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The Gift of Prayer Part 3: The Babbling Counterfeit

I Corinthians 14:23       If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak in tongues, and there come in those that unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? WILLIAM S. PLUMER … Continue reading

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The Gift of Prayer Part 2: The Wordy Counterfeit

Ecclesiastes 5:2       Let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. E. J. POOLE-CONNOR (1872-1962): I was born twelve years after … Continue reading

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The Gift of Prayer Part 1: Quickening Power

I Corinthians 4:19, 20; 14:1       I will come unto you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. For the kingdom of heaven is not in word, … Continue reading

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Oh, Lord!

Isaiah 64:1       Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): This man knew how to pray, and did not need instruction about prayer. … Continue reading

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Our Advocate with God

I John 2:1,2       If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins. ROBERT MURRAY M’CHEYNE (1813-1843): I feel, when I have sinned, an immediate reluctance … Continue reading

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Spiritual Sailing Part 8: Answers to Prayer

Psalm 139:9,10; Psalm 61:2       If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me…From the end of the … Continue reading

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Spiritual Sailing Part 6: Sailing through Stormy Weather

Psalm 107:23-30       He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and … Continue reading

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Prayer in the Presence of God

Psalm 65:1,2        Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.  JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564): Literally it runs, “Praise is silent to … Continue reading

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