Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-01-15
ANSWERED PRAYER.
(Communicated.)

port, so fraught with the destiny of
our immortal souls, that to speak of
it with any assurance at all, one must
put the subject out of ones own
hands into those who has said "With-
out me We can do nothing"
We have all felt, Pm sure. how
helpless we were in some of our try,
ing situations. We pray and pray
about our troubles, yet receive no
comfort or relief to our tired, perplex-
ed hearts. Why is this?. Because
self obscures the cross of Christ.
Our rebellious hearts want their way;
we are unwilling to give up our idols,
therefore, cant feel his deep pity.
love and longing to lift our burdens
and make us free; but, oh how he
ionged to dot it. How he wants to fill
our lives with their truest, best needs.
and to walk the lonely and desolate
as we'll as the flower strewn path with
us. Then why does he not do it?
The answer is given in the second
verse of the 59th chapter of Isaiah.
lie says: Behold, the Lords hand is
not shortened that it cannot save, nor
his ear heavy that it cannot hear. but
your iniquities have separated be-
tween you and your God, and YOUR
sins have hid his face from YOU that
he will not hear" This covers the
reason why God does not hear us.
We have to turn away from our
sin, sincerely desiring to be rid of all
IN our lives that is displeasing to our
crucified Lord and Savior and for
his dear sake, be willing to do what
ever he has for us to do. and 90
wherever he wants us to go even to the
remotest, most benighted parts of the
world. Our wills hid in his will, and
with faith sublime, seek him with
humble penitent hearts, till we feel
the ecstacy of the new born soul',
entrance into the kingdom of eternal
peace and joy. Then we can conf
IDENTIFY rely on his promise that what
soever we ask in prayer, believing
we shall receive.
Prevailing prayer is that which
takes him at his word, and following
the clear pathway of his Holv will
| don't believe prayer offered in
line with his plans, according to his
VIII, is ever lost, but in Gods great
system III governing the universe he
mas iaid them up and will use them
us the time ripens in his need, to the
consummation of his plans. However.
he does let us feel now we are an
swered, though no change in condi-
lions of trials is apparent. is Inv
giving us grace to bear in such meas
ure as that our hearts are flooded
with love and peace and authorization
OF the greater joys to come, so that
we can soon grow accustomed to our
burden, and by and by, find that we
are not carrying at all; that Christ
has taken the load, and we are lust
following along free and with n
peaceful heart, and rest from all wor-
ry. This is what he will do if we
trust him and pray without ceasing.
help us to get on the mountain top.
clear above the trivial PLEASURES of
e"rth, where we are not afraid, for he
has said, "The great white throny
are they who have come up out of trib-
u.ations, and where robes have been
washed in the blood of the lamb"
80, he does not always see it best to
tale away sorrows, but sees the spir-
IT'S need of sorrow, for we are made
perfect through suffering.
1t takes much prayer to keen our
lives acceptable to our Heavenly faith
er, so that we may dwell in the Sc
cret places of the most high and abide
under the shadows of the Almighty
wing. Why cant we see that if we
SO abide there is no need of fear. be.
cause our eyes are blinded. That
is why worry is sin. We show by its
ihdu gence that we are afraid, that we
are not sure of his protection, that it
1t VIII always be what we want. It
- NV ~ DuI IL Will alWayS be
what we need if we ask right.
There is strength in numbers
wish we would organize PRAYER
league where at certain hour in the
twenty-four, all it's members would
mt their hearts in prayer to God.
Not necessarily in the closet, but
wherever the hour of prayer over
takes us. The myriad comforts and
blessings which make our lives so
different from those of beniphted
lands, are from the prayers uttered
and the sacrificial lives lived by his
Saints.
The prayer of faith will open wide
the door of heaven, and our purses
as well, for as we love more, we want
to give more. If our prayers are an
swered according to our sacrifices
love and faith in our Savious. and orr
inheritance in Gods kingdom is given