Cheerfully Pray For Another

March 12, 2012

Cheerfully Pray for Another

5:16

Be encouraged to cheerfully offer intercessory prayer, by remembering that

such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears. The prayer of Christ is of this

character.

In all the incense that our Great High Priest now puts into the golden

censer, there is not a single grain for Himself. His intercession must be

the most

acceptable of all supplications--and the more our prayer like Christ's, the

sweeter it will be.

Thus while petitions for ourselves will be accepted, our pleadings for

others, having in them more of the fruits of the Spirit--more love, more

faith, more

brotherly kindness--will be, through the precious merits of Jesus, the

sweetest sacrifice that we can offer to God. Remember, again, that

intercessory

prayer is exceedingly prevalent [powerful]. What wonders it has

accomplished! The Word of God teems with its marvelous deeds.

Believer, you have a mighty engine in your hand; use it well, use it

constantly, use it with faith, and you will surely be a blessing to others.

When you have the King's ear, speak to Him for the suffering members of His

body. When you are favored to draw very near to His throne, and the King

says

to you, " Ask, and it will be given to you, " let your petitions be, not for

yourself alone, but for the many who need His aid. If you have any grace at

all and are not an intercessor, that grace must be as small as a grain of

mustard seed. You have just enough grace to float your soul clear from the

quicksand,

but you have no depth of grace or else you would carry in your vessel a

heavy cargo of the wants of others, and you would bring back from your Lord

rich

blessings for them that apart from you they might not have obtained.

Oh, let my hands forget their skill,

My tongue be silent, cold, and still,

This bounding heart forget to beat,

If I forget the mercy-seat!

Family Bible reading plan

verse 1 Job 5

verse 2 Romans 9

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