Friday, September 30, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 83.

We do not value the power and efficacy of prayer as we should. Prayer and faith will do what no power on earth can accomplish.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 81.

After the prayer is made, if the answer is not realized immediately, do not weary of waiting and become unstable. Waver not. Cling to the promise, "Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it." Like the importunate widow, urge your case, being firm in your purpose. Is the object important and of great consequence to you? It certainly is. Then waver not, for your faith may be tried. If the thing you desire is
valuable, it is worthy of a strong, earnest effort. You have the promise; watch and pray. Be steadfast and the prayer will be answered; for is it not God who has promised?

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 79.

Let nothing, however dear, however loved, absorb your mind and affections, diverting you from the study of God's word or from earnest prayer. Watch unto prayer. Live your own requests. Co-operate with God by working in harmony with Him.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

 

Prayer,p. 77.

You must be men and women of prayer. Your petitions must not be faint, occasional, and fitful, but earnest, persevering, and constant. It is not always necessary to bow upon your knees in order to pray.

Monday, September 26, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 75.

We need to press our petitions! Ask in faith, wait in faith, receive in faith, rejoice in hope, for everyone that seeketh findeth. Be in earnest in the matter. Seek God with all the heart.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 73.

If the Saviour of men, the Son of God, felt the need of prayer, how much more should feeble, sinful mortals feel the necessity of fervent, constant prayer.

Saturday, September 24, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 71.

Our part is to pray and believe. Watch unto prayer. Watch, and co-operate with the prayer-hearing God. Bear in mind that "we are laborers together with God."

Friday, September 23, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 63

Satan is busy every moment, going to and fro, walking up and down the earth, seeking whom he may devour. But the earnest prayer of faith will baffle his strongest efforts.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 61.

It is a part of God's plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 59.

Your faith must not let go of the promises of God, if you do not see or feel the immediate answer to your prayers.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 57.

Family prayer, public prayer, have their place; but it is secret communion with God that sustains the soul life.

Monday, September 19, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 55.

Pray in faith. And be sure to bring your lives into harmony with your petitions, that you may receive the blessings for which you pray.

Sunday, September 18, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 52.

Prayer is heaven's ordained means of success in the conflict with sin and the development of Christian character.

Saturday, September 17, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 51.

When temptations and trials rush in upon us, let us go to God and agonize with Him in prayer. He will not turn us away empty, but will give us grace and strength to overcome, and to break the power of the enemy.

Friday, September 16, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 50.

We may in earnest, contrite prayer call the heavenly helpers to our side. Invisible armies of light and power will work with the humble, meek, and lowly one.

Thursday, September 15, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 49.

The Lord has given us the promise, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 46-47.

The simple prayers indited by the Holy Spirit will ascend through the gates ajar, the open door which Christ has declared: I have opened, and no man can shut. These prayers, mingled with the incense of the perfection of Christ, will ascend as fragrance to the Father, and answers will come.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 45.

Let us also pray earnestly in behalf of those whom we expect to visit, by living faith bringing them, one by one, into the presence of God.

Monday, September 12, 2005

 

Prayer p. 43.

Pray most earnestly for an understanding of the times in which we live, for a fuller conception of His purpose, and for increased efficiency in soul saving.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 42.

How can we honor God, how can we vindicate his word, unless we are much in prayer, appealing to him to manifest his power in behalf of the perishing?

Saturday, September 10, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 41

Not all are called to personal labor in foreign fields, but all can do something by their prayers and their gifts to aid the missionary work.

Friday, September 09, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 40.

If several should meet together with one accord, with hearts burdened for perishing souls, and should offer earnest, fervent prayers, they would prove effectual.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 39

We are to come to God in faith, and pour out our supplications before him, believing that he will work in our behalf, and in behalf of those we are seeking to save. We are to devote more time to earnest prayer.

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 38.

Let not your daily labor keep you from this. Take time to pray, and as you pray, believe that God hears you.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 37

Through sincere prayer we are brought into connection with the mind of the Infinite. We may have no remarkable evidence at the time that the face of our Redeemer is bending over us in compassion and love, but this is even so. We may not feel His visible touch, but His hand is upon us in love and pitying tenderness.

Monday, September 05, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 36

Make your requests known to your Maker. Never is one repulsed who comes to Him with a contrite heart. Not one sincere prayer is lost.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 35.

Through channels which we cannot discern He is in active communication with every part of His dominion. But it is in this speck of a world, in the souls that He gave His only-begotten Son to save, that His interest and the interest of all heaven is centered.

Saturday, September 03, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 34

The Lord will certainly hear and answer the prayers of His workers if they will seek Him for counsel and instruction.

Friday, September 02, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 33.

Those who have a humble, trusting, contrite heart, God accepts, and hears their prayer; and when God helps, all obstacles will be overcome.

Thursday, September 01, 2005

 

Prayer, p. 32

Without unceasing prayer and diligent watching we are in danger of growing careless and of deviating from the right path.