With Christ in the School of Prayer

The Secret of Believing Prayer

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Chapter 12: Have faith in God; OR, The Secret of Believing Prayer

Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

The Faith That Takes

When I read the title of this chapter, I have to admit that I was more than a little offended. "A faith that takes?" Really? Doesn't that seem a little selfish? As it turns out, ...

Prayer Must be Definite

Our prayers must be a distinct expression of definite need, not a vague appeal to His mercy or an indefinite cry for blessing. ... Our expressions of need, sin, love, faith, and consecration must be accompained by an explicit statement of what we are asking for and what we expect to receive.

Pray the Lord of the Harvest

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Chapter 9: Pray the Lord of the Harvest; OR Prayer Provides Laborers

"Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is 'plenteous, but the laborers are few.

Because of his Persistence

One evening, my wife and her best friend decided to make dinner at our house. They planned out the meal, bought the ingredients, and started cooking everything in the kitchen. As they were cooking, they realized they were missing one ingredient: Baking Soda. We searched every nook and cranny of our kitchen without any luck.

How much more the Holy Spirit

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Chapter 7: How much more the Holy Spirit OR The All Comprehensive Gift

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more s

How much more?

And so the lesson we have today in the school of prayer is this: Live as a child of God, then you will be able to pray as a child, and as a child you will most assuredly be heard.

Ask and It Shall be Given You

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall opened. Biblical scholars have rightly pointed out how the authors we read from antiquity never had a word processor with bold, italics, and underline in order to emphasize their point. They would frequently use word repetition to emphasize things that needed to be remembered.

After this manner pray

In the previous chapter, Murray laid the foundation that our prayers are going to a Father-King. The first line of the Lord's Prayer reinforces this fact. Our prayers need to embrace a personal and intimate fellowship that comes from the love of our Heavenly Father. To illustrate this truth, it's like building a house on a sure foundation. Before we can put up the walls and the roof of a house, we first must...

Pray to thy Father, Which is in Secret

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Chapter 3 - "Pray to thy Father, Which is in Secret"; or Alone with God

Main Passage:
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

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