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... mind and will and heart . " He had need of inward renewal ; he needed to recuperate his wasted energy after a day of exhaustive toil ; and to prepare himself for the day that was about to dawn . His primal object in prayer was to get ...
... mind and will and heart . " He had need of inward renewal ; he needed to recuperate his wasted energy after a day of exhaustive toil ; and to prepare himself for the day that was about to dawn . His primal object in prayer was to get ...
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... mind and got his point of view . He had gone up the moun- tain at midnight with a perplexed and uncertain mind , he came down in the morning with every vestige of perplexity and hesitancy cleared away . He was sure of himself because he ...
... mind and got his point of view . He had gone up the moun- tain at midnight with a perplexed and uncertain mind , he came down in the morning with every vestige of perplexity and hesitancy cleared away . He was sure of himself because he ...
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... minds . Those who remain untouched by the vulgar lust for wealth are carried away by the more refined love of power . How subtle its temptations ! how plausible the pre- texts of those who covet it ! It is seldom profes- sedly sought ...
... minds . Those who remain untouched by the vulgar lust for wealth are carried away by the more refined love of power . How subtle its temptations ! how plausible the pre- texts of those who covet it ! It is seldom profes- sedly sought ...
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... mind upon the object of wor- ship . We are to enter into the silence leaving be- hind all that would divide the attention and distract the thought . Thomas Aquinas argues that " he prays in spirit and in truth , whoever goes to prayer ...
... mind upon the object of wor- ship . We are to enter into the silence leaving be- hind all that would divide the attention and distract the thought . Thomas Aquinas argues that " he prays in spirit and in truth , whoever goes to prayer ...
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... mind of his Great Com- mander , by whose authoritative word his every act is controlled . But while outward seclusion is an advantage for quiet , refreshing converse with God , it is not a necessity . We can find God in the crowded ...
... mind of his Great Com- mander , by whose authoritative word his every act is controlled . But while outward seclusion is an advantage for quiet , refreshing converse with God , it is not a necessity . We can find God in the crowded ...
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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...