“Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” (Luke 18:1)
“You cannot intercede if you do not believe in the reality of the Redemption; you will turn intercession into futile sympathy with human beings which will only increase their submissive content to being out of touch with God. In intercession you bring the person, or the circumstance that impinges on you before God until you are moved by His attitude towards that person or circumstance. Intercession means filling up ‘that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ,’ and that is why there are so few intercessors. Intercession is put on the line of—‘Put yourself in his place.’ Never! Try to put yourself in God’s place.
As a worker, be careful to keep pace with the communications of reality from God has engineered for you to know, you cannot pray, the condition of the people is so crushing that you cannot get through to reality.
Our work lies in coming into definite contact with God about everything, and we shirk it by becoming active workers. We do the things that can be tabulated but we will not intercede. Intercession is the one thing that has no snares, because it keeps our relationship with God completely open.
The thing to watch in intercession is that no soul is patched up; a soul must get through into contact with the life of God. Think of the number of souls God has brought about our path and we have dropped them! When we pray on the ground of Redemption. God creates something He can create in no other way then through intercessory prayer.”
Taken from Devotions for MORNING and EVENING with OSWALD CHAMBERS (pg 718)
Selections taken from Our Daily Bread:
“God Himself is with thee—
Thy Savior, Keeper, Friend;
And He will not forsake thee,
Nor leave thee to life’s end. –J. D. Smith
May our prayers not be mindless, but
instead mindful of God’s will.”
August 3/ 2011
“Not to know the reason why
Unanswered is our prayer,
But ours to wait for God’s own time
To lift the cross we bear. –Anon.
Waiting for God is never a waste of time.”
Nov. 9/11
"Under His wings, what a refuge in sorrow!
How the heart yearningly turns to His rest!
Often when earth has no balm for my healing,
There I find comfort, and there I am blessed. –Cushing
Prayer is the soil in which hope and healing grow best.”
Oct. 3/11
"Give Him each perplexing problem.
All your needs to Him make known;
Bing to Him your daily burdens—
Never carry them alone! –Adams
Pray as if your life depended upon it. It does!”
Oct. 26/11
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Phil 4:6
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