PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer
Murray, Andrew, 1828-1917 · 55,421 words · 138 reading sections
Part 61
_God seeks intercessors._--There is a third magnitude to which our eyes must be opened: the wondrous privilege and power of the intercessors. There is a false humility, which makes a great virtue of self-depreciation, because it has never seen its utter nothingness. If it knew that, it would never apologise for its fee…
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_God seeks intercessors._--He longs to dispense larger blessings. He longs to reveal His power and glory as God, His saving love, more abundantly. He seeks intercessors in larger number, in greater power, to prepare the way of the Lord. He seeks them. Where could He seek them but in His Church? And how does He expect t…
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The Coming Revival "Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. lxxxv. 6. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. iii. 2. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. cxxxviii. 7. "I dwell with him that is of a humb…
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2. "_Revive Thy work, O Lord!_"--A second lesson suggested is, that the revival God is to give will be given in answer to prayer. It must be asked and received direct from God Himself. Those who know anything of the history of revivals will remember how often this has been proved--both larger and more local revivals ha…
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And if there is to be a revival, not among the unsaved, but in our churches, to give a holy, spiritual membership, will not that trumpet sound need to be heard--Repent? Was it only in Israel, in the ministry of kings and prophets, that there was so much evil in God's people to be cleansed away? Was it only in the Churc…
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Come and let us return to the Lord: He will revive us! And let us know, let us follow on to know the Lord. "_His going forth_ is sure as the morning; and _He shall come unto us_ as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth." Amen. So be it.…
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NOTE A, Chap. VI. p. 73 Just this day I have been meeting a very earnest lady missionary from India. She confesses and mourns the lack of prayer. But--in India at least--it can hardly be otherwise. You have only the morning hours, from six to eleven, for your work. Some have attempted to rise at four, and get the time…
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The simple story may teach many a Christian a most blessed lesson in the life of prayer. You have accepted of Christ Jesus to make you whole, and give you strength to walk in newness of life; you have claimed the Holy Spirit to be in you the Spirit of Supplication and Intercession; but do not wonder if your feelings ar…
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The latter part of the above-mentioned book consists of extracts from Law's letters. These have been published separately as a little shilling volume.[3] No one who will take the time quietly to read and master the so simple but deep teaching they contain, without being wonderfully strengthened in the confidence which …
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I have more than once spoken of the need of training Christians to the work of intercession. In a previous note I have asked the question whether, in the teaching of our Theological Halls and Mission Training Houses, sufficient attention is given to prayer as the most important, and in some senses the most difficult pa…
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PRAYING ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT AND WATCHING THEREUNTO WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE AND SUPPLICATION FOR ALL SAINTS AND FOR ME I EXHORT THAT FIRST OF ALL SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS GIVING OF THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN FOR KINGS, AND ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY…
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_These "Helps" are issued as a separate Tract by Messrs. Nisbet &. Co., price 2d._ _Anyone is at liberty to have the Tract reprinted, with such modifications as may be desired._…
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Helps to Intercession =Pray without Ceasing.=--Who can do this? How can one do it who is surrounded by the cares of daily life?--How can a mother love her child without ceasing? How can the eyelid without ceasing hold itself ready to protect the eye? How can I breathe and feel and hear without ceasing? Because all the…
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=2. What to Pray.=--Scripture calls us to pray for many things: for all saints; for all men; for kings and all rulers; for all who are in adversity; for the sending forth of labourers; for those who labour in the gospel; for all converts; for believers who have fallen into sin; for one another in our own immediate circ…
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=5. Who is sufficient for these things?=--The more we study and try to practise this grace of intercession, the more we become overwhelmed by its greatness and our feebleness. Let every such impression lead us to listen: =My grace is sufficient for thee=, and to answer truthfully: =Our sufficiency is of God=. Take cour…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Power of the Holy Spirit ="I bow my knees unto the Father, that He would grant you that ye may be strengthened with power through His Spirit."=--EPH. iii. 16. ="Wait for the promise of the Father."=--ACTS i. 4. "The fuller manifestation of the grace and energy of the Blessed Spirit of God, in …
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit of Supplication ="The Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us."=--ROM. viii. 26. ="I will pour out the Spirit of Supplication."=--ZECH. xii. 10. "The evangelisation of the world depends first of all upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than the need for men--ay, deep down at the bottom of…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For all Saints ="With all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all saints."=--EPH. vi. 18. Every member of a body is interested in the welfare of the whole, and exists to help and complete the others. Believers are one body, and…
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WHAT TO PRAY,--For the Spirit of Holiness God is the Holy One. His people is a holy people. He speaks: I am holy: I am the Lord which make you holy. Christ prayed: Sanctify them. Make them holy through =Thy Truth=. Paul prayed: "God establish your hearts unblamable in holiness." "God sanctify you wholly!" Pray for al…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--That God's People may be kept from the World ="Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me. I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, as I am not of the world."=--JOHN xvii. 11, 15, 16…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit of Love in the Church ="I pray that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them and Thou in Me; that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and hast loved them as Thou hast loved Me ... that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them."=--JOHN xvii. 23. ="…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Power of the Holy Spirit on Ministers ="I beseech you that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me."=--ROM. xv. 30. ="He will deliver us; ye also helping together by your supplication on our behalf."=--2 COR. i. 10, 11. What a great host of ministers there are in Christ's Chur…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit on all Christian Workers ="Ye also helping together on our behalf; that for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many on our behalf."=--2 COR. i. 11. What multitudes of workers in connection with our churches and missions, our railways and postmen, our soldi…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For God's Spirit on our Mission Work "The evangelisation of the world depends first of all upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than the need for men--ay, deep down at the bottom of our spiritless life, is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, world-wide prayer." ="As they ministered to the Lord…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For God's Spirit on our Missionaries "What the world needs to-day is, not only more missionaries, but the outpouring of God's Spirit on everyone whom He has sent out to work for Him in the foreign field." ="Ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be My witnesses unto …
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For more Labourers ="Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth labourers into His harvest."=--MATT. ix. 38. What a remarkable call of the =Lord Jesus= for help from His disciples in getting the need supplied. What an honour put upon prayer. What a proof that God wants prayer and will hear it.…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit to convince the World of Sin ="I will send the Comforter to you. And He, when He is come, will convict the world in respect of sin."=--JOHN xvi. 7, 8. God's one desire, the one object of Christ's being manifested, is to take away sin. The first work of the Spirit on the world is convicti…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit of Burning ="And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion shall be called holy: when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning."=--ISA. iv. 3, 4. A washing by fire! a cleansing by judgment! He that h…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Church of the Future ="That the children might not be as their fathers, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God."=--PS. lxxviii. 8. ="I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thy offspring."=--ISA. xliv. 3. Pray for the rising …
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For Schools and Colleges ="As for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the Lord: My Spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and …
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Power of the Holy Spirit in our Sabbath Schools ="Thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children."=--ISA. xlix. 25. Every part of the w…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For Kings and Rulers ="I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgiving, be made for all men; for kings, and all that are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity."=--1 TIM. ii. 1, 2. What a faith in the power of p…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For Peace ="I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplication be made for kings and all that are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour."=--1 TIM. ii. 1-3. ="He maketh wars to cease to th…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Holy Spirit on Christendom ="Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof."=--2 TIM. iii. 5. ="Thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead."=--REV. iii. 1. There are five hundred millions of nominal Christians. The state of the majority is unspeakably awful. Formality, wo…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For God's Spirit on the Heathen ="Behold, these shall come from far; and these from the land of Sinim."=--ISA. xlix. 12. ="Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands to God."=--PS. lxviii. 31. ="I the Lord will hasten it in His time."=--ISA. lx. 22. Pray for the he…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For God's Spirit on the Jews ="I will pour out upon the house of David, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and Supplication; and they shall look unto Me whom they pierced."=--ZECH. xii. 10. ="Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved."…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For all who are in Suffering ="Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are evil entreated, as being yourselves in the body."=--HEB. xiii. 3. What a world of suffering we live in! How Jesus sacrificed all and identified Himself with it! Let us in our measure do so too. The persecu…
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WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Holy Spirit in your own Work ="I labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily."=--COL. i. 29. You have your own special work; make it a work of intercession. Paul laboured, striving according to the working of God in him. Remember, God is not only the Creator, but the…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.