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Nov.01.04: Light for the Day - "Christian on his
Knees"
The Christian on his knees sees
more than the philosopher on tiptoe.
-- Dwight L. Moody
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-- Psalms
17:6
I call on you, O
God,
For You will answer me;
Give ear to me and hear my
prayer.
-- Philippians
4:6
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God.
-- Ephesians
6:18
And pray in the Spirit on all
occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be
alert and always keep on praying for all the
saints.
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When a
believer prays, he is not alone -- there are Three with him:
The
Father seeing in secret, His ear open;
The Son blotting out sin,
and suffering up the prayer;
The Holy Ghost Quickening and giving
desires.
-- Robert Murray McCheyne
When the Holy Spirit takes possession of the soul, He
becomes essentially the Spirit of intercession and the heart is drawn out
in earnest prayer, the Spirit helping our many weaknesses.
-- W.
H. Griffith Thomas
Here again, if we would pray
aright,
We must look to the Spirit of God to teach us to
pray.
-- R. A. Torrey
-- Romans
8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps
us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the
Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot
express.
-- Jude
1:20
But you, dear friends, build
yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy
Spirit.
-- John 1:32
Then John
gave this testimony:
"I saw the Spirit come
down from heaven as a dove and remain on
Him."
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Conversation between God and mankind in this world is
maintained by God's Word on His part, and by prayer on ours.
By
the former, He speaks and expresses His mind to us;
By the
latter, we speak and express our minds to Him.
-- Jonathan
Edwards
-- Psalms 119:7-18
7 I will praise You with an upright heart as I learn Your
righteous laws.
8 I will obey Your decrees; do not utterly forsake
me.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living
according to Your word.
10 I seek You with all my heart;
Do
not let me stray from Your commands.
11 I have hidden Your word in my
heart that I might not sin against you.
12 Praise be to You, O LORD;
teach me Your decrees.
13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come
from Your mouth.
14 I rejoice in following Your statutes as one
rejoices in great riches.
15 I meditate on Your precepts and consider
Your ways.
16 I delight in Your decrees; I will not neglect Your
word.
17 Do good to Your servant, and I will live; I will obey Your
word.
18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your
law.
-- Psalms
69:13
But I pray to you, O LORD, in
the time of Your favor; in Your great love, O God, answer me with Your
sure salvation.
-- Jeremiah
29:11-13
11 For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to
give you a future and a hope.
12 Then you will call upon Me and go and
pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find
Me, when you search for Me with all your
heart.
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Pray
for the rising generation, who are to come after us. Thing of the young
men and young women and children of this age, and pray for all the
agencies at work among them; that in associations and societies and
unions, in homes and schools, Christ may be honored, and the Holy spirit
get possession of them. Pray for the young of your own neighborhood.
-- Andrew Murray
-- Proverb 22:6
Train a child
in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not turn from
it.
-- Psalms
34:11
Come, my children, listen to
me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
-- Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (Deut 11:18-21)
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Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with
all your strength.
6 These commandments that I give you today are to be
upon your hearts.
7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when
you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and
when you get up.
8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on
your foreheads.
9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on
your gates.
-- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
-- Psalm 78:6-7
6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget His deeds but would keep
His commands.
-- Deuteronomy 6:2
So that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all
His decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
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When
thou pray,
Rather let thy heart be without words then thy words
without heart.
-- John Bunyan
Silence
in prayer promotes the presence of God, prevents many harsh and proud
words, and suppresses many dangers in the way of ridiculing or harshly
judging our neighbor. Silence humbles the mind, and gradually weans it
from the world; it makes a kind of solitude in the heart.
--
Francois Fenelon
Quiet waiting before God would
save from many a mistake and from many a sorrow.
-- J.Hudson
Taylor
-- Job 6:24
"Teach me, and I will be quiet;
Show me where I
have been wrong."
-- Ezekiel 16:62,63
62 And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
63 You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD.
-- Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak up.
-- Lamentations
3:26,28
26 It is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
28 Let them sit alone in silence beneath
the LORD’s demands.
-- Zephaniah
3:17
"The LORD your God is with you,
He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you
with His love, He will rejoice over you with
singing."
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The
story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answer
prayer.
-- E. M. Bourner
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-- 1 Thessalonians 1:2
We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our
prayers.
-- 2 Corinthians
1:11
As you help us by your prayers.
Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us
in answer to the prayers of many.
-- 2
Corinthians 9:14
And in their prayers
for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace
God has given you.
-- Ephesians
1:16
I have not stopped giving thanks
for you, remembering you in my prayers.
-- Philippians 1:4,19
4
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.
19 For I know
that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus
Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my
deliverance.
-- 1 Timothy
2:1
I urge, then, first of all, that
requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for
everyone.
-- 2 Timothy
1:3
I thank God, whom I serve, as my
forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly
remember you in my prayers.
-- Philemon
1:4
I always thank my God as I
remember you in my prayers,
-- Romans
1:9-12
9 God, whom I serve with my whole
heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I
remember you
10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last
by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
11 I long to
see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong
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12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each
other’s faith.
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The
purpose of God to be known and praised and enjoyed and reverenced among
all peoples of the earth.
That is why the world
exits.
That is why the church exits.
That is why you
exit.
-- John Piper
-- Psalm
67:3
May the peoples praise You, O
God;
May all the peoples praise
You.
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and Vote on November 2 Election
Thanks & God
Bless!
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