The kneeling christian pdf

The first chapter alone gets your attention. This is one of the few books I own that is such a classic that I read it every year. It never grows old, because its message is truly timeless. I highly recommend it to new and older Christians of every persuasion! Is God a liar? Is not God. Do His promises count for nought. Does He not mean what He. And doubtless there are many reading these words who in their hearts. Payson is right -- is. Scriptural -- when he says: "If we would do much for God, we must ask much.

God delights to answer prayer; and He has given. Fellow-laborers in His vineyard, it is quite evident that our Master. He tells us we glorify God by doing so! Nothing is beyond the scope of prayer which is not beyond the will of God We dare not say that our Lord's words are not true. Yet somehow or. What holds us back? What keeps us from making much of prayer? Do we doubt His. He gave His life for us and to us. Do we doubt the Father's. Do we doubt His power?

Not for a moment. Hath He not said, "All power. Go ye. Do we doubt His wisdom? Do we. And yet so very few of His. Of course, they would deny. Are we afraid to put God to the. He has said we may do so. Whenever God. Paul, I believe God Acts. Shall we begin today to be men of prayer, if we have never done so. Let us not put it off till a more convenient season.

God wants me to. The dear Savior wants me to pray. He needs my prayers. So much -- in. How dare we hold back? Let every. Do we spend ten minutes a day in prayer? Do we consider it important. Ten minutes a day on our knees in prayer -- when the Kingdom of Heaven. Ten minutes? It seems a very inadequate portion of our time to spend in. And is it prayer when we do "say" our prayers, or are we just repeating. If God were to answer the words we repeated on our knees this morning.

Should we recognize the answer? Do we even remember what. He does answer. He has given us His word for it. He always. But we shall see what the Bible has to say on this point in a later. We are now thinking of the amount of time we spend in prayer. But how. Is prayer to me just a duty, or is it a privilege. Let us get a fresh vision of Christ in all His glory, and a fresh.

Then let us get a fresh vision. And the world was never so needy as it is. Why, the wonder is not that we pray so little, but that we can ever get.

All these needs, can. Paul had no doubt about. His riches in glory, in Christ Jesus" Phil. But to share His. So great is the importance of prayer that God has taken care to. Men plead their weakness or infirmity -- or they declare they do not.

God foresaw this inability long ages ago. Did He not inspire St. Every provision is made for us. But only the Holy Spirit can "stir. Spirit's promptings we shall most assuredly follow the example of the. We may rest fully assured of this -- a man's influence in the world can.

Yes, and we will go farther and maintain that no man can. We may work for Christ from morn till night; we may spend much time in. Bible study; we may be most earnest and faithful and "acceptable" in our. We shall only be full of good. To be little. Much secret prayer. Yet is it not a fact that whilst our organizing is. Men are wondering why the Revival delays its coming. There is only one. All Revivals have been.

One sometimes longs for the voice of an archangel,. It seems almost impertinence for any man to take up the cry when. Yet we feel that. No words of. But these utterances go forth steeped in prayer that God the Holy. Spirit will Himself convict Christian men and women of the sin of.

The Lord Jesus, now in. No man dare prescribe for another how long a time he ought to spend in. Of course, the Bible command is to "Pray without ceasing. This is evidently the "attitude of prayer" -- the attitude of one's life. Here we are speaking of definite acts of prayer. Have you ever timed. We believe that most of our readers would be amazed and. Some years ago the writer faced this prayer question. He felt that for. He carefully noted down every day a record of his prayer-life.

When asked to what he chiefly attributed his success, this man quietly. Then there came across my path a Spirit-filled missionary from. One could see all along that God was given all the praise and. And we remember how the Greatest Missionary of all used sometimes to. Our blessed Lord did not pray simply as. He prayed. As perfect Man, prayer to Him was a necessity. Then how much more is it necessary to you and me? Give me ten. Yet, if some of us were to speak out as honestly --?

Now, it was not by accident that these men crossed my path. God was. It was just another "call to prayer" from the "God of. It told briefly and simply the story of John Hyde -- "Praying. Hyde," as he came to be called. Just as God sent St. John the Baptist to. John the Pray-er, to make straight paths for His coming again. As one read of this marvelous life of prayer,. I found others were asking the same question. One lady, who is noted. But here we must leave the matter.

Shall we get on our knees before God. Are we sincere? Do we really desire to do God's will? Do we really believe His promises?

Do not. Resolve to pray much, but prayer, to be of. But we must bear in mind that mere resolutions to take more time for. Jesus Christ. If we have never taken this step, we must take it now if we. I am quite certain of this fact: God wants me to pray: wants you to.

Gracious Savior, pour out upon us the fullness of the Holy Spirit, that. To God your every want. GOD wants me to pray, to be much in prayer -- because all success in. A preacher who prays little may see some results of his labors, but if.

How surprised some of us. Those were my converts! It was I who conducted that. Every convert is the result of the Holy Spirit's pleading in answer to. O God, grant that such surprise may not be ours. O Lord, teach us to. We have had a vision of a God pleadingly calling for prayer from His.

How am I treating that call? Can I say, with St. Again we repeat, if there are any. Think of the wide sweep of prayer! Yet many people do not trouble to bring even the. Christian people never think of praying for the heathen! One is staggered at the unwillingness of Christians to pray. Perhaps it. In this chapter we are setting out to do the "impossible.

We long to bring home to the heart and conscience of every reader the. We venture to describe this as "impossible. But do you remember that our Lord, when speaking to His disciples,. Believe Me. Then He went on to promise that if they would believe, they should do.

It was after this utterance that He gave the first. The inference surely is. May the disciple therefore follow the Master's method? That is,. What are we "out for"? What is our real aim in life? Surely we desire. We seek not. But we do long to be fruitful servants. Then we must be much in prayer. God can do more through our prayers than. Gordon once said, "You can do more than pray,. A lady in India was cast down through the failure of her life and work.

She was a devoted missionary, but somehow or other conversions never. The Holy Spirit seemed to say to her, "Pray more. I did it in fear and trembling lest my.

After a few. Moreover, the whole district was soon awakened, and the work of all the. God did more in six months. And," she added, "no one ever.

She began to give much time to prayer. No opposition came. But she persisted, and in two. God promised that He would "pour out the Spirit of grace and.

How much of that Spirit of. Surely we must get that Spirit at all costs? Yet if. Has not our Lord promised. Are not the very converts from heathendom putting some of us to shame? A few years ago, when in India, I had the great joy of seeing something. She had a boarding-school of 1, Hindu girls.

One day some of these girls came with their Bibles and asked a lady. Luke xii. But they were not satisfied, so they determined to pray for. And as they prayed -- and because they prayed -- the very fire of.

A very Pentecost from above was granted them. A party of these girls upon whom God had poured the "Spirit of. The missionary did. He felt that they ought to. But they only asked for a. So their request was granted, and the good man sat down to his evening meal,.

As the evening wore on, a native pastor came round. He broke down. He explained, with tears running down his face, that God's Holy. Spirit had convicted him of sin, and that he felt compelled to come and. He was quickly followed by one Christian. There was a remarkable time of blessing. Back-sliders were restored,. God is no respecter of persons. If anyone is willing to conform to His. Does not. And that. I know there are "conditions. And those of us who cannot have the.

When the Revival in Wales. So the coal-miners met daily at. In a few weeks' time the welcome message was sent home: "The blessing has. Isn't it just splendid to know that by our prayers we can bring down. Many of us will recall the wonderful things which God did for Korea a. A few missionaries decided to. At the end of the month one brother. The others, however, protested that they ought rather to spend even more.

So they continued the daily prayer-meeting for four. Then suddenly the blessing began to be poured out. Church services. At length a. At one place during a Sunday evening service the.

Immediately conviction of. That service did not end till 2 o'clock on Monday. God's wondrous power was felt as never before. And when the Church. Multitudes flocked to the churches out of curiosity. Some came to mock,. Amongst the "curious". He was convicted and. He went straight off to the magistrate and gave himself up. One of the missionaries declared, "It paid well to have spent several. The burning zeal of those converts has become a byword.

Some of. Needless to say, they realized the power of prayer. The very first day people arrived long before the stated. The number rapidly increased to as days went on.

At Seoul, 1, is the average attendance at the weekly prayer-meeting. Heathen people came -- to see what was happening.

They exclaimed in. Did not Christ say, "Where two or three are. What is possible in Korea is possible here. God is "no. He is longing to bless us, longing to pour His Spirit. Now, if we -- here in this so-called Christian country -- really. If we had any genuine concern for the lost condition. Surely we do not think, or we should pray more.

Verily, converts from heathendom put us to shame. In my journeyings I. What do you think happened there? But a little while before. India, we may have it. Let us ask God to tell us what we must do in order to. As she read her Bible she paused over the verse, "Wait for the promise. Why, we have never done this," she cried. One prayer-meeting lasted six hours. And what a marvelous blessing God poured out in answer to their prayers.

Whilst some of these girls were at Rawal Pindi, a lady missionary,. She had names on her list -- out of the 1, girls in Pandita. Ramabai's school. Hour after hour she was naming them before God. No wonder. God's blessing fell wherever those girls went, and upon whomsoever those. Pastor Ding Li Mei, of China, has the names of 1, students on his. Many hundreds have been won to Christ through his prayers. It would be an easy matter to add to these amazing and inspiring. But there is no need to do so.

I know. I know that God wants you to pray. Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual. God's great. Only prayer can unlock that storehouse. Prayer is the key, and faith both turns the key and opens the door, and. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. We have come -- you and I -- once more to the parting of the. All our past failure, all our past inefficiency and insufficiency, all. Do it today. Do not wait for a. Everything worth having depends upon the decision we make.

Truly God is. And one of the most wonderful things about Him is that He. Believing prayer from a. God has given us His word for it. We can then. Oh, that we might make the Lord. Jesus "marvel" not at our unbelief but at our faith!

When our Lord shall. I have not found so great. Has not our Lord come to "cast fire" upon us? Are we "already kindled"? Can He not use us as much as he used those mere children of Khedgaon? God is. If we can humbly and truthfully say, "To me to live.

Some of us have been reading about Praying Hyde. Truly, his. Men tell us that they were thrilled when John. Hyde prayed. They were stirred to their inmost being when he just pleaded. May we not all become "Praying Hydes"? Do you say "No! He had a special gift. Very well -- how did he get it? He was once just an ordinary. Have you noticed that, humanly speaking, he owed his prayer-life to the.

Now get hold of this point. It is one of. Perhaps I may be allowed to tell the story fully, for so much depends upon. Shall we quote John Hyde himself? He was on board a ship sailing for. India, whither he was going as a missionary. He says, "My father had a. This friend wrote me a letter directed in care of the ship.

The words were not many, but. Did this friend think I. I was angry. But by and by better judgment. Possibly I did. I paced up and down the deck, a. I felt uncomfortable: I loved the writer; I knew the. This went on for. At last, in a. I began to see myself, and what a selfish ambition I. But he did not yet receive the blessing sought. He landed in India and. Christ as the real Savior from sin. When he had finished his address, a. The question went home to my heart; for if. I realized what a dishonor it would be on the name of Christ to have.

I went back. I said I could not stand up to preach the Gospel until. I could testify of its power in my own life. He did deliver me, and I have not had a doubt of this since. It was then, and then only, that John Hyde became Praying Hyde. And it. The point we wish to emphasize, however, is the one. We must work. If, then, God has left many things dependent upon humanity's thinking and working, why should He not leave some things dependent upon humanity's praying?

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