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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 7
MORNING Think upon me, my God, for good.—Nehemiah 5:19. Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness.—I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 11
MORNING Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion.—Psalm 65:1. To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.—All men should honour the Son, even as they…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 6
MORNING Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands.—Psalm 90:17. Thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.—We all, with…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 5
MORNING We which have believed do enter into rest.—Hebrews 4:3. They weary themselves to commit iniquity.—I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am!…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 4
MORNING Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.—Deuteronomy 12:9. This is not your rest.—There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.—Within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus. In my Father’s house are…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 3
MORNING He led them forth by the right way. Psalm 107:7. He found [Jacob] in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 2
MORNING Sing unto the Lord a new song.—Isaiah 42:10. Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.—He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many…
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Daily Light on the Daily Path. JANUARY 1
MORNING This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,. . . I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.—Philippians 3:13,14. Father, I will that they . . . whom thou hast given me, be with me where I…
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The Life of God in the Soul of Man, by Henry Scougal
PART I. On Religion; the Natural and Divine Life; and the exemplification of Divine Love in our blessed Savior. my dear friend, This designation doth give you a title to all endeavours whereby I can serve your interests; and your pious inclinations to do so, happily conspire with my duty,…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 12
THE PLACE OF PRAYER BEFORE AND DURING REVIVALS No treatment of the subject How to Pray would be at all complete if it did not consider the place of prayer in revivals. The first great revival of Christian history had its origin on the human side in a ten-days’ prayer-meeting.…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 11
The Need of a General Revival If we are to pray aright in such a time as this, much of our prayer should be for a general revival. If there was ever a time in which there was need to cry unto God in the words of the Psalmist, “Wilt…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 10
WHEN TO PRAY If we would know the fulness of blessing that there is in the prayer life, it is important not only that we pray in the right way, but also that we pray at the right time. Christ’s own example is full of suggestiveness as to the right…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 9
HINDRANCES TO PRAYER We have gone very carefully into the positive conditions of prevailing prayer; but there are some things which hinder prayer. These God has made very plain in His Word. 1. The first hindrance to prayer we will find in James 4:3, “Ye ask and receive not BECAUSE…
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How To Pray by R. A. Torrey, Chapter 8
PRAYING WITH THANKSGIVING There are two words often overlooked in the lesson about prayer which Paul gives us in Philippians 4:6,7, “In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all…
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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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