TWENTY-FIFTH DAY
What to Pray - For More Conversions
He is able to save completely, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession. -Heb.
7:25. We will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the
Word . . . And the Word of God increased; and the number of the disciples
multiplied exceedingly. -Acts 6:4, 7.
Christ's power to save, and save
completely, depends on His unceasing intercession. The apostles' withdrawing
themselves from other work to give themselves continually to prayer was followed
by the number of the disciples multiplying exceedingly. As we, in our day, give
ourselves to intercession, we shall have more and mightier conversions. Let us
plead for this. Christ is exalted to give repentance. The Church exists with the
Divine purpose and promise of having conversions. Let us not be ashamed to
confess our sins and feebleness, and cry to God for more conversions in
Christian and heathen lands, of those too whom you know and love. Plead for the
salvation of sinners.
How to Pray - In Deep Humility
Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs . . . O woman, great is thy faith:
be it unto thee even as thou wilt. -Matt. 15:27,28.
You feel unworthy and
unable to pray aright. To accept this heartily, and to be content still to come
and be blest in your unworthiness, is true humility. It proves its integrity by
not seeking for anything, but simply trusting His grace. And so it is the very
strength of a great faith, and gets a full answer. "Yet the dogs" - let that be
your plea as you persevere for someone possibly possessed of the devil. Let not
your littleness hinder you for a moment.
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