The Spirit of PrayerPeirce and Parker, 1832 - 187 pages |
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Page xviii
... soul are enkindled , and his whole heart goes with him , while he ap- proaches the throne of grace and pleads for needed mercy . With strong desire , he looks up to his Father in heaven and says , ' I am weak , but thou art strong . I ...
... soul are enkindled , and his whole heart goes with him , while he ap- proaches the throne of grace and pleads for needed mercy . With strong desire , he looks up to his Father in heaven and says , ' I am weak , but thou art strong . I ...
Page xxiii
... souls , who prefer the gross pleasures of sense and sin , to those which spring from commun- ion with the Holy One ? I might advert to the indirect advan- tages of prayer to those who offer it , re- turning , like that of the Psalmist ...
... souls , who prefer the gross pleasures of sense and sin , to those which spring from commun- ion with the Holy One ? I might advert to the indirect advan- tages of prayer to those who offer it , re- turning , like that of the Psalmist ...
Page xxviii
... soul ; how then shall they engage in the conversion of mill- ions ? They cannot produce a revival of religion in a single village ; and what can they do towards reviving it over the whole earth ? They may indeed engage in the use of ...
... soul ; how then shall they engage in the conversion of mill- ions ? They cannot produce a revival of religion in a single village ; and what can they do towards reviving it over the whole earth ? They may indeed engage in the use of ...
Page xxix
... souls has little to fear from anything and everything which the people of God can do , so long as they can be kept from prayer ; but , Satan trembles , when he sees The weakest saint - upon his knees . ' That which is most most needed ...
... souls has little to fear from anything and everything which the people of God can do , so long as they can be kept from prayer ; but , Satan trembles , when he sees The weakest saint - upon his knees . ' That which is most most needed ...
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... soul is more secured for the future . 5. The helmet of salvation must cover their heads in this day of battle with evil angels . A lively hope of salvation is very encouraging both unto patient continu- ance in well - doing , and also ...
... soul is more secured for the future . 5. The helmet of salvation must cover their heads in this day of battle with evil angels . A lively hope of salvation is very encouraging both unto patient continu- ance in well - doing , and also ...
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Page 42 - Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared...
Page 96 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 74 - ... Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 55 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Page 94 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page xxv - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Page 82 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs; let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 52 - And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Page 121 - But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Page ix - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.