Many prayer meetings are being called these days. And no wonder, for the need is great. But if my observation is correct much effort is wasted; very little comes of them.<\/p>\n
The reason is that motives are not sound.<\/p>\n
Too many praying persons seek to use prayer as a means to ends that are not wholly pure. Prayer is often conceived to be little more than a technique for self-advancement, a heavenly method of achieving earthly success.\u2026<\/p>\n
To pray effectively we must want what God wants\u2014that and only that is to pray in the will of God.<\/p>\n
John 14:3\u20134; James 4:3; 1 John 5:14\u201315<\/p>\n
Keys to the Deeper Life,<\/i> 59, 61.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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