The Power of Prayer
It is there for you; but it is your part to claim it, to put out your hand and take it. God’s appointed way of claiming blessings, or putting out your hand and taking hold of the blessings that are procured for you by the atoning death of Jesus Christ, is by prayer. Prayer is the hand that takes to ourselves the blessings that God has already provi
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Yes…but, this also seems dangerously close to “name it and claim it” or prosperity thinking? But, also in the context of the verse he is writing about, you have not because you ask not, he is right. Maybe, as with most things in the Bible, there is a fine line of yes that is true and yes could cross the line very easily. Would also have to study this verse in more context, that I have not done.
“Brother Torrey, when we heard the things that were done in Australia and elsewhere, we were all surprised. We didn’t think it was in you.” He was perfectly right about that; it wasn’t in me. Then he added, “But when I went out and supplied your church for a month and heard your people pray for you, I understood.” Oh, any church can have a minister
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“I am trying to serve God in my poor, weak way.” Well, if you are trying to serve God in your poor, weak way, quit it; your duty is to serve God in His strong, triumphant way. But you say, “I have no natural ability.” Then get a supernatural ability. The religion of Jesus Christ is a supernatural religion from start to finish, and we should live ou
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Galatians 3:3
It is silly how we keep reverting back to attempt to do things on our own power when we are completely ineffective and unable. And, tragically ironic that we have the ultimate source of power available to us at all times and rarely tap into it. I am 100% guilty of this.
I do not suppose that God has called many of us, if any of us, to spend seven or eight hours a day in prayer, but I am confident God has called most of us, if not every one of us, to put more time into prayer than we now do. This is one of the great secrets of holiness; indeed, it is the only way in which we can become really holy and continue to b
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Phew. I was not sure how someone could spend 7-8 hours in prayer. Obviously, he is on point here that I could certainly spend more time than I currently do in prayer. “Pray without ceasing” I still wonder exactly how and what this looks like. Maybe, this book will help answer.
These seven words in James 4:2 contain the answer to the poverty and powerlessness of the average Christian, of the average minister, and of the average church. “Why is it,” many Christians are asking, “that I make such poor progress in my Christian life? Why do I have so little victory over sin? Why do I win so few souls to Christ? Why do I grow s
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We have already seen two immeasurably important things that prayer will accomplish: first, it will promote our own personal piety, our individual holiness, our individual growth into the likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; second, it will bring the power of God into our work.
R. A. Torrey • The Power of Prayer
These two things, prayer and study of the Word of God, always go hand in hand, for there is no true prayer without study of the Word of God, and there is no true study of the Word of God without prayer.
R. A. Torrey • The Power of Prayer
“I am not a praying Christian; I am a working Christian.” But praying is working. It is the most effective work that anyone can do; that is, we can often bring more to pass by praying than we can by any other form of effort we might put forth.
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Other things being equal, your growth and mine into the likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be in exact proportion to the time and to the heart we put into prayer. Please note exactly what I say: your growth and mine into the likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be in exact proportion to the time and to the heart we put i
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This aligns with Galatians 3:3 — you were justified (legally declared innocent and free of sin) by grace, you are also sanctified (freed from the power of sin and transformed) through grace.