of repentance is key to staying close to Him in our daily lives….
A. W. Tozer wrote, “Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.” Ouch! He saw that we often pray that we will obey — we pray for patience, for compassion, or that we would be free from covetousness — yet we do not take the actions necessary to actually abide by Christ’s teachings in those areas.
— Brooke Boon, Holy Yoga, p. 43-47