Category: Writings by R. A. Torrey
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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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