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The Noon-Hour Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 16, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 3.

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The Noon-Hour Prayer

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.”
PRAYER is the mightiest force in the universe—the means by which the boundless resources of an omnipotent God are brought into direct contact with the needs of man. True prayer never fails, because God’s promises are never broken. He always keeps his word. If you and I pray definitely, persistently, simply, and in perfect faith, we can trust our Father for the answer. But before we can pray thus, every known sin must be put out of the life; “for prayer is more than asking, though it is that. It is more than pleading and claiming, though it includes these. It is the putting of one’s self in simple, full touch of heart and spirit and life with our Lord Jesus. . . . That close touch of our spirit with his is the very heart of prayer.”

Requests for Prayer

26. Writing from Oklahoma, a sister asks prayer for the healing of her husband and herself. They are both afflicted with cancer. She also requests us to pray for the conversion of their only son.
27. A mother in New Jersey desires prayer for her little daughter who must submit to an operation for the straightening of her spine unless the Lord sees fit to heal her.
28. A sister who is not strong requests prayer that her health may be preserved so that her daughter, who is now in one of our schools, will not have to return home.
29. An anxious mother in Manitoba wishes us to pray for the conversion of her two sons, one of whom is about to marry a Catholic girl, and also for a grandson who is drifting away from God.
30. A Vermont brother, who accepted this truth years ago, is passing through severe trials and suffering from partial paralysis and a nervous breakdown. He desires the prayers of God’s people for deliverance and restoration both spiritually and physically.
31. “I earnestly desire the prayers of this people at the noon-hour for the healing of my daughter who is now in an asylum for the insane,” is the request of a sister who writes from Oregon.
32. A Texas brother asks prayer for the conversion of his wife, and for his oldest son, who has left home and given up the truth.
33. A mother desires us to pray that the hearing of her twelve-year-old son, who is deaf as the result of scarlet fever, may be restored.
34. An afflicted sister requests prayer for healing, and also for the conversion of her son.
35. From Illinois a friend writes asking that prayer be offered for the restoration of her sister, who is very ill.
36. An Indiana sister, whose health is broken, desires to be healed so that she may be able actively to engage in missionary work.
37. A sister in Florida asks our prayers for the conversion of her brother, and for herself, that the way may be opened for her to attend school.
38. An afflicted brother, writing from Missouri, requests that we pray for his healing, and also that God will give him strength to overcome every besetting sin.