TWENTY-FIRST DAY
What to Pray - For God's Spirit on the
Jews
I will pour out upon the house of David, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and supplications; and they shall look unto Me
whom they pierced. -Zech. 12: 10. Brethren, my heart's desire and my
supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved. -Rom. 10:1.
Pray for the Jews. Their return to the God of their fathers stands
connected, in a way we cannot tell, with wonderful blessing to the Church, and
with the coming of our Lord Jesus. Let us not think that God has foreordained
all this, and that we cannot hasten it. In a divine and mysterious way God has
connected his fulfillment of His promise with our prayer. His Spirit's
intercession in us is God's forerunner of blessing. Pray for Israel and the work
done among them. And pray too: Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus!
How to
Pray - With the Intercession of the Holy Spirit
We know not
how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered. -Rom. 8:26.
In your ignorance and
feebleness believe in the secret indwelling and intercession of the Holy Spirit
within you. Yield yourself to His life and leading habitually. He will help your
infirmities in prayer. Plead the promises of God even where you do not see how
they are to be fulfilled. God knows the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Pray with the
simplicity of a little child; pray with the holy awe and reverence of one in
whom God's Spirit dwells and prays.
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