by Tim Cameron | Mar 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
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 | Feb 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Fire that Consumes
Prayer has an incredible power to arrest and change the purposes of God. The prayers of righteous men relieve the stroke of His power. We can witness both the possibilities and the necessity of prayer when we see how the prayer of God’s saints brought about a change in God’s plans.
-Abraham prayed and God healed Abimeleck, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare Children.
-Jonah prayed and Nineveh prayed and God’s decree against the city was changed.
-Moses prayed forty-days and nights and God’s anger was kindled against Aaron to not destroy him.
-Hezekiah prayed and God added fifteen years to his life.
All of these people knew how to pray and how to prevail in prayer. Everything is possible to men and women who know how to pray, and it is still possible today.
E.M. Bounds
by Tim Cameron | Feb 3, 2017 | Oswald Chambers
Am I continually saying with amazement to my common-sense life—why do you want to turn me off? Don’t you know that I must be about my Father’s business? I must give myself to the Word and prayer. Am I simple enough to identify myself with my Lord in this way? Is He getting His wonderful way in me, or have I carefully put Him on one side?
Is the Son of God praying in me or am I dictating to Him? Is the Son of God in me going through His passion for His own purposes?
Oswald Chambers
by Tim Cameron | Feb 2, 2017 | Oswald Chambers
Provoking Thoughts on Prayer
“Your Father knows what things you need before you ask.” Then why ask? The idea of prayer is not first to get answers from God; prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God. If we only pray because we want answers, we will eventually get huffy with God. The answers come every time, but not always in the way we expect. We are not here to prove God answers prayer; we are here to be living monuments of God’s grace.
When prayer seems to be unanswered, beware of trying to fix blame somewhere. You will find there is a reason, which is a deep instruction to you, not to anyone else.
Oswald Chambers
by Tim Cameron | Jan 31, 2017 | Oswald Chambers, Uncategorized
The Ministry of the Interior Part II
Am I fulfilling the ministry of the interior?
Provoking Thoughts on Prayer
There is no snare or any danger of infatuation or pride in intercession, it is a hidden ministry that brings forth fruit whereby the Father is glorified. It is the interior ministry. Am I allowing my spiritual life to be frittered away, or am I bringing it all to one center—Jesus? Is Jesus Christ more and more dominating every interest of my life?
I must take time to realize the central point of power in my interior. Do I give one minute out of sixty to concentrate upon it? Do I take time to abide? Is the greatest factor of power in my life work, service, and sacrifice for others, or trying to work for God? We must be determined to be limited and concentrate our affinities. The disciple who abides in Jesus is the will of God, and his apparently free choices are God’s foreordained decrees.
Oswald Chambers
