Prayer

prayers. Tell them not to neglect their religious duties. Exhort the brethren to pray.
We must seek if we would find, we must ask if we would receive, we must knock
if we would have the door opened unto us.—(The Signs of the Times, February 10,
1890.)
Jesus does not call on us to follow Him, and then forsake us. If we surrender
our lives to His service, we can never be placed in a position for which God has
not made provision. Whatever may be our situation, we have a Guide to direct
our way; whatever our perplexities, we have a sure Counselor; whatever our sorrow,
bereavement, or loneliness, we have a sympathizing Friend. If in our ignorance we
make missteps, Christ does not leave us....
“All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
[Matthew 21:22.]—(Gospel Workers, 263.)
God’s blessings will come as a result of humble faith.—A close connection
with heaven will give the right tone to your fidelity and will be the ground of your
success. Your feeling of dependence will drive you to prayer, and your sense of duty
summon you to effort. Prayer and effort, effort and prayer, will be the business of
your life. You must pray as though the efficiency and praise were all due to God, and
labor as though duty were all your own. If you want power you may have it; it is
waiting your draft upon it. Only believe in God, take Him at His word, act by faith,
and blessings will come.
In this matter, genius, logic, and eloquence will not avail. Those who have a
humble, trusting, contrite heart, God accepts, and hears their prayer; and when God
helps, all obstacles will be overcome. How many men of great natural abilities
and high scholarships have failed when placed in positions of responsibility, while
those of feebler intellect, with less favorable surroundings, have been wonderfully
successful. The secret was: The former trusted to themselves, while the latter united
with Him who is wonderful in counsel and mighty in working to accomplish what He
will.—(Testimonies for the Church 4:538, 539.)
The simple prayers indited by the Holy Spirit will ascend through
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