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Bow Before God, January 27
Family Worship in My Life
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
James 4:10
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If ever there was a time when every house should be a house of
prayer, it is now. Infidelity and skepticism prevail. Iniquity abounds.
Corruption flows in the vital currents of the soul, and rebellion against
God breaks out in the life. Enslaved by sin, the moral powers are under
the tyranny of Satan. The soul is made the sport of his temptation; and
unless some mighty arm is stretched out to rescue him, man goes where
the arch rebel leads the way.
And yet in this time of fearful peril some who profess to be Christians
have no family prayer....
The idea that prayer is not essential is one of Satan’s most successful
devices to ruin souls. Prayer is communion with God, the fountain of
wisdom, the source of strength and peace and happiness. Jesus prayed
to the Father “with strong crying and tears.” ... “Pray one for another,”
James says; “the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.”
By sincere, earnest prayer parents should make a hedge about their
children. They should pray with full faith that God will abide with them,
and that holy angels will guard them and their children from Satan’s
cruel power....
How appropriate it is for parents to gather their children about them
before the fast is broken and point them to the heavenly Father, who
so liberally gives them the bounties of His providence! How fitting for
them to thank Him for His protection during the night and to ask for His
help and grace and the watchcare of His angels during the day! How
fitting, also, when evening comes, to gather once more before Him and
praise Him for the mercies and blessings of the day that is past!
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