- Preface
- Chapter 1—God Invites Us To Pray
- Chapter 2—Our Need Of Prayer
- Chapter 3—God Hears Prayer
- Chapter 4—Prayer And Soul Winning
- Chapter 5—God's Promises Concerning Prayer
- Chapter 6—The Prayer Of Faith
- Chapter 7—Prayer And Obedience
- Chapter 8—Prevailing Prayer
- Chapter 9—Prayer Power
- Chapter 10—Reasons to Pray
- Chapter 11—Answered Prayer
- Chapter 12—Prayer and Revival
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- Chapter 14—Daily Prayer
- Chapter 15—Jesus’ Example in Prayer
- Chapter 16—Private Prayer
- Chapter 17—Prayer in the Home Circle
- Chapter 18—Prayer and Worship
- Chapter 19—Attitudes in Prayer
- Chapter 20—Praying In The Name of Jesus
- Chapter 21—Divine Guidance Through Prayer
- Chapter 22—Prayer for the Sick
- Chapter 23—Prayer for Forgiveness
- Chapter 24—Intercessory Prayer
- Chapter 25—Angels and Prayer
- Chapter 26—Counterfeit Prayers
- Chapter 27—Satan and Prayer
- Chapter 28—Prayer in the Last Days
- Chapter 29—The Privilege of Prayer
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- “After this manner therefore pray ye.” Matthew 6:9.
- “When ye pray, say Our Father.” Luke 11:2.
- “Hallowed be Thy name.” Matthew 6:9.
- “Thy kingdom come.” Matthew 6:10.
- “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10.
- “Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11.
- “Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us.” Luke 11:4.
- “Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13, R.V.
- “Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.” Matthew 6:13.
- Chapter 31—Asking to Give
- Chapter 32—Faith and Prayer
“Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.” Matthew 6:13.
The last like the first sentence of the Lord's Prayer, points to our Father as above all power and authority and every name that is named. The Saviour beheld the years that stretched out before His disciples, not, as they had dreamed, lying in the sunshine of worldly prosperity and honor, but dark with the tempests of human hatred and satanic wrath. Amid national strife and ruin, the steps of the disciples would be beset with perils, and often their hearts would be oppressed by fear. They were to see Jerusalem a desolation, the temple swept away, its worship forever ended, and Israel scattered to all lands, like wrecks on a desert shore. Jesus said, “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars.” “Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Matthew 24:6-8. Yet Christ's followers were not to fear that their hope was lost or that God had forsaken the earth. The power and the glory belong unto Him whose great purposes would still move on unthwarted toward their consummation. In the prayer that breathes their daily wants, the disciples of Christ were directed to look above all the power and dominion of evil, unto the Lord their God, whose kingdom ruleth over all and who is their Father and everlasting Friend.Pr 302.2
The ruin of Jerusalem was a symbol of the final ruin that shall overwhelm the world. The prophecies that received a partial fulfillment in the overthrow of Jerusalem have a more direct application to the last days. We are now standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. A crisis is before us, such as the world has never witnessed. And sweetly to us, as to the first disciples, comes the assurance that God's kingdom ruleth over all. The program of coming events is in the hands of our Maker. The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations, as well as the concerns of His church, in His own charge. The divine Instructor is saying to every agent in the accomplishment of His plans, as He said to Cyrus, “I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me.” Isaiah 45:5.Pr 303.1
In the vision of the prophet Ezekiel there was the appearance of a hand beneath the wings of the cherubim. This is to teach His servants that it is divine power which gives them success. Those whom God employs as His messengers are not to feel that His work is dependent upon them. Finite beings are not left to carry this burden of responsibility. He who slumbers not, who is continually at work for the accomplishment of His designs, will carry forward His own work. He will thwart the purposes of wicked men, and will bring to confusion the counsels of those who plot mischief against His people. He who is the King, the Lord of hosts, sitteth between the cherubim, and amid the strife and tumult of nations He guards His children still. He who ruleth in the heavens is our Saviour. He measures every trial, He watches the furnace fire that must test every soul. When the strongholds of kings shall be overthrown, when the arrows of wrath shall strike through the hearts of His enemies, His people will be safe in His hands.Pr 303.2
“Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine.... In Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.” 1 Chronicles 29:11, 12.Pr 303.3