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  CALL UPON THE LORD
  by Charles E. Cowman
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of calling upon the Lord
for deliverance and trusting in His promises amidst urgent needs.

Topics: "Prayer", "Divine Deliverance"
Scripture References: Psalm 145:18, Proverbs 3:5, Isaiah 55:6, Jeremiah 33:3, Joel 2:32

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Charles E. Cowman, inspired by Joel 2:32, encourages believers to call
upon the name of the Lord for deliverance instead of seeking help from
others or relying on their own plans. He emphasizes the immediacy and
simplicity of turning to God in times of need, highlighting that God's
promise of deliverance is available to anyone who calls upon Him. Cowman
urges listeners to trust in God's ability to provide solutions,
reminding them that their role is to obey His commands and not to
dictate His actions.

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"And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be delivered" (Joel 2:32).

Why do not I call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and that
when God is so near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit down
and devise schemes and invent plans? Why not at once roll myself and my
burden upon the Lord?

Straightforward is the best runner--why do not I run at once to the
living God? In vain shall I look for "deliverance anywhere else; but
with God I shall find it; for here I have His royal shall to make it
sure.

I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that word
"Whosoever" is a very wide and comprehensive one. Whosoever means me,
for it means anybody and everybody who calls upon God. I will therefore
follow the leading of the text, and at once call upon the glorious Lord
who has made so large a promise.

My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be delivered; but this
is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find ways and
means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not mine to
direct His counsels. I am His servant, not His solicitor. I call upon
Him, and He will deliver. --C. H. Spurgeon

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