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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Apr 26, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 17.

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Prevailing Prayer

By Nora Evelyn Harvey

NORA EVELYN HARVEY
It is the privilege of every Christian to prevail in prayer. It is the privilege of the Christian to know what the Lord wants him to do. It is his privilege to know what is right. Through prayer the way is made plain to us.
To obtain the assurance of the pleasure and will of God we must pray intelligently, in other words, we must understand the attributes of God, and we must know where to address our prayers. In our minds, and by faith, we must see him in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. We should pray submissively, being willing for God’s will to be done, even though it might cause us suffering.
Under these conditions how sweet is communion with the Lord! O, the blessedness of prayer! What a privilege to talk with our God!
When we have asked the Lord to lead us, then let us believe and remember that he is leading us. We often keep the Lord from working by unbelief after we have asked him to lead us.
The urim and thummin were oracles by which the Lord spoke to his people in ancient times. When a halo of light was seen about the urim, it was an evidence that the Lord was pleased with the request, and the right way was thus made plain. The Lord’s displeasure was shown by the cloud at the thummin. It is the Christian’s privilege, when praying, to know if the light encircles the urim, or if the cloud is at the thummin. O what a joy to be living in this experience! We may have it. Let us obtain it. Let there be a urim and thummin in the experience of each one. When the Lord grants our requests even while we ask, what light and joy come into our souls, and what wonderful and blessed peace follows! If, to answer according to his will, it brings a cloud over our life’s experience, then we are to know that he does what is right, and good, and best for us.
“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.” Job 22:21.
Mankato, Minn.