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Chapter 16—Prayer for the Sick
The Scripture says that “men ought always to pray, and not
to faint” (
Luke 18:1
); and if ever there is a time when they feel
their need of prayer, it is when strength fails and life itself seems
slipping from their grasp. Often those who are in health forget the
wonderful mercies continued to them day by day, year after year, and
they render no tribute of praise to God for His benefits. But when
sickness comes, God is remembered. When human strength fails,
men feel their need of divine help. And never does our merciful God
turn from the soul that in sincerity seeks Him for help. He is our
refuge in sickness as in health.
“Like as a father pitieth his children,
So the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
For He knoweth our frame;
He remembereth that we are dust.”
Psalm 103:13, 14.
“Because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, [men] are afflicted.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.”
Psalm 107:17, 18, A.R.V.
“Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
And He saveth them out of their distresses.
He sendeth His word, and healeth them,
And delivereth them from their destructions.”
Verses 19, 20, R.V.
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