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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 2, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 22.

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Power in Prayer

By J. E. FULTON

J. E. FULTON
HAVE we not often confessed our lack of power, and have we not longed for that power? And yet we are assured that the Spirit “awaits our demand and reception.” Why, then, this continued recognition of our great need? Is it not found, to some extent, in failing to make definite request to God in faith?
Perhaps one of the first prayers that we need to pray, is that God may lay upon us the spirit of intercession. We should mightily cry out to God. Do we get really in earnest? Does a burden for souls rest upon us? Do we realize our own great need? Do the dangers of our families rest heavily upon our hearts? Do we sense our neighbor’s need? Does the peril of the heathen awaken deep sympathy in our hearts? O let us ask God for the real spirit of genuine prayer! Then let us get down and pray till we do have the burden rolled upon our souls. Who will?

God’s Precious Promises

“It is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” Hosea 10:12.
“Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain.” Zech. 10:1.
“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain.” Joel 2:23.
Jesus also says, “Ask,” “Seek,” and “Knock,” and assures us of his Father’s response. He says: “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” Luke 11: 9, 13.

Look for a Realization

Shall we not expect some of those extraordinary blessings and experiences which characterized the work of God in the early days of the Christian era? As God worked in power at Pentecost in the early rain, shall we not expect an equal blessing of his Spirit in the latter rain? O, the time has fully come! We ought to expect this. We must have this power. We need it. God’s work demands it. Let us seek earnestly for it.
Burwood, Australia.