Category: Religion/Spirituality
Those who have left the deepest impression on this sin-cursed earth have been men and women of prayer. You will find that PRAYER has been the mighty power that has moved not only God, but man. Abraham was a man of prayer, and angels came down from heaven to converse with him....
Those who have left the deepest impression on this sin-cursed earth have been men and women of prayer. You will find that PRAYER has been the mighty power that has moved not onl...
3. CHAPTER II.This has been defined as the act of rendering Divine honor, including in it reverence, esteem and love. It literally signifies to apply the hand to the mouth, “to kiss the hand;...
4. CHAPTER III.Another element in true prayer is Confession. I do not want Christian friends to think that I am talking to the unsaved. I think we, as Christians, have a good many sins to conf...
5. CHAPTER IV.A third element of successful prayer is RESTITUTION. If I have at any time taken what does not belong to me, and am not willing to make restitution, my prayers will not go very...
6. CHAPTER V.The next thing I would mention as an element of prayer is THANKSGIVING. We ought to be more thankful for what we get from God. Perhaps some of you mothers have a child in your f...
7. CHAPTER VI.The next thing is perhaps the most difficult of all to deal with--FORGIVENESS. I believe this is keeping more people from having power with God than any other thing--they are no...
8. CHAPTER VII.The next thing we need to have, if we would get our prayers answered, is--UNITY. If we do not love one another we certainly shall not have much power with God in Prayer. One of...
9. CHAPTER VIII.Another element is FAITH. It is as important for us to know how to pray as it is to know how to work. We are not told that Jesus ever taught His disciples how to preach, but He...
10. CHAPTER IX.The next element in prayer that I notice is PETITION. How often we go to prayer-meetings without really asking for anything! Our prayers go all round the world, without anything...
11. CHAPTER X.Another essential element in prayer is SUBMISSION. All true prayer must be offered in full submission to God. After we have made our requests known to Him, our language should b...
12. CHAPTER XI.In the fifteenth chapter of John and the seventh verse, we find who have their prayers answered--“If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it...