06. Prayer

Prayer

O God, our Father, we do praise and magnify thy holy name that thou hast given us such a Savior and such a wonderful salvation in Jesus Christ. There is not one who is not conscious of his need of that salvation and of knowing that victory. There is not one of us, forgiven by thy grace, redeemed by thy power, who has not a constant battle to fight with the old creation in its continuous assertion of supremacy, and we praise thee for the way of victory. Teach us how to walk in it, how to put it into practice, how to experience it. Our Father, there are some things that are very difficult for us to comprehend with our minds. May we put ourselves into the hands of the Holy Spirit that He may lead us into the experience, and then we shall know the victory. There is not one of us who is not becoming increasingly conscious of the tremendous personality of evil that is guiding the world, that is inciting the world, that is keeping the world in a condition of unrest and that is working such havoc in the lives of people today. Wilt thou teach us how to win the victory over him as he attacks us.

O God, our hearts leap out to thee in faith and in praise when we have read these words, “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” What has been true of others can be true of us. May there be nothing in our lives to hinder the Holy Spirit from leading us in these days into the fullest experience of the life that thou dost bid us live. We ask it in Jesus’ name, Amen.