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  PASSIONATE PRAYER
  by David Brainerd
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Summary: David Brainerd's sermon emphasizes the importance of prayer,
forgiveness, and seeking sanctification, highlighting the near access we
have to God and the blessedness of appearing before Him.

Topics: "Passionate Prayer", "Christian Sanctification"
Scripture References: Psalm 84:7, Matthew 5:5, Romans 8:29, Colossians 3:13, Hebrews 12:14, 1 John 3:2

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David Brainerd preaches about the believer's journey from strength to
strength, appearing before God in Zion, emphasizing the importance of
meekness, forgiveness, and conformity to Christ. He shares his
experiences of agonizing for souls, seeking divine calmness, and feeling
divine love, longing for sanctification and restoration of the image of
Christ to be fit for heavenly enjoyments.

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"They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth
before God" (Ps. 84:7).

Lord's Day, April 25. This morning I spent about two hours in secret
duties and was enabled more than ordinarily to agonize for immortal
souls. Though it was early in the morning and the sun scarcely shined at
all, yet my body was quite wet with sweat. I felt much pressed now, as
frequently of late, to plead for the meekness and calmness of the Lamb
of God in my soul; and through divine goodness felt much of it this
morning. Oh, it is a sweet disposition heartily to forgive all injuries
done us; to wish our greatest enemies as well as we do our own souls!
Blessed Jesus, may I daily be more and more conformed to Thee.

At night I was exceedingly melted with divine love and had some feeling
sense of the blessedness of the upper world. Those words hung upon me
with much divine sweetness, Psalm 84:7: "They go from strength to
strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God." Oh, the near
access that God sometimes gives us in our addresses to Him! This may
well be termed appearing before God: it is so indeed, in the true
spiritual sense, and in the sweetest sense. I think I have not had such
power of intercession these many months, both for God's children and for
dead sinners as I have had this evening. I wished and longed for the
coming of my dear Lord: I longed to join the angelic hosts in praises,
wholly free from imperfection. Oh, the blessed moment hastens! All I
want is to be more holy, more like my dear Lord. Oh, for sanctification!
My very soul pants for the complete restoration of the blessed image of
my Saviour, that I may be fit for the blessed enjoyments and employments
of the heavenly world.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/david-brainerd/passionate-prayer/
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