'We must look well to our obedience, to the secret springs of action, to the loyalty of our
heart to God, if we would pray well, and desire to get the most out of our praying. Obedience is the groundwork of effectual praying; this it is, which brings us nigh to God.
The lack of obedience in our lives breaks down our praying. Quite often, the life is in revolt and this places us where praying is almost impossible, except it be for pardoning mercy. Disobedient living produces mighty poor praying. Disobedience shuts the door of the inner chamber, and bars the way to the Holy of holies. No man can pray -- really pray -- who does not obey.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 60)
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Why… I have to ask why, why would our Savior speak these words if they mean nothing, if His commandments mean nothing?
If we LOVE God, if we LOVE OTHERS we will keep the commandments.
Remember this?
Joh_10:30 I and my Father are one.
If this is true then the Father's commandments are the Son's commandments and the Son's commandments are the Father's. How could this be otherwise? How could they disagree?
The moral laws will NEVER be done away with, they will remain forever because forever we need to LOVE GOD and LOVE OUR FELLOW MAN.
When we are redeemed to heaven when our Savior returns for us we will have kept all the commandments of our God, of our Savior. Our love will be perfected in our LORD. We will love God perfectly, we will love each other perfectly!
Here and now we MUST learn obedience. We are told to obey when we are told to keep, to actively live our lives in perfect harmony with the love of our Savior.
Will our lives be perfect? NO. All around us there is a world of tremendous imperfection and we must live in this world among all sorts of imperfection. The imperfection surrounding us will tear us apart if we aren't in God's hands always! Satan will use every means of evil to keep us breaking the commandments of God, to keep us from Loving God and Loving Each Other.
Please LORD, please help us to be YOURS in perfect OBEDIENCE so our PRAYERS will reach YOU.
All by YOUR GRACE!
heart to God, if we would pray well, and desire to get the most out of our praying. Obedience is the groundwork of effectual praying; this it is, which brings us nigh to God.
The lack of obedience in our lives breaks down our praying. Quite often, the life is in revolt and this places us where praying is almost impossible, except it be for pardoning mercy. Disobedient living produces mighty poor praying. Disobedience shuts the door of the inner chamber, and bars the way to the Holy of holies. No man can pray -- really pray -- who does not obey.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 60)
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Why… I have to ask why, why would our Savior speak these words if they mean nothing, if His commandments mean nothing?
If we LOVE God, if we LOVE OTHERS we will keep the commandments.
Remember this?
Joh_10:30 I and my Father are one.
If this is true then the Father's commandments are the Son's commandments and the Son's commandments are the Father's. How could this be otherwise? How could they disagree?
The moral laws will NEVER be done away with, they will remain forever because forever we need to LOVE GOD and LOVE OUR FELLOW MAN.
When we are redeemed to heaven when our Savior returns for us we will have kept all the commandments of our God, of our Savior. Our love will be perfected in our LORD. We will love God perfectly, we will love each other perfectly!
Here and now we MUST learn obedience. We are told to obey when we are told to keep, to actively live our lives in perfect harmony with the love of our Savior.
Will our lives be perfect? NO. All around us there is a world of tremendous imperfection and we must live in this world among all sorts of imperfection. The imperfection surrounding us will tear us apart if we aren't in God's hands always! Satan will use every means of evil to keep us breaking the commandments of God, to keep us from Loving God and Loving Each Other.
Please LORD, please help us to be YOURS in perfect OBEDIENCE so our PRAYERS will reach YOU.
All by YOUR GRACE!
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