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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 21, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 21.

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REQUESTS FOR PRAYER

“Please remember at the throne of grace my husband and son, who are unconverted.”
An aged sister requests prayer for her wayward, drunken son. He is her youngest, and she is filled with grief at his course.
“I would especially ask that my brother be remembered in your prayers. He is addicted to the tobacco habit, and desires to give it up, but seems unable to do so.”
“Please pray for my husband, who is a Universalist. Also pray for a son and three sons-in-law, who are not in the truth; and for me, that I may live the truth before them.”
“I ask an interest in your prayers, as I am isolated, and my husband is in a backslidden condition. I can not complain as long as I have my Bible, the privilege of prayer, and the good Review to read.”
“I especially ask the prayers of the sisters for my husband and children. My husband is a backslider. I also ask prayer that I may be able to bring my little ones up in the way they should go.”
“I request prayer that the Lord will heal me, so I may be able to attend to my household duties. I am not well, as I overworked in my younger days, and ate improper food.”
“I make special request for prayer for my children, who are out of Christ, for a cousin who has not yet seen the light of the Third Angel’s Message, and for a missionary and his wife who have recently returned from China.”
“I ask the dear sisters to pray with me for my two sons and their wives, who seem to have no desire to become Christians. My soul is burdened about them. Will you remember them at your appointed hour of prayer?”
A brother who is fifty miles from others of like faith, and who is strongly opposed in his adherence to truth by his wife and relatives, requests prayer for himself and family, that he may do his duty, and that soon he and his loved ones may be united in Christian fellowship.
“Please pray that my husband may be converted, and accept the truth. Pray also for my father, sister, and brothers, who keep the Sabbath, but are not converted; and also that a sister who keeps the Sabbath, but is in poor health, may be restored, or be resigned to the will of God.”
“I have a rupture that troubles me very much, and I request earnest prayer that I may be cured. I have great faith in prayer. I am trusting the Lord, and leaning on Him. I see His hand plainly in many things, and believe I can be healed if my case is brought before the people of prayer.”
“I ask an interest in your prayers in behalf of my daughter, who is afflicted with fits. She is not a Christian. Pray that she may be converted and healed, and live to train her babe for a home in the kingdom of God. Also pray for my husband, who is not a believer in the soon coming of Christ.”
A sister requests prayer for herself and her family, who are quite young in the truth. Her oldest stepson is a Methodist minister. He is very bitter against the truth, and is making an effort to keep the other children from obeying it. She says her three boys make no profession, and she asks prayer that all may be converted, and led to accept the truth, which she and her husband have learned to love.
“As I read from time to time the requests for prayer, I, too, am emboldened to send in a request; for I believe the united prayer of God’s children is heard, and that not one honest prayer is turned away, but will be answered in God’s own time. I have a son, who is a good boy, and thinks he is walking in the right way, but he is indulging in a criticizing spirit, which is destroying his usefulness in the cause of God. I ask prayer that his eyes may be opened, and that he may be led to consecrate his life to the Master’s service.”