by Tim Cameron | Mar 23, 2017 | Sylvia Gunter
Do You Really Hunger for God in Prayer?
Do you hunger to go deeper with God in prayer? Going on with God in prayer cannot be separated from the extraordinary adventure of being a Christian. Prayer is gloriously more than something than that you “open in a word of”. It is more than a religious gavel calling a meeting to order or the acceptable way to adjourn a Christian gathering. Prayer is more than bringing God your shopping list. Prayer is radically and gloriously encountering God knowing Him better and loving Him more.
We must take seriously the heart of God which pleads, “The whole land will be laid waste unless there is one who cares. I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap on behalf of he land so I would not have to destroy it with the consuming fire of My wrath” (Jer. 12:11, Eze. 22:30-31).
Sylvia Gunter
by Tim Cameron | Mar 20, 2017 | Favorite Books on Prayer
Since the time of the Apostles, no man besides E.M. Bounds has left such a rich inheritance of biblical research into the life of prayer. Here are his teaching.
Who was E.M. Bounds?
Consider the life of E.M. Bounds: The last seventeen years of his life he rose at 4:00 a.m. to pray daily for the cares of the world that were on his heart. He was a renowned lawyer at age 24, who then was called by the Lord. He volunteered as a chaplain in the Civil War and was held as a prisoner of war twice, one time for 1-½ years. He died in 1913 relatively unknown.
Since the apostles, no man besides E.M. Bounds has left such a rich inheritance of research and teaching into the life of prayer. Prayer was as natural to him as breathing. He made prayer first and foremost in his life because he knew it as the strongest link between man and God. IN THE TIME OF E.M. BOUNDS HUMAN, WEAKNESS, THROUGH PRAYER, COULD ACCESS THE POWER OF THE OVERCOMING SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST. THE SAME IS TRUE TO THIS DAY!
by Tim Cameron | Mar 17, 2017 | Favorite Books on Prayer, T. M. Anderson
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
BY T. M. ANDERSON
I was teaching in the department of religious studies in Asbury College when I entered into the covenant of prayer with Christ. It had been my purpose for several months to prepare some written messages on the Epistle of Hebrews. In order to have time to devote to this work it was necessary for me to arise early in the morning and do the writing before the hour I was scheduled to meet my classes. I began this work during the first week of 1950.
I was suddenly awakened about midnight on January sixth. Knowing that I had a full day of work before me, I felt it necessary to sleep a few hours lest I be too weary in mind and body to do the writing and teaching. At that moment the Savior spoke to me. He asked me if I were willing to sacrifice some sleep in order to give Him an opportunity to speak with me in the quiet hours of the morning. He told me that it was necessary to deny myself of sleep in order to prevail in prayer. I realized for the first time that denying myself of sleep was a form of fasting. For five hours I waited before the Lord in sacred worship and holy communion. My soul was greatly revived, and I felt refreshed in mind and rested in body.
After this remarkable manifestation of the savior I was constrained to examine my prayer life. I was impressed to consider the time spent in prayer during the average day. I was humbled before the Lord when I discovered how little time had been given to Him in prayer and meditation. It had been my daily practice from the day I was saved to spend some time in prayer morning and evening. I had established the family altar in my home. I had spent time in secret prayer during the years of my ministry. I had never knowingly overlooked the importance of prayer. I am now aware that I had never discovered the possibilities in prayer like they were revealed to me when I waited five delightful hours before the Savior that memorable morning.
T.M. Andersn
by Tim Cameron | Mar 8, 2017 | Holy Spirit
To the man or woman who is acquainted with God and who knows how to pray, there is nothing remarkable in the answers that come. They are sure of being heard since they ask in accordance with what they know to be the mind and will of God.
Through the gateway of prayer, we find our way into the Father’s presence. We see His face, and we know that all is well, since His hand is at the helm of events, and “even the winds and the sea obey Him” (Matt. 8:27). When we live in fellowship with Him, we come with confidence into His presence, asking in full confidence of receiving and meeting with the justification of our faith. (See Hebrews 4:16)
E. M. Bounds
by Tim Cameron | Mar 1, 2017 | Holy Spirit
The Place of Solitude in Your Spiritual
Part 1 of 2
Solitude is the foundational discipline of the spiritual life; it is time set aside to give God our full and undivided attention. In solitude we withdraw from our lives in the company of others and pull back from our many distractions in order to give God complete access to our souls. Devoid of the normal interruptions, silence deepens the experience of solitude. It enables us to withdraw not only from the noise and distraction of the external world, but also the “noise” of the inner compulsions that drive us. In solitude and silence, we become quiet enough to hear a voice that is not our own. This Voice we most need to hear.
Ruth Barton
