THE PRAYER MEETING Private prayer is the breath of spiritual life. To the fearful doubting Ananias, God spoke a word of comfort and reassurance regarding the converted Saul of Tarsus, “Behold, he prayeth”. That was sufficient to convince Ananias of his real conversion to God, and all who know the Holy Spirit’s power will tread …
Issue: Issue 8
ANSWERS TO PRAYER 1 From “Hudson Taylor in early years” by Dr. and Mrs Howard Taylor. At Hull my kind employer, always busy, wished me to remind him whenever my salary became due. This I determined not to do directly, but to ask that God would bring the fact to his recollection, and thus encourage …
A HISTORY OF THE CHANGE WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE AUTHORS SENTIMENTS: WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH AND THE MEANS BY WHICH IT WAS AT LENGTH EFFECTED.
To the Believeâ² concerning legal and filial reconciliation to God;and concerning the forgiveness of sins.
And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you. They have their reward.
PUBLIC PRAYER Prayer is an important element in all religious service. Not only is it vital to the individual Christian life, its importance in social religion is scarcely less important. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you,” was the positive declaration of …
Meditation is the best beginning of prayer, and prayer is the best conclusion of meditation.
Meditation on our sins helpeth in confession, meditation on our wants helpeth in petition, meditation on our mercies helpeth in thanksgiving. George Swinnock
PREACHING AND PRAYER There are two extreme tendencies in the ministry. The one is to shut itself out from intercourse with the people. The monk, the hermit were illustrations of this; they shut themselves out from men to be more with God. They failed, of course. Our being with God is of use only as …