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Unwavering Faith, March 20
Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a
wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James 1:6
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Prayer and faith are closely allied, and they need to be studied together.
In the prayer of faith there is a divine science; it is a science that everyone
who would make his life-work a success must understand. Christ says,
“What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.”
Mark 11:24
. He makes it plain that our asking
must be according to God’s will; we must ask for the things that He has
promised, and whatever we receive must be used in doing His will. The
conditions met, the promise is unequivocal.
For the pardon of sin, for the Holy Spirit, for a Christlike temper, for
wisdom and strength to do His work, for any gift He has promised, we may
ask; then we are to believe that we receive, and return thanks to God that
we have received. We need look for no outward evidence of the blessing.
The gift is in the promise, and we may go about our work assured that what
God has promised He is able to perform, and that the gift, which we already
possess, will be realized when we need it most.
To live thus by the word of God means the surrender to Him of the
whole life. There will be felt a continual sense of need and dependence, a
drawing out of the heart after God. Prayer is a necessity; for it is the life
of the soul. Family prayer, public prayer, have their place; but it is secret
communion with God that sustains the soul life....
An intensity such as never before was seen is taking possession of the
world. In amusement, in money-making, in the contest for power, in the
very struggle for existence, there is a terrible force that engrosses body and
mind and soul. In the midst of this maddening rush, God is speaking. He
bids us come apart and commune with Him. “Be still, and know that I am
God.” ...
Not a pause for a moment in His presence, but personal contact with
Christ, to sit down in companionship with Him—this is our need.
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