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O Thou that hearest prayer, Unto thee shall all flesh come.
-Psa. 65. 2.
THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE LIFE AND
TEACHING OF JESUS
CHAPTER I. THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE LIFE OF
JESUS.
CHAPTER II. THE ORDINARY LIFE OF JESUS FULL OF
PRAYER.:
CHAPTER III. JESUS MET EVERY CRISIS IN HIS LIFE
WITH PRAYER...
1. He Began His Public Ministry with Prayer.
2. He Prayed Before the Choosing of the Twelve...
3. He Prayed for Strength to Overcome the Subtle
Dangers of Success..
4. He Prayed Before Giving to His Disciples the
Full Disclosure of the Nature of His Messiah-
ship.....
5. He Was Transfigured in Prayer....
6. He Prayed in Gethsemane as He Entered His
Final Passion....
7. He Prayed on the Cross.
CHAPTER IV. PRAYER AN INTEGRAL PART OF HIS
REDEMPTIVE WORK....
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PART SECOND
THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE TEACHING OF
JESUS
CHAPTER I. THE MODEL PRAYER..
1. It Strikes the Note of Universality.
2. It Is an Organic Whole...
3. It Expresses a New Conception of God....
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4. It Places God's Glory Before Our Personal Good.. 65
5. It Sets Forth the Supremacy of the Spiritual in
Prayer...
6. It Emphasizes the Social Element in Prayer...
CHAPTER II. THE SPIRIT IN WHICH WE ARE TO PRAY.
1. We are Taught to Pray with Sincerity.
2. With Thoughtfulness.
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5. Baffled Prayers....
6. Untapped Resources...
9. With Confidence in God's Responsiveness.
CHAPTER III. GENERAL TEACHINGS.
1. On Secret Prayer...
Prayer as a Means of Discipline.
7. The Absoluteness of the Spiritual
8. A Wrong Conception of Prayer.
9. God's Desire for Our Prayers..
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2. The Almightiness of the Prayer of Faith..
3. Exceptions...
10. The Smallest Social Denominator.
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11. A Missionary Prayer...
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12. Prayer as Related to the Immanence of God.
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13. A New Epoch in the Life of Prayer....
14. A Twofold Condition of Prevailing Prayer.
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PART THIRD
THE PLACE OF PRAYER AMONG THE EARLIER
FOLLOWERS OF JESUS
CHAPTER I. THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE ACTS OF
7. The Acceptable Prayer of a Non-Christian Wor-
shiper...
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8. Prayer for Spiritual Equipment.
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PART FOURTH
WRITINGS OF THE APOSTLES
CHAPTER I. IN THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PAUL.... 161
6. The Sacrifice of the Lower for the Higher.
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7. Applied Prayer....
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8. Praying in the Spirit.
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9. The Cry of the Child to the Father..
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CHAPTER II. THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE EPISTLE
TO THE HEBREWS.
1. The Throne of Grace.
2. The Everliving Intercessor.
3. A New Way of Approach.
4. Things to Be Assumed in Prayer...
CHAPTER III. THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE LIFE AND
WRITINGS OF JAMES..
1. Prayer for Wisdom...
2. Unoffered and Unavailing Prayer.
3. God Meeting Man More Than Half Way..
4. The Therapeutic Value of Prayer..
5. Prayer as a Working Force..
CHAPTER IV. THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE LIFE AND
WRITINGS OF PETER...
I. The Priesthood of Believers..
2. A Hindrance to Prayer..
3. A Listening God.....
4. Sobriety of Spirit in Prayer..
CHAPTER V. THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN THE LIFE AND
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