"when God inclines the heart to pray, He hath an ear to hear."
Who can tell the outcome of a prolonged season of wrestling with God in Prayer? we should court and invite such seasons, rather than neglect or relegate them to a more convenient time. God knows his business and generally draws the soul out in prayer, either to bring about glorious end, or to frustrate some hellish design.
The devil knows this and will enlists feebleness, interruptions, wandering thoughts, perplexing cares and multitude of other things to sidetrack the prevailer from persistently following the line of thought upon which God is pleased to answer. but everything must stand aside! more than millions are at stake! no small victory is sufficient when God is anxious "to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we ask or think."
There is this double advantage in taking time to "pray through." though the soul may hardly be able to say definitely what special answer has been given, yet sometimes one season of getting through to God may embrace and cover a number of things, some of are more important than the one particular thing that rested upon the mind while in prayer...
Prayer has divided seas, rolled up flowing river, made flinty rocks gush into fountains, quenched flames of fire, muzzled lions, disarmed vipers and poisons, marshaled the stars against the wicked, stopped the course of the moon, arrested the rapid sun in its great race, opened iron gates, recalled souls from eternity, conquered the strongest devils, commanded legions of angels down from heaven. Prayer has bridled and changed the raging passions of man, and destroyed vast armies of proud, daring, blustering atheist,. prayer has brought one an from the bottom of the sea, and carried another in chariot of fire to heaven. what has not prayer done?
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The devil knows this and will enlists feebleness, interruptions, wandering thoughts, perplexing cares and multitude of other things to sidetrack the prevailer from persistently following the line of thought upon which God is pleased to answer. but everything must stand aside! more than millions are at stake! no small victory is sufficient when God is anxious "to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we ask or think."
There is this double advantage in taking time to "pray through." though the soul may hardly be able to say definitely what special answer has been given, yet sometimes one season of getting through to God may embrace and cover a number of things, some of are more important than the one particular thing that rested upon the mind while in prayer...
Prayer has divided seas, rolled up flowing river, made flinty rocks gush into fountains, quenched flames of fire, muzzled lions, disarmed vipers and poisons, marshaled the stars against the wicked, stopped the course of the moon, arrested the rapid sun in its great race, opened iron gates, recalled souls from eternity, conquered the strongest devils, commanded legions of angels down from heaven. Prayer has bridled and changed the raging passions of man, and destroyed vast armies of proud, daring, blustering atheist,. prayer has brought one an from the bottom of the sea, and carried another in chariot of fire to heaven. what has not prayer done?
(owned by the gospel trumpet publications)
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