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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... force , every part and particle of it being made to tell for the best results , he spent a great part of it in the exercise of prayer . The time thus employed was not lost . No part of his life counted for more . And if Jesus , " The ...
... force , every part and particle of it being made to tell for the best results , he spent a great part of it in the exercise of prayer . The time thus employed was not lost . No part of his life counted for more . And if Jesus , " The ...
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... force and make him a king . They caught him at a moment of weakness . Although possessed of kingly rights , he was destitute of kingly prerogatives . Of the insignia of royalty had he none . Why should he not accept the homage of the ...
... force and make him a king . They caught him at a moment of weakness . Although possessed of kingly rights , he was destitute of kingly prerogatives . Of the insignia of royalty had he none . Why should he not accept the homage of the ...
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... forces , and keep us upon our knees , Jesus told this story of the unrighteous judge who was moved to redress this widow , not as an act of justice , but because she kept plaguing him by her continual coming , and he asks , “ Shall not ...
... forces , and keep us upon our knees , Jesus told this story of the unrighteous judge who was moved to redress this widow , not as an act of justice , but because she kept plaguing him by her continual coming , and he asks , “ Shall not ...
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... forces of the universe , so that it is not he that acts , but God who acts through him . And since to God belongs the ... force is lost . After all necessary qualifications have been made they will be found to teach that the prayer of ...
... forces of the universe , so that it is not he that acts , but God who acts through him . And since to God belongs the ... force is lost . After all necessary qualifications have been made they will be found to teach that the prayer of ...
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Page 163 - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers...
Page 86 - 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 ? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him...
Page 182 - Spirit also helpeth our infirmity : for we know not how to pray as we ought ; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered ; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Page 74 - 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 80 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 59 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 236 - 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 234 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and 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.
Page 187 - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 40 - 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...