PRAYER does not save anyone from trouble, GOD SAVES. God has CHOSEN PRAYER as the AVENUE through which we OBTAIN SALVATION— DELIVERANCE. THE SCRIPTURE declares, “For everyone, whoever shall call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13). GOD DOES NOT SAVE unless we CALL UPON HIM to save. GOD does not FORCE the HELP He can give on...
Some people ignorantly ask “what profit can we derive from prayer?”, we say to ourselves, “We are as happy as flesh and blood can make us: our kingdom is of this world; we wish for no other portion than that which we have.” Others say that since God is loving and good, He will give us all the things we need and will accomplish His good will whether...
Prayer is a natural function in human life, but such a thought should keep us from yielding too easily to disbelief or discouragement when we have difficulty with prayer in our individual experience. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,...
Another practical reason for failure in prayer is found in impatience. When we pray for something and see no immediate results, we impatiently call the practice worthless and quit. Suppose that a man makes a dash at friendship and after throwing off a few trail conversations should dogmatically conclude that there was nothing in friendship after all. But friendship...
Our failure to think of prayer as a privilege may be partly due to the fact that we can pray any time, “in every place.” “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come...
Prayer has failed in some because it has always appeared to them as an obligation rather than a privilege. When they think of it they think of a duty to be done. Contrast with this the glowing words of the sixty-third Psalm: “O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary...
16.00 Let’s consider some of the practical reasons for our failure to make the most out of our power to pray. Our failure in prayer is partly due to the prevailing temper of our generation, which in its splendid enthusiasm for work has neglected that culture of prayer, on which in the end the finest quality of spirit and the deepest resources...
