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Believing Prayer
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:
Acts 12:5-5
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Title: Believing Prayer
"Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant
and earnest prayer) was made for him"
(Acts 12:5, margin).
Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The
Church had neither human power nor influence to
save him. There was no earthly help, but there
was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven.
They gave themselves to fervent, importunate
prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter
from sleep and led him out through the first and
second wards of the prison; and when they came to
the iron gate, it opened to them of its own
accord, and Peter was free.
There may be some iron gate in your life that has
blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have
often beaten against the bars, but instead of
helping, you have only had to fall back tired,
exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret
for you to learn, and that is believing prayer;
and when you come to the iron gate, it will open
of its own accord. How much wasted energy and
sore disappointment will be saved if you will
learn to pray as did the Church in the upper
room! Insurmountable difficulties will disappear;
adverse circumstances will prove favorable if you
learn to pray, not with your own faith but with
the faith of God (Mark 11:22, margin). Souls in
prison have been waiting for years for the gate
to open; love ones out of Christ, bound by Satan,
will be set free when you pray till you
definitely believe God. --C. H. P.
Emergencies call for intense prayer. When the man
becomes the prayer nothing can resist its touch.
Elijah on Carmel, bowed down on the ground, with
his face between his knees, that was prayer--the
man himself. No words are mentioned. Prayer can
be too tense for words. The man's whole being was
in touch with God, and was set with God against
the powers of evil. They couldn't withstand such
praying. There's more of this embodied praying
needed. --The Bent-knee Time
"Groanings which cannot be uttered are often
prayers which cannot be refused."
--C. H. Spurgeon
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Devotion: Streams in the Desert
Scripture References:
Acts 12:5-5
Do you enjoy this devotional? Send it on to a friend!
____________________________________________________________
Title: Believing Prayer
"Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant
and earnest prayer) was made for him"
(Acts 12:5, margin).
Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The
Church had neither human power nor influence to
save him. There was no earthly help, but there
was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven.
They gave themselves to fervent, importunate
prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter
from sleep and led him out through the first and
second wards of the prison; and when they came to
the iron gate, it opened to them of its own
accord, and Peter was free.
There may be some iron gate in your life that has
blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have
often beaten against the bars, but instead of
helping, you have only had to fall back tired,
exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret
for you to learn, and that is believing prayer;
and when you come to the iron gate, it will open
of its own accord. How much wasted energy and
sore disappointment will be saved if you will
learn to pray as did the Church in the upper
room! Insurmountable difficulties will disappear;
adverse circumstances will prove favorable if you
learn to pray, not with your own faith but with
the faith of God (Mark 11:22, margin). Souls in
prison have been waiting for years for the gate
to open; love ones out of Christ, bound by Satan,
will be set free when you pray till you
definitely believe God. --C. H. P.
Emergencies call for intense prayer. When the man
becomes the prayer nothing can resist its touch.
Elijah on Carmel, bowed down on the ground, with
his face between his knees, that was prayer--the
man himself. No words are mentioned. Prayer can
be too tense for words. The man's whole being was
in touch with God, and was set with God against
the powers of evil. They couldn't withstand such
praying. There's more of this embodied praying
needed. --The Bent-knee Time
"Groanings which cannot be uttered are often
prayers which cannot be refused."
--C. H. Spurgeon
