Part 20 (2/2)
Cry to G.o.d that His people may know this, that every believer is only to live for the interests of G.o.d and His kingdom. If this truth were preached and believed and practised, what a revolution it would bring in our mission work. What a host of willing intercessors we should have.
Plead with G.o.d to work it by the Holy Spirit.
HOW TO PRAY.--As One who has Accepted for Himself what he Asks for Others
=”Peter said, What I have, I give unto thee.... The Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.... G.o.d gave them the like gift, as He gave unto us.”=--ACTS iii. 6, xi. 15, 17.
As you pray for this great blessing on G.o.d's people, the Holy Spirit taking entire possession of them for G.o.d's service, yield yourself to G.o.d, and claim the gift anew in faith. Let each thought of feebleness or shortcoming only make you the more urgent in prayer for others; as the blessing comes to them, you too will be helped. With every prayer for conversions or mission work, pray that G.o.d's people may know how wholly they belong to Him.
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TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--That all G.o.d's People may know the Holy Spirit
=”The Spirit of truth, whom the world knoweth not; but ye know Him; for He abideth with you, and shall be in you.”=--JOHN xiv. 17.
=”Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost?”=--1 COR. vi. 19.
The Holy Spirit is the power of G.o.d for the salvation of men. He only works as He dwells in the Church. He is given to enable believers to live wholly as G.o.d would have them live, in the full experience and witness of Him who saves completely. Pray G.o.d that every one of His people may know the Holy Spirit!--That He, in all His fulness, is given to them! that they cannot expect to live as their Father would have, without having Him in His fulness, without being filled with Him! Pray that all G.o.d's people, even away in churches gathered out of heathendom, may learn to say: I believe in the Holy Ghost.
HOW TO PRAY.--Labouring fervently in Prayer
=”Epaphras, who is one of you, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of G.o.d.”=--COL. iv. 12.
To a healthy man labour is a delight; in what interests him he labours fervently. The believer who is in full health, whose heart is filled with G.o.d's Spirit, labours fervently in prayer. For what? That his brethren may stand perfect and complete in all the will of G.o.d; that they may know what G.o.d wills for them, how He calls them to live, and be led and walk by the Holy Ghost. Labour fervently in prayer that all G.o.d's children may know this, as possible, as divinely sure.
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