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... , my God and Father , how and when to grant my petitions ! He that has learned to pray as he ought , has got the secret of a holy life . It is of greater advantage to us than we imagine. Reflections on Private Devotion •
... , my God and Father , how and when to grant my petitions ! He that has learned to pray as he ought , has got the secret of a holy life . It is of greater advantage to us than we imagine. Reflections on Private Devotion •
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... grant our petitions immediately . We learn by that , that whereunto we have already attained , it was the gift of God . The best way to prevent wandering in prayer is , not to let the mind wander too much at other times ; but to have ...
... grant our petitions immediately . We learn by that , that whereunto we have already attained , it was the gift of God . The best way to prevent wandering in prayer is , not to let the mind wander too much at other times ; but to have ...
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... grant that I may never seek Thy face in vain ! [ " The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much . " - James v . 16 . This ought to make me aspire after every possi- ble degree of holiness , that God may hear my pray ...
... grant that I may never seek Thy face in vain ! [ " The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much . " - James v . 16 . This ought to make me aspire after every possi- ble degree of holiness , that God may hear my pray ...
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... grant that my whole flock may be made partakers of the bless- ings we have now prayed for ; and may Thy blessings be upon them for ever . Amen . The devil knows , that when we have a relish for prayer , and apply ourselves in good ...
... grant that my whole flock may be made partakers of the bless- ings we have now prayed for ; and may Thy blessings be upon them for ever . Amen . The devil knows , that when we have a relish for prayer , and apply ourselves in good ...
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... grant that this adversary of our souls may never find me off my guard , or from under Thy protection . " If any man will come after Me , let him deny himself , take up his cross , and follow Me . " - Mat- thew xvi . 24 . O my Saviour ...
... grant that this adversary of our souls may never find me off my guard , or from under Thy protection . " If any man will come after Me , let him deny himself , take up his cross , and follow Me . " - Mat- thew xvi . 24 . O my Saviour ...
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Page 52 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Page 175 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 87 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish...
Page 175 - ... as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and, behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 238 - Behold I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Page 119 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 288 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Page 193 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 211 - LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH ; WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME, AND IS SET DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD. FOR CONSIDER HIM THAT ENDURED SUCH CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS AGAINST HIMSELF, LEST YE BE WEARIED AND FAINT IN YOUR MINDS.
Page 31 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.