DAY 9 PRAYER AND OBEDIENCE Under the Mosaic law, obedience was looked upon as being “better than sacrifice, and to harken, than the fat of lambs.” In Deuteronomy 5:29, Moses represents Almighty God declaring Himself as to this very quality in a manner which left no doubt as to the importance He laid upon its …Read More
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PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP- Day 8
DAY 8 PRAYER AND CHARACTER AND CONDUCT Prayer governs conduct and conduct makes character. Conduct, is what we do; character, is what we are. Conduct is the outward life. Character is the life unseen, hidden within, yet evidenced by that which is seen. Conduct is external, seen from without; character is internal — operating within. In the …Read More
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DAY 5 PRAYER AND FERVENCY Prayer, without fervor, stakes nothing on the issue, because it has nothing to stake. It comes with empty hands. Hands, too, which are listless, as well as empty, which have never learned the lesson of clinging to the Cross. Fervorless prayer has no heart in it; it is an empty …Read More
View Post E.M. Bounds, Mark 11:24, PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP, Rod Jetton, Rodney Jetton, The Necessity of PrayerPRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP- Day 7
DAY 7 PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY (Continued) The tenor of Christ’s teachings, is to declare that men are to pray earnestly — to pray with an earnestness that cannot be denied. Heaven has harkening ears only for the whole-hearted, and the deeply-earnest. Energy, courage, and persistent perseverance must back the prayers which heaven respects, and …Read More
View Post E.M. Bounds, Mark 11:24, prayer, PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY, PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP, PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP- Day 7, Rod Jetton, Rodney Jetton, The Necessity of PrayerPRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP-Day 6
DAY 6 PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY Our Lord Jesus declared that “men ought always to pray and not to faint,” and the parable in which His words occur, was taught with the intention of saving men from faint-heartedness and weakness in prayer. Our Lord was seeking to teach that laxity must be guarded against, and persistence …Read More
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