Wednesday, August 31, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 31

There is no such thing as our entering the heavenly portals through indulgence and folly, amusement, selfishness, but only by constant watchfulness and unceasing prayer.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 30.

It is our safety, our life, our joy, to dwell upon the truths of the plan of salvation. Faith and prayer are necessary in order that we may behold the deep things of God. Our minds are so bound about with narrow ideas, that we catch but limited views of the experience it is our privilege to have.

Monday, August 29, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 29

"Pray always;" that is, be ever in the spirit of prayer, and then you will be in readiness for your Lord's coming.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 28

The victory is not won without much earnest prayer, without the humbling of self at every step. Our will is not to be forced into co-operation with divine agencies, but it must be voluntarily submitted.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 27.

Confederacies will increase in number and power as we draw nearer to
the end of time... There needs to be much more of prayer, much more of earnest effort, among professed believers.

Friday, August 26, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 26

Every morning take time to begin your work with prayer. Do not think this wasted time; it is time that will live through eternal ages.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 25

We must live a twofold life--a life of thought and action, of silent prayer and earnest work.

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 24

When we feel the least inclined to commune with Jesus, let us pray the most.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 23.

Nothing tends more to promote health of body and of soul than does a spirit of gratitude and praise.

Monday, August 22, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 22

Those who will put on the whole armor of God and devote some time every day to meditation and prayer and to the study of the Scriptures will be connected with heaven and will have a saving, transforming influence
upon those around them.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 21

If ever there was a time when every house should be a house of prayer, it is now. Fathers and mothers should often lift up their hearts to God in humble supplication for themselves and their children.

Saturday, August 20, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 20.

Daniel dared not trust to his own moral power. Prayer was to him a necessity. He made God his strength, and the fear of God was continually before him in all the transactions of his life.

Friday, August 19, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 19

As the Son of man, [Jesus] prayed to the Father, showing that human nature requires all the divine support which man can obtain that he may be braced for duty and prepared for trial.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 18

The experience of the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane contains a lesson for the Lord's people today. . . . They did not realize the necessity of watchfulness and earnest prayer in order to withstand temptation. Many today are fast asleep, as were the disciples.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 17

Daily prayer is as essential to growth in grace, and even to spiritual life itself, as is temporal food to physical well-being.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 16

As you ask the Lord to help you, honor your Saviour by believing that you do receive His blessing. All power, all wisdom, are at our command. We have only to ask.

Monday, August 15, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 15

Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. The eye of faith will discern God very near, and the suppliant may obtain precious evidence of the divine love and care for him.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 14

If you feel in no danger, and if you offer no prayer for help and strength to resist temptations, you will be sure to go astray; your neglect of duty will be marked in the book of God in heaven, and you will be found wanting in the trying day.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

 

Prayer, p13

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

Friday, August 12, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 13

Neglect the exercise of prayer, or engage in prayer spasmodically, now and then, as seems convenient, and you lose your hold on God. The spiritual faculties lose their vitality, the religious experience lacks health and vigor.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 13

Prayer brings the heart into immediate contact with the Wellspring of life, and strengthens the sinew and muscle of the religious experience.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 12

Prayer is the breath of the soul. It is the secret of spiritual power. No other means of grace can be substituted and the health of the soul be preserved.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 12

If we keep the Lord ever before us, allowing our hearts to go out in thanksgiving and praise to Him, we shall have a continual freshness in our religious life.

Monday, August 08, 2005

 

Prayer, p.11

There is no chapter in our experience too dark for [God] to read; there is no perplexity too difficult for Him to unravel. No calamity can befall the least of His children, no anxiety harass the soul, no joy cheer, no sincere prayer escape the lips, of which our heavenly Father is unobservant, or in which He takes no immediate interest.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 11.

[God's] heart of love is touched by our sorrows and even by our utterances of them. Take to Him everything that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for Him to bear, for He holds up worlds, He rules over all the affairs of the universe. Nothing that in any way concerns our peace is too small for Him to notice.

Saturday, August 06, 2005

 

King David palace may have been found

Eilat Mazar uncovered a major public building from around the 10th century B.C., with pottery shards that date to the time of David and Solomon and a government seal of an official mentioned in the book of Jeremiah, reported the New York Times.

The find might be used in the battle over whether Jews have their roots in Jerusalem or, as many Palestinians say, the idea of a Jewish origin in Jerusalem is a myth used to justify conquest and occupation.

The find may be the Fortress of Zion that David conquered from the Jebusites or some other structure.

"This is a very significant discovery, given that Jerusalem as the capital of the united kingdom is very much unknown," said Gabriel Barkay, an archaeologist from Bar-Ilan University. "This is one of the first greetings we have from the Jerusalem of David and Solomon, a period which has played a kind of hide-and-seek with archaeologists for the last century."

An Israeli archaeologist says she has uncovered in East Jerusalem what might be the palace of the biblical Old Testament King David.

 

Prayer, p. 11

Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears before God. You cannot burden Him; you cannot weary Him. He who numbers the hairs of your head is not indifferent to the wants of His children.

Friday, August 05, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 9

Those who have professed to love Christ, have not comprehended the relation which exists between them and God... They do not realize what a great privilege and necessity are prayer, repentance, and the doing of the words of Christ.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 8

When we feel that we need the presence of Christ at every step, Satan will have little opportunity to intrude his temptations. It is his studied effort to keep us away from our best and most sympathizing friend. We should make no one our confidant but Jesus. We can safely commune with Him of all that is in our hearts.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 8

We should go to Jesus and tell Him all our needs. We may bring Him our little cares and perplexities as well as our greater troubles. Whatever arises to disturb or distress us, we should take it to the Lord in prayer.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 7.

When engaged in our daily labor, we may breathe out our heart's desire, inaudible to any human ear; but that word cannot die away into silence, nor can it be lost. Nothing can drown the soul's desire. It rises above the din of the street, above the noise of machinery. It is God to whom we are speaking, and our prayer is heard.

Monday, August 01, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 7.

It is a wonderful thing that we can pray effectually; that unworthy, erring mortals possess the power of offering their requests to God... We may utter words that reach the throne of the Monarch of the universe. We may speak with Jesus as we walk by the way, and He says, I am at thy right hand.