Posted in Brethren on Prayer on January 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
#3 - Remember, that as loathing of meat, and painfulness of speaking, are two symptoms of a sick body; so irksomeness of praying when thou talkest with God, and carelessness in hearing, when God, by his word, speaks unto thee, are two sure signs of a sick soul.
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Posted in Brethren on Prayer on January 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
#2 - Forget not that the Holy Ghost puts it down as a special note of reprobates, “They call not upon the Lord, they call not upon God.” (Psalms 14:4 & 53:4). And when Eliphaz supposed that Job had cast off the fear of God, and that God had cast Job out of his favour, he […]
Posted in Brethren on Prayer on January 16th, 2007 8 Comments »
#1 - If, when thou art about to pray, Satan shall suggest that thy prayers are too long, and that therefore it were better either to omit prayers, or else to cut them shorter, meditate that prayer is thy spiritual sacrifice, wherewith God is well pleased (Hebrews 13:15-16); and therefore it is so displeasing to the […]
Posted in E.M. Bounds on January 1st, 2007 2 Comments »
Two kinds of providences are seen in God’s dealings with men, direct providences and permissive providences. God orders some things, others he permits. But when he permits an afflictive dispensation to come into the life of I’ his saint, even though it originates in a wicked mind, and it is the act of a sinner, […]
Posted in E.M. Bounds on January 1st, 2007 577 Comments »
PRAYER and the divine providence are closely related. They stand in close companionship. They cannot possibly be separated. So closely connected are they that to deny one is to abolish the other. Prayer supposes a providence, while providence is the result of and belongs to prayer. All answers to prayer are but the intervention of […]