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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 7
ABIDING IN CHRIST “If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” (John 15:7) The whole secret of prayer is found in these words of our Lord. Here is prayer that has unbounded power: “Ask…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 6
ALWAYS PRAYING AND NOT FAINTING In two parables in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus teaches with great emphasis the lesson that men ought always to pray and not to faint. The first parable is found in Luke 11:5-8, and the other in Luke 18:1-8. “And He said unto them, Which…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 5
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT 1. Over and over again in what has already been said, we have seen our dependence upon the Holy Spirit in prayer. This comes out very definitely in Eph. 6:18, “Praying always with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT,” and in Jude 20, “Praying IN…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 4
PRAYING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST AND ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD 1. It was a wonderful word about prayer that Jesus spoke to His disciples on the night before His crucifixion, “Whatsoever ye shall ask IN MY NAME, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 3
OBEYING AND PRAYING 1. One of the most significant verses in the Bible on prayer is 1 John 3:22. John says, “And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.” What an astounding statement! John says…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 2
PRAYING UNTO GOD We have seen something of the tremendous importance and the resistless power of prayer, and now we come directly to the question—how to pray with power. 1. In the 12th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles we have the record of a prayer that prevailed with…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 1
SPIRE BOOKS, FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY, OLD TAPPAN, NEW JERSEY How to Pray, A Spire Book, published by Pyramid Publications for Fleming H. Revell Company, Fifth printing March, 1975 Copyright 1900 by Fleming H. Revell Company, all rights reserved printed in the United States of America SPIRE BOOKS are published…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 12. MODERN EXAMPLES OF PRAYER (Continued), by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“Edward Bounds did not merely pray well that he might write well about prayer. He prayed for long years upon subjects to which easy-going Christians rarely give a thought. He prayed for objects which men of less faith are ready to call impossible. Yet from these continental, solitary prayer-vigils, year…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 11. MODERN EXAMPLES OF PRAYER, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“When the dragon-fly rends his husk and harnesses himself, in a clean plate of sapphire mail, his is a pilgrimage of one or two sunny days over the fields and pastures wet with dew, yet nothing can exceed the marvelous beauty in which he is decked. No flowers on earth…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 10. THE PREACHER’S CRY—PRAY FOR US! by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“That the true apostolic preacher must have the prayers of others—good people to give to his ministry its full quota of success, Paul is a preeminent example. He asks, he covets, he pleads in an impassionate way for the help of all God’s saints, He knew that in the spiritual…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 9. PRAYER-EQUIPMENT FOR PREACHERS, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“Go back! Back to that upper room; back to your knees; back to searching of heart and habit, thought and life; back to pleading, praying, waiting, till the Spirit of the Lord floods the soul with light, and you are endued with power from on high. Then go forth in…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 8. PRAYERLESSNESS IN THE PULPIT, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“Henry Martyn laments that ‘want of private devotional reading and shortness of prayer through incessant sermon-making had produced much strangeness between God and his soul.’ He judges that he had dedicated too much time to public ministrations and too little to private communion with God. He was much impressed with…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 7. THE MINISTRY AND PRAYER, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“Of course the preacher is above all others distinguished as a man of prayer. He prays as an ordinary Christian, else he were a hypocrite. He prays more than ordinary Christians else he were disqualified for the office he has undertaken If you as ministers are not very prayerful you…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 6. PRAYING MEN AT A PREMIUM, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“Our Redeemer was in the Garden of Gethsemane. His hour was come. He felt as if He would be strengthened somewhat, if He had two or three disciples near Him. His three chosen disciples were within a stone’s cast of the scene of His agony; but they were all asleep…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 5. PRAYERLESS CHRISTIANS, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“If there was ever a time when Peter, James and John needed to remain awake it was in Gethsemane. If James had persisted in keeping awake it might have saved his decapitation a few years later. If Peter had stirred himself to really intercede for himself and others he would…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 4. GOD’S NEED OF MEN WHO PRAY, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“We do what He commands. We go where He wants us to go. We speak what He wants us to speak. His will is our law. His pleasure our joy. He is, today, seeking the lost and He would have us seek with Him. He is shepherding the lambs and…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 3. THE NECESSITY FOR PRAYING MEN. by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”—Ephes. 6:18. “Withal praying for us also that God would open unto us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am in bonds: that…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 2. Putting God to Work, by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
“For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside thee who worketh for him that waiteth for him.”—Isaiah 64:4. The assertion voiced in the title given this chapter is but another way of declaring that God has of…
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THE WEAPON OF PRAYER 1. PRAYER ESSENTIAL TO GOD,by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
1. PRAYER ESSENTIAL TO GOD “Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. 14th verse: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed…
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Biography of Watchman Nee
Watchman Nee (whose real name was Nee Tao Shu) was born in Swatow but soon moved with his parents to Foochow, where he spent the early part of his life. Converted when he was eighteen, he gave up the opportunity of attending university and devoted himself to Bible study and…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 