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  'PRAYING PAYSON OF PORTLAND'
  by Leonard Ravenhill
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of developing a consistent
and dedicated prayer life, like that of Praying Patient, to build
relationships with God and others.

Duration: 0:59 Topics: "Persistent Prayer", "Intercession"
Scripture References: Ephesians 6:18, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16

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This sermon reflects on the powerful legacy of a praying patient in
Portland who dedicated himself to fervent prayer, leaving physical marks
on his knees as a testament to his commitment. It emphasizes the
importance of persistent prayer and intercession, highlighting the
impact of a life devoted to seeking God.

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CONTENT
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Supposing I could say to Gabriel this morning, Gabriel, hand this book
down. Well, let's preview eternity. Here we are, millions of people, all
the prayer bodies.

America has produced some of the greatest praying patient of Portland,
at a floor harder than that, and at the sight of his dead, when he knows
he used to pray, and pray, and pray. And when they washed his body for
burial, he had great big hooves on his knees like camels, like history
says that James, in the Bible, had camel's knees, at least tradition
says that. Well, it's a living fact that patient had them.

And when they were washing him, somebody said, but what, what abnormal
knees, they're calloused, they're heavy with calluses. Yeah, because he
used to pray at the side of his bed, with energy. And in that hard
floor, he wore two grooves like that, about six or seven inches long,
where he used to pray and make intercession.

Praying patient of Portland.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/0sEJu12yu5U.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/leonard-ravenhill/praying-payson-of-portland/
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