Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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heavens. It is of three kinds, varying in degree and
intensity.
The #ret is
THE PRAYER OF WORDS,
which are effectual only when energized by
Spirit.
The second is
the Holy
THE PRAYER OF THOUGHT,
which is generally deeper, often more sincere and thoro,
and of course more continuous.
The prayer of thought
can only be effectual as inspired by the Holy Spirit, and
for the purpose it is necessary that we live in the Spirit,
and take step by step with the Spirit.
But there is a third kind of prayer which is as high
above these as Heaven isahove the Earth. It comes to
us in the Inner Solitude when we cease utterly from
our own thinking and willing, and
LET GOD PRAY IN US.
We are living in days of great tribulation; days of the
anguish of the birth-throes of a New Creation. It is
more than ever necessary in these days that we should
know how to pray.
The message of the Eternal comes
therefore, to each one of us, saying, "Present your whole
being as a prayer-instrument to God, that the Spirit
Himself may pray in you, the universal prayer for the
whole creation."
For we who are the Sons of God, thru
whom the whole creation is to be redeemed from the
bondage of corruption, know not what to pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession, on our
behalf, and on behalf of the whole universe, with groanings
which cannot be uttered. That is, with
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THE DESIRES OF GOD
for the Spirit alone knoweth what the will of God is,
"The things of God none knoweth save the spirit of God."
The chief requirement then is passivity, as absolute and
utter and complete as if we were dead. The Scriptures
abound with exhortations to this effect: "Be still and