Some Week of Prayer Thoughts by MRS. W. H. MC KEE

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 26, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 13.

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Some Week of Prayer Thoughts

By MRS. W. H. MC KEE

MRS. W. H. MC KEE

What do I need to make my life fruitful for God?

What must I be to please God?

What must I have to accomplish the work he has given me?

I need to have all sin removed from my heart and life,—all murmuring, complaining, questioning, doubting, and rebelling against God's dealings with me. In other words, I must have Job's experience.

I need to know what real humility and meekness mean.

I need all selfishness removed, so that I may not stand in God's way.

I need all love of approbation, pride, and sensitiveness taken away.

I need to die daily,—to be fully surrendered to God's will and not seek my own will and way.

I need to be unmoved by either praise or censure.

I need to be much in secret prayer; for this "is the life of the soul."—"Steps to Christ."

I need to be willing to "decrease," that He may "increase." John 3: 30.

I must be willing to confess that I am "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." Rev. 3: 17.

I must be "rooted and grounded in love." Eph. 3: 17.

I must be Christlike, reflecting the image of Jesus.

I must be as he is in this world. 1 John 4: 17.

I must be "found in him, not having mine own righteousness; . . . being made conformable to his death." Phil. 3: 9, 10.

I must be pure in heart, a peacemaker, and an overcomer. Matt. 5: 8, 9; Rev. 21: 7.

I must be loving and forgiving toward my enemies. Matt. 5: 44.

I must be without guile, that He may present me at the royal court faultless. Zeph. 3: 13; Rev. 14: 5; Jude 24.

I must have the Spirit of Christ dwelling within me. Rom. 8: 9.

I must have the spirit of praise constantly. Ps. 34: 1.

I must have divine love toward God and man, so that I will love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength, and my neighbor as myself. Mark 12: 30, 31.

I must have divine faith, the faith of Jesus, the faith that pleases God. Rev. 14: 12; Heb. 11: 4.

I must have that divine patience of the saints which makes me perfect. James 1: 4; Rev. 14: 12.

I must have that divine wisdom that cometh from God only, and liberally. James 1: 5.

I must have that perfect love that casteth out fear of either men or devils—must have fearlessness to tell men the truth of God. Isa. 62: 10.

I must have the courage and fortitude of the martyrs of old. Rev. 6: 11.

I must have the witness of the Spirit, that agrees with the Word, that I am a child of God. Rom. 8: 16.

I must have that hungering and thirsting for righteousness which esteems his word more than my necessary food. Job 23: 12; Matt. 5: 6.

I must have a love for prayer, and a knowledge of its efficacy by personal experience. Ps. 65: 3; 1 Cor. 9: 27.

I must have control of my body, and bring it into subjection, that my tongue may not cause me to sin, and that I may eat and drink to the glory of God; as, by conquering my appetite, I shall be enabled to conquer other temptation. Eccl. 5: 6; 1 Cor. 10: 31. See "Testimonies for the Church," Vol. III, pages 491, 492.

I must have a clear vision of my own nothingness, and the glory, greatness, majesty, and power of God.

I must have a baptism of the Holy Spirit for service, and so be able to have part in the loud cry of the last message to a doomed world. Id., Vol. V, page 214.

Byron Center, Mich.