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... wisdom , the courage and patience for all their toil , the relief of all their burdens , and the happiest moments of their lives . Prayer is necessary to heart- growth , and natural because necessary . As the brisk fresh air brings ...
... wisdom , the courage and patience for all their toil , the relief of all their burdens , and the happiest moments of their lives . Prayer is necessary to heart- growth , and natural because necessary . As the brisk fresh air brings ...
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... wisdom is too wise to err in His pre - arranged plan of law , and , therefore , will not acknowledge mistake by interfering at your request to change His unalterable purpose . Why rend the sky with useless plaints to a God whose cold ...
... wisdom is too wise to err in His pre - arranged plan of law , and , therefore , will not acknowledge mistake by interfering at your request to change His unalterable purpose . Why rend the sky with useless plaints to a God whose cold ...
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... - ful though perplexed spirit , striving to rise out of self , and rely upon the Divine love and wisdom , more tender and true than all the D puerile hopes and morbid loves of the frail heart which Heart - work in Prayer . 41.
... - ful though perplexed spirit , striving to rise out of self , and rely upon the Divine love and wisdom , more tender and true than all the D puerile hopes and morbid loves of the frail heart which Heart - work in Prayer . 41.
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... wisdom in refusing an argument against His love . It is fretting against the cross ; for the unanswered prayer may be a trial to which He calls us , that we may learn to be silent before Him ; but we have no right to conclude that He ...
... wisdom in refusing an argument against His love . It is fretting against the cross ; for the unanswered prayer may be a trial to which He calls us , that we may learn to be silent before Him ; but we have no right to conclude that He ...
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... wisdom and love to teach us how to pray . We may stultify our prayers by a secret protest within our hearts against the granting of our prayers . We pray for some blessing , which in our heart of hearts we trust God will not give us ...
... wisdom and love to teach us how to pray . We may stultify our prayers by a secret protest within our hearts against the granting of our prayers . We pray for some blessing , which in our heart of hearts we trust God will not give us ...
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Amen answer barrenness better blessing bright bring cause Christ our Lord Christian clear cloud cold comes confess dark death deep denial denied desire difficulties doubt earnest earth easy efficacy effort experience faith Father fear feeling felt forgive gain give God's grace grant hands hard hast hear heart heaven Holy hope ignorance inconsistency instinct Jesus Christ lead light lips live look mean mind natural necessity ness never ourselves painful peace perhaps petitions plead pleasure Praise pray pride promise realize reason receive seemed sense servants sight sins sorrow speak spirit stand strong success suggests supplications teach thank Thee Thine things Thou thoughts tion toil touch true trust turn unanswered prayer unto utterance voice wants weariness wisdom wish
Popular passages
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...