PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer
Murray, Andrew, 1828-1917 · 55,421 words · 138 reading sections
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6 wordsSECTION 122TWENTY-FOURTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit on your own Congregation ="Beginning at Jerusalem."=--LUKE xxiv. 47. Each one of us is connected with some congregation or circle of believers, who are to us the part of Christ's body with which we come into most direct contact. They have a special claim on our intercession. Let it be a …
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6 wordsSECTION 124TWENTY-FIFTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For more Conversions ="He is able to save completely, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession."=--HEB. vii. 25. ="We will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the word.... And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied exceedingly."=--ACTS vi. 4, 7. Ch…
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6 wordsSECTION 126TWENTY-SIXTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Holy Spirit on Young Converts ="Peter and John prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost; for as yet He was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus."=--ACTS viii. 15, 16. ="Now He which establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed …
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6 wordsSECTION 128TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--That God's People may Realise their Calling ="I will bless thee; and be thou a blessing: _in thee_ shall _all the families of the earth_ be blessed."=--GEN. xii. 2, 3. ="God be merciful _unto us_, and bless _us_; and cause His face to shine _upon us_. That Thy way may be known _upon earth_, Thy saving …
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6 wordsSECTION 130TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--That all God's People may know the Holy Spirit ="The Spirit of truth, whom the world knoweth not; but ye know Him; for He abideth with you, and shall be in you."=--JOHN xiv. 17. ="Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost?"=--1 COR. vi. 19. The Holy Spirit is the power of God for the sa…
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6 wordsSECTION 132TWENTY-NINTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit of Intercession ="I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you."=--JOHN xv. 16. ="Hitherto ye have asked nothing in My name. In that day ye shall ask in My name."=--JOHN xvi. 24, 26. Has not o…
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6 wordsSECTION 134THIRTIETH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Holy Spirit with the Word of God ="Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance."=--1 THESS. i. 5. ="Those who preached unto you the gospel with the Holy Ghost sent forth from heaven."=--1 PET. i. 12. What numbers of Bibles are bein…
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6 wordsSECTION 136THIRTY-FIRST DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit of Christ in His People ="I am the Vine, ye are the branches."=--JOHN xv. 5. ="That ye should do as I have done to you."=--JOHN xiii. 15. As branches we are to be so like the Vine, so entirely identified with it, that all may see that we have the same nature, and life, and spirit. When …
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6 wordsSECTION 138TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
=Bold= and _italic_ words in the original text have been marked in this version with equals signs and underscores respectively. Minor errors and inconsistencies in punctuation and hyphenation have been silently corrected. On page 6, the original text had "we the trust in our own diligence". On page 93, "WHAT THE HEA…
113 wordsSource & rights
Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.