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The Noon-Hour Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Feb 13, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 7.

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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.”
ONE of the essential elements in prevailing prayer is faith. “He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” To his disciples Jesus said, “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” An omnipotent God gives us this broad, unlimited assurance. Shall we not take him at his word?
“When we do not receive the very things we ask for, at the time we ask, we are still to believe that the Lord hears, and that he will answer our prayers. We are so erring and short-sighted that we sometimes ask for things that would not be a blessing to us, and our Heavenly Father in love answers our prayers by giving us that which will be for our highest good,—that which we ourselves should desire if with vision divinely enlightened we could see all things as they really are. When our prayers seem not to be answered, we are to cling to the promise; for the time of answering will surely come, and we shall receive the blessing we need most. But to claim that prayer will always be answered in the very way and for the particular thing that we desire is presumption. God is too wise to err, and too kind to withhold any good thing from them that walk uprightly. Then do not fear to trust him, even though you do not see the immediate answer to your prayers. Rely upon his sure promise, ‘Ask, and it shall be given you.’”

Requests for Prayer

84. Writing from Oklahoma, a sister asks prayer for a brother and his wife, who have given up the truth, that they may be restored to the faith.
85. Writing from South Carolina, a sister asks prayer for the healing and conversion of her father, who is going blind.
86. A burdened sister in Indiana requests prayer that she may be healed of a nervous trouble, and that her family and two brothers may be converted to God.
87. “Please pray for my husband and son, also for my daughter and her husband, that they may listen to the pleadings of the Holy Spirit,” is the request of an Oklahoma sister. She also asks that we pray for the restoration of her mother, who has severe stomach trouble.
88. A burdened mother in the same State (Oklahoma) wishes us to pray for the conversion of her sons. One is a drunkard, and the other addicted to the use of cigarettes. She also desires that we ask God to give her freedom and joy in his service, as well as ability to speak of his love to others.
89. A brother in Montana wishes us to pray for the conversion of his parents. He also desires prayer in his own behalf that he may be an overcomer in all things.
90. From Massachusetts a sister sends the request that prayer be offered for her healing. She is suffering from a nervous disease. Let us also pray for her son that he may be led of God to take an active part in this closing work.
91. A Washington sister, whose oldest son has become estranged, asks prayer that her family may be reunited, and her children truly converted. She also desires us to remember her sister and family when we bow before the throne of grace, and two friends who are passing through hard trials.
92. A New York brother desires us to pray that he may be restored to health, and have the assurance that God has fully accepted him as his child. Let us pray earnestly in his behalf.
93. A sister writes from Oregon, requesting prayer for her brother-in-law, who has given up the truth, and makes it very hard for his wife to keep the Sabbath. Their six children are not receiving a Christian training, and interested friends are very anxious that the husband and father be led to see the error of his ways before it is too late.
94. A sister in Michigan asks prayer in behalf of herself and husband, that they may be physically strengthened for their work, and live more in harmony with each other and with God. She also desires prayer for the healing of a child who is ill.
95. From Wisconsin comes the request that prayer be offered for the healing of a young man who is suffering from an incurable disease.
96. An Iowa brother desires prayer in behalf of his daughter-in-law who is very ill. If it is the Lord’s will he longs for her healing and conversion, also the conversion of her husband.
97. A brother and sister residing in Iowa ask prayers for the restoration of a friend who is crippled with rheumatism.
98. “Please pray for the conversion of my husband and children; also for the healing of my son who has been afflicted for the past three years with nerve trouble,” writes an Illinois sister.
99. An anxious wife and mother in Kansas requests prayer for the conversion of her husband and two daughters, one of whom is about to marry an unbeliever; also for herself that she may be restored to health and strength.
100. A burdened Ohio mother requests earnest prayer for the conversion of her son and daughter. They have been reared in a Seventh-day Adventist home, but do not know Christ as a personal Saviour, and the young man does not keep the Sabbath.