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Pray Fraternally
“After this manner, therefore, pray ye.”—Matthew 6:9
“Our Father.” We have seen that real prayer though public is secret in that it deals with God alone, and now it appears that even solitary prayer should be social. We are so united in family ties to all Christians that one of us cannot suffer without all suffering and none of us can rejoice without all rejoicing. A blessing upon one is, therefore, a blessing upon all and a curse upon one is a curse upon all. “I,” “me,” and “my” do not occur in this prayer, while “we,” “us,” …
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An address delivered at the Second World Conference on Christian Fundamentals, at the Moody Church Tabernacle, Chicago, Illinois.
There are two ideas that are struggling for the mastery in the thinking of the professing church at the present time. The conflict between them is becoming more acute every day and the real issue is becoming clearer as it progresses. All the life systems of thought are either unconsciously influenced or finally determined by the attitude men take towards these ideas. In the last analysis they both resolve themselves into what men think of God and His activities. They are popularly …
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When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God....Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. —Matthew 16:13–16, 24 …
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Helpful for the Sunday school lesson for September 19, 1920.
All reformation is after the pattern of Matthew 12:43, “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.” When one form of amusement is cut off from the wicked-doer, he immediately sets about to find another set; when one mudhole is denied the pig, he immediately proceeds to find another. By law men have tried to make men keep Sunday. Their first purpose was that men might go to church, but, though we have more Sunday enforcement than the …
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In order to see just what the incarnation is, you must turn to Galatians 4:4–7, “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ,” a joint heir.
The Preparation For The …
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“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”—Matthew 6:10
This sin-riddled world is not as it should be. There is pain, heartache, and brokenness everywhere. Just turn on the news. That’s why this phrase in the Lord’s Prayer resonates with me so deeply. We long for things to be made right “on earth as it is in heaven.” Don’t you yearn for God to mend all that’s been broken?
Jesus knows what it’s like to live in this broken-down world. And He knows how to pray His way through the heartache as well. In …
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“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” —Matthew 4:4
Have you ever thought there was any strength in the words that proceeded out of the mouth of God? I thank God there came a day in my life when I began to see that I could live on the promises, that God’s Word was all that was necessary. In my little room, I began to ask, “Where did this world come from anyhow?” I knew science, but I found this little phrase in the Bible, “In whom all …
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I don’t care what you think about it, the Word of God plainly sets forth the possession of devils and the influence of the devil. If you are reckoning on life without the devil, you do not know yet what life is.
There are men now talking about flying across the sea. They are not leaving out the wind in their reckoning. They take the wind into consideration. They take storms into consideration and they are waiting until the weather clears up. They have sense enough to get a barometer because they know the effects of clouds and fogs and …
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In the sixth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, beginning with the sixth verse, we read,
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: …
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The 34th Psalm is quite a catalogue of things that prayer will accomplish. It starts off concerning praise. Now, praise is the highest form of worship. Prayer is something like water; it refreshes, it cleanses, it greatly aids growth; but remember it is steam—powerful steam—when it is heated. So hot prayer, believing prayer, turns to praise (v. 1).
The fighting attitudes of man and beast are interesting and stimulating, but prayer brings the soul to a fighting attitude very different from any flesh feeling. The psalmist speaks of his attitude caused by prayer as “boast in the Lord” (v. 2). …
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