THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS (Excerpt 3)
'Among the large and luminous utterances of Jesus concerning prayer, none is more
arresting than this:
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall
he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it." John 14:12,13
How wonderful are these statements of what God will do in answer to prayer! Of how
great importance these ringing words, prefaced, as they are, with the most solemn
verity! Faith in Christ is the basis of all working, and of all praying. All wonderful
works depend on wonderful praying, and all praying is done in the Name of Jesus
Christ. Amazing lesson, of wondrous simplicity, is this praying in the name of the Lord
Jesus! All other conditions are depreciated, everything else is renounced, save Jesus
only. The name of Christ -- the Person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ -- must be
supremely sovereign, in the hour and article of prayer.'
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We need to believe this is a reality, not a fiction.
JESUS says to us-
'HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME' Believes!
Believes- Accepts As True!
Those of us who accept as true the existence, the reality, of our SAVIOR, the only Begotten Son of God, will belong to Him!
The WORKS that our SAVIOR performs we will do!
GREATER WORKS we will do- imagine that! Why greater? Because our SAVIOR will be WITH the FATHER in His GLORY.
Whatever those of us who accept our Savior as a reality, as being TRUE, ask HIM in HIS NAME, HE WILL DO! And the Father will be glorified by this!
This is truly FAITH, full faith, real faith! And all this ASKING of our SAVIOR is PRAYER!
Some will be quick to start a running list of all the things they've asked of God in the Savior's name and not had come to pass. To these I say- God answers ALL prayers but in HIS way, NOT OURS! He answered that prayer when you asked for more money for something you truly need, something you suffered over because the money never came for it. His answer was to perhaps desiring your faith to grow, not lessen. We allow doubt to replace faith all to often and as we talked about already, doubt can destroy faith.
Yes, God knows you wanted your loved one to keep living, but He also knew that it was best that the loved one begin their long sleep. He knew what was best and we don't have to understand it at all. When we believe we should be that understanding we are truly saying we should be God, because we know better than God, and that is wrong!
After the initial grief, the awful shock and sorrow we truly need to seek forgiveness for our presumptions and fall at the feet of our LOVING Savior and cling to Him, believing that truly all things will work together for good to us if we LOVE HIM.
Believing! Knowing He is TRUTH, that He is TRUE!
Comprehending all our doubt is Satan induced and Satan encouraged. Satan will feed our doubts about our SAVIOR because he knows doubt kills faith!
Please, SAVIOR help us to believe wholly in YOU! Keep us from the evil of doubt!
BY YOUR LOVE, BY YOUR GRACE!
'Among the large and luminous utterances of Jesus concerning prayer, none is more
arresting than this:
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall
he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it." John 14:12,13
How wonderful are these statements of what God will do in answer to prayer! Of how
great importance these ringing words, prefaced, as they are, with the most solemn
verity! Faith in Christ is the basis of all working, and of all praying. All wonderful
works depend on wonderful praying, and all praying is done in the Name of Jesus
Christ. Amazing lesson, of wondrous simplicity, is this praying in the name of the Lord
Jesus! All other conditions are depreciated, everything else is renounced, save Jesus
only. The name of Christ -- the Person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ -- must be
supremely sovereign, in the hour and article of prayer.'
*******
We need to believe this is a reality, not a fiction.
JESUS says to us-
'HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME' Believes!
Believes- Accepts As True!
Those of us who accept as true the existence, the reality, of our SAVIOR, the only Begotten Son of God, will belong to Him!
The WORKS that our SAVIOR performs we will do!
GREATER WORKS we will do- imagine that! Why greater? Because our SAVIOR will be WITH the FATHER in His GLORY.
Whatever those of us who accept our Savior as a reality, as being TRUE, ask HIM in HIS NAME, HE WILL DO! And the Father will be glorified by this!
This is truly FAITH, full faith, real faith! And all this ASKING of our SAVIOR is PRAYER!
Some will be quick to start a running list of all the things they've asked of God in the Savior's name and not had come to pass. To these I say- God answers ALL prayers but in HIS way, NOT OURS! He answered that prayer when you asked for more money for something you truly need, something you suffered over because the money never came for it. His answer was to perhaps desiring your faith to grow, not lessen. We allow doubt to replace faith all to often and as we talked about already, doubt can destroy faith.
Yes, God knows you wanted your loved one to keep living, but He also knew that it was best that the loved one begin their long sleep. He knew what was best and we don't have to understand it at all. When we believe we should be that understanding we are truly saying we should be God, because we know better than God, and that is wrong!
After the initial grief, the awful shock and sorrow we truly need to seek forgiveness for our presumptions and fall at the feet of our LOVING Savior and cling to Him, believing that truly all things will work together for good to us if we LOVE HIM.
Believing! Knowing He is TRUTH, that He is TRUE!
Comprehending all our doubt is Satan induced and Satan encouraged. Satan will feed our doubts about our SAVIOR because he knows doubt kills faith!
Please, SAVIOR help us to believe wholly in YOU! Keep us from the evil of doubt!
BY YOUR LOVE, BY YOUR GRACE!
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