Sincerity and Faith in Prayer

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 10, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 10.

Sincerity and Faith in Prayer

THERE is nothing which gives such confidence in prayer to God as sincerity and faithfulness in his service. And it is also true that nothing enables us to do such faithful service as does the earnest prayer of faith. When we have been honest with our own souls and with God, when we have faced the worst there is in us, have renounced it for Christ's sake, when we have yielded all to him, hoping for all from him, we can then come to God with a confidence which cannot be denied. "We know that he heareth us." Faithful, honest living and dealing with God, with a realization of our own weakness, will make the prayer-hour a delight; and the prayer-hour will strengthen us for all holy living.