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Postal Card Sermon

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 23, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 40.

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Postal Card Sermon.

A FRIEND sends a postal card with the following hints on prayer:—
1. We must ask in the name of Jesus. John 14:13, 14.
2. We must abide in him, and have his word abiding in us. John 15:7.
3. We must keep the commandments of God. 1 John 3:22.
4. While we pray we must give thanks. Col. 4:2.
5. We must seek spiritual things first. Matt. 6:33.
6. We must also pray for all saints. Eph. 6:18.
7. We must pray "in the Spirit" of God, and according to his mind. Jude 20; Eph. 6:18.
8. We must have no hard feelings toward any one. Mark 11:25.
9. We must not babble, or use vain repetitions. Matt. 6:7.
10. We must not ask for worldly purposes or fleshly desire. James 4:3.
11. We must pray in faith. James 5:15.
12. We must not doubt God will keep his word. Mark 11:24; 1 John 5:15.