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Christ’s Object Lessons
The children of God are not left alone and defenseless. Prayer
moves the arm of Omnipotence. Prayer has “subdued kingdoms,
wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions, quenched the violence of fire”—we shall know what it means
when we hear the reports of the martyrs who died for their faith—
“turneth to flight the armies of the aliens.”
Hebrews 11:33, 34
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If we surrender our lives to His service, we can never be placed in a
position for which God has not made provision. Whatever may be our
situation, we have a Guide to direct our way; whatever our perplexities,
we have a sure Counselor; whatever our sorrow, bereavement, or
loneliness, we have a sympathizing Friend. If in our ignorance we
make missteps, Christ does not leave us. His voice, clear and distinct,
is heard saying, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”
John 14:6
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“He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that
hath no helper.”
Psalm 72:12
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The Lord declares that He will be honored by those who draw nigh
to Him, who faithfully do His service. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect
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peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee.”
Isaiah 26:3
. The arm of Omnipotence is outstretched to lead us onward
and still onward. Go forward, the Lord says; I will send you help. It
is for My name’s glory that you ask, and you shall receive. I will be
honored before those who are watching for your failure. They shall
see My word triumph gloriously. “All things, whatsoever ye shall ask
in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
Matthew 21:22
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Let all who are afflicted or unjustly used, cry to God. Turn away
from those whose hearts are as steel, and make your requests known to
your Maker. Never is one repulsed who comes to Him with a contrite
heart. Not one sincere prayer is lost. Amid the anthems of the celestial
choir, God hears the cries of the weakest human being. We pour out
our heart’s desire in our closets, we breathe a prayer as we walk by the
way, and our words reach the throne of the Monarch of the universe.
They may be inaudible to any human ear, but they cannot die away
into silence, nor can they be lost through the activities of business that
are going on. Nothing can drown the soul’s desire. It rises above the
din of the street, above the confusion of the multitude, to the heavenly
courts. It is God to whom we are speaking, and our prayer is heard.
You who feel the most unworthy, fear not to commit your case to
God. When He gave Himself in Christ for the sin of the world, He