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The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16
Recent Entries
Making Sense Of It AllJanuary 30, 2012
Where are things headed? Is there rhyme and reason to the endless cycle of summer, fall, winter and spring? Is there a plan in place, or is randomness the explanation?
Suffering Saints
January 25, 2012
We get nervous thinking about it - suffering for the sake of Christ. How necessary is it, and what does it produce in us?
George Herbert on Prayer Meetings
January 21, 2012
Prayer Meetings are a thing of the past. Or so it seems. What has been lost? Maybe more than we realize.
When Fear Is Good
January 7, 2012
NO FEAR, we are told. And the point is well taken. But fear can be healthy, at least when it comes to eternal matters.
Happy, Happy, Happy
January 4, 2012
The declaration of independence holds up the pursuit of happiness as a right. Did you ever consider the reading the bible might be the one source that will never let you down?
The Twelve Signs Of Grace
December 22, 2011
Self-examination is not easy to do. The tendency is to let ourselves off easy. But examine we must, for eternity is at stake.
"Ouch!!"
July 22, 2011
Spiritual pride is hard to detect. Jonathan Edwards gives some tips. The process can be painful, but necessary.
Overheard From The Closet
January 28, 2009
Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.
O Lord, listen!
O Lord, forgive!
O Lord, hear and act!
For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.
Daniel 9:17-19
This prayer is from the same Daniel who ended up in the lion's den for refusing to stop praying. This is the man who fearlessly stood before kings, and told them the plan of God.
Martin Luther is known for many things, but certainly his prayer life might have been his greatest asset. His friend Philip Melancthon writes of what he personally observed....
"I cannot enough admire the extraordinary cheerfulness, consistency, faith and hope of the man in these trying and vexatious times. He constantly feeds these gracious affections by a very diligent study of the Word of God."
"Then not a day passes in which he does not employ in prayer at least three of his very best hours. Once I happened to hear him in prayer. Gracious God! What spirit and what faith is there in his expressions! He petitions God with as much reverence as if he were in the divine presence, and yet with as firm a hope and confidence as he would address a father or a friend."
"'I know,' said he, 'You are our Father and our God; and therefore I am sure that you will bring to nothing the persecutors of your children. For if you fail to do this, your own cause, being connected with ours, would be endangered. It is entirely your own concern. We, by your providence, have been compelled to take a part. Now O God, be our defense.'"
Melancthon continues, "While I was listening to Luther pray in this manner, at a distance, my soul seemed on fire within me, to hear the man address God so like a friend, yet with so much gravity and reverence; and also to hear him, in the course of his prayer, insisting on the promises contained in the Psalms, as if he were sure his petitions would be granted."
Quoted from A TREASURY OF PRAYER by E. M. Bounds page 69-70
O Lord, listen!
O Lord, forgive!
O Lord, hear and act!
For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.
Daniel 9:17-19
This prayer is from the same Daniel who ended up in the lion's den for refusing to stop praying. This is the man who fearlessly stood before kings, and told them the plan of God.
Martin Luther is known for many things, but certainly his prayer life might have been his greatest asset. His friend Philip Melancthon writes of what he personally observed....
"I cannot enough admire the extraordinary cheerfulness, consistency, faith and hope of the man in these trying and vexatious times. He constantly feeds these gracious affections by a very diligent study of the Word of God."
"Then not a day passes in which he does not employ in prayer at least three of his very best hours. Once I happened to hear him in prayer. Gracious God! What spirit and what faith is there in his expressions! He petitions God with as much reverence as if he were in the divine presence, and yet with as firm a hope and confidence as he would address a father or a friend."
"'I know,' said he, 'You are our Father and our God; and therefore I am sure that you will bring to nothing the persecutors of your children. For if you fail to do this, your own cause, being connected with ours, would be endangered. It is entirely your own concern. We, by your providence, have been compelled to take a part. Now O God, be our defense.'"
Melancthon continues, "While I was listening to Luther pray in this manner, at a distance, my soul seemed on fire within me, to hear the man address God so like a friend, yet with so much gravity and reverence; and also to hear him, in the course of his prayer, insisting on the promises contained in the Psalms, as if he were sure his petitions would be granted."
Quoted from A TREASURY OF PRAYER by E. M. Bounds page 69-70
