Fervent, Effectual Prayer
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 5:16.
The sincere, humble prayer of the true worshiper ascends to heaven, and
Jesus mingles with our lowly petitions the holy incense of His own merit.
Through His righteousness we are accepted. Christ makes our prayers wholly
efficacious through the savor of His righteousness. In these days of peril
we need men who will wrestle with God as did Jacob and who, like Jacob, will
prevail. Thank God that the world's Redeemer promised that if He went away
He would send the Holy Spirit as His representative. Let us pray and grasp
the rich promises of God, and then praise God that in proportion to our
earnest, humble supplications the Holy Spirit will be appointed to meet our
needs. If we seek God with all our heart we shall find Him, and obtain the
fulfillment of the promise.
Let those who love the Lord and His truth unite by two's and three's to
seek places of retirement and pray for God's blessing upon the minister, who
can hardly find time to pray because he is constantly engaged attending to
so many requests, sitting in councils, answering inquiries, giving advice,
writing important letters. Let the fervent, effectual prayer of the
righteous ascend to God that the word spoken may be a message of truth to
reach the hearts of the hearers, and that souls may thereby be won to
Christ.
In order to be a Christian it is not necessary for a man to have great
talents. An earnest prayer offered from a contrite heart by one who desires
to do the Master's will is of more value in God's sight than is eloquence of
speech. The human agent may have no voice in legislative councils, he may
not be permitted to deliberate in senates or vote in parliaments, yet he has
access to God. The King of kings bends low to listen to the prayer coming
from a humble, contrite heart. God hears every prayer that is offered with
the incense of faith. The weakest child of God may exert an influence in
harmony with the councils of heaven.
>From That I May Know Him - Page 270
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