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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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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…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 