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... inconsistency with a greater good . ( 1. ) Inconsistency in us . Prayer cannot be cold , if it is prayer at all . We go to ask for some great good from the loving heart of God , but we go with cold hearts , listless , manner , wandering ...
... inconsistency with a greater good . ( 1. ) Inconsistency in us . Prayer cannot be cold , if it is prayer at all . We go to ask for some great good from the loving heart of God , but we go with cold hearts , listless , manner , wandering ...
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... an earnestness in prayer which must never be mistaken for this true holy earnestness we speak of . There is an earnestness which marks , if possible , greater inconsistency in our prayers than cold list- lessness . It Unanswered Prayer .
... an earnestness in prayer which must never be mistaken for this true holy earnestness we speak of . There is an earnestness which marks , if possible , greater inconsistency in our prayers than cold list- lessness . It Unanswered Prayer .
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William Boyd Carpenter (bp. of Ripon.) inconsistency in our prayers than cold list- lessness . It is the earnestness of a worldly spirit . Prayer to many is only an oppor- tunity of indulging their earthly wishes , the excursion of ...
William Boyd Carpenter (bp. of Ripon.) inconsistency in our prayers than cold list- lessness . It is the earnestness of a worldly spirit . Prayer to many is only an oppor- tunity of indulging their earthly wishes , the excursion of ...
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... inconsistency with ourselves . There are other causes , and among them there is an inconsistency which arises more from our ignorance than our fault , but which must be taken into account as a reason for unanswered prayer . ( 2. ) ...
... inconsistency with ourselves . There are other causes , and among them there is an inconsistency which arises more from our ignorance than our fault , but which must be taken into account as a reason for unanswered prayer . ( 2. ) ...
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... inconsistency brings with it a most terrible reflection and warning against the want of a spirit of moderation and resignation in prayer . For we may be most vehemently pleading for an answer to some prayer , which if we could see and ...
... inconsistency brings with it a most terrible reflection and warning against the want of a spirit of moderation and resignation in prayer . For we may be most vehemently pleading for an answer to some prayer , which if we could see and ...
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Page 106 - O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise...
Page 125 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.
Page 124 - GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations.
Page 125 - Come near and bless us when we wake, ere through the world our way we take; till in the ocean of thy love we lose ourselves in heaven above.
Page 120 - LORD, when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to feel the sins we own, And hate what we deplore...
Page 122 - Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. OGOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful...
Page 125 - Thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live ; have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word ; and so fetch them home, blessed LORD, to Thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one Shepherd, JESUS CHRIST our LORD, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the HOLY SPIRIT, one GOD, world without end.
Page 8 - GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments, we may please thee both in will and deed, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 124 - And some have found the world is vain, Yet from the world they break not free; And some have friends who give them pain, Yet have not sought a friend in thee...
Page 125 - O merciful GOD, Who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live...