The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-15
nls1ER's PROMISES
aEeAaDIne PRAYER
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CnvA.ENr SERMON SUNDAY
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Rev. ID H. Eell preached SUNDAY
night to most appreciative audi
ence who gathered In spite OF the
mud TO hear him ON the text, III ye
ask anything In my name. VIII do
In"
He said 1t is strange We under
stand as little about prayer and the
power OF prayer when our great
Teacher has left nothing unsaid to
emphasize its importance and pow
er.
/ His prayer life was one OF the
most prominent features OF His life
and there is no more concrete ex-
ample of the power OF prayer than
the prayer of Jesus in the Garden of
lGeihsemane.
Ills prayer life was one OF the
most wonderful expressions that
ever fell from the lips OF the Mas
ter: in fact. it is so wonderful that
il il almost unbelievable. II Is diffi-
cult for us to believe that He will
do what He says in this text. but
when we come to understand what
the Master does mean here II is not
beyond the possibility OF our finite
mind to grasp it
THAT We might understand just
| what the Master does mean when
| He said If We shall ask anything in
my name | viii do IL, We had best
first see 10 whom He makes this
promise.
studying the context reveals to
US that these words were spoken in
the room in Jerusalem just before
his crueifixion. and that ii was to
his disciples this promise was made.
1T was also 10 the disciples He
said II ye abide in me, and my
words abide In you, We shall ask
what We will aud it shall be done
unto you
'.ln like manner he said to them.
| Whatsoever We shall ask the Faith
er in my name, He Will give II you.
This promise nor any one like
lit was not made TO the unbelieving
Jews who murdered Him, nor to
the unbelieving world who are con-
tinually crucifying Him The only
promise in regard 10 prayer He has
made them is the prayer of a peui-
tent sinner turning toward God.
ord have mercy on NE sinner.
ITO the unhelieyer He says, Let
the wicked forsake his way. and the
unrighteous man his thoughts And
let him return unto the Lord and
he will have mercy upon him and
to our God for he will abundantly
pardon.
In the 9Th chapter Of John 5
gospel we read, Now We know
that God heareth not sinners; bat
If any man be worshipper OF God
and doeth His Will, him he hear
eth
~ ait pitfA AZ q ipHS d. 10 the
things We should pray for. Accord
ing to this promise of the Master.
there is no limit placed on the
things for which we have the right
to pray
We read in this Book of a man
who prayed that it might not rain
and the springs OF the mighty deep
We're closed for so long a time that
the face OF the earth was parehed
and burned
We read that he prayed again
that it might rain and the windows
OF heaven We're opened and the life
giving waters poured out upon the
earth
We read OF man named Moses
who PRAYED and changed the pnr-
pose OF Cod
We read of how Abraham pray
ed and stayed the hand OF the angel
from destroying the cities Of the
plain until he should know there
were none IN it worthy Of securing
It's preservation
II is the christians right TO pray
for anything; there is nothing I'M
der heaven for which we may not
pray.
However there are limitations 10
our asking but not in regard to the
things for which We have the right
20 ask, for the Master saws any
thing. bat he limits MS By eondi-
tiOns
The first condition IS that We
ask Tor % The apostle says. We
receive nor because Sc ASK not The
Master says. Ask and ~ shall re-
cei'e seek and So shall md knock
aud y shall bee opened unto you
The second condition is that We
ash a. the apostle james ...r