Teach Us To Pray
Lesson 62: Power for Praying and Working, part 3
Lesson 62: Power for Praying and Working, part 3To every complaint as to weakness or unfitness, as to difficulties or want of success, Jesus gives this one answer: “He that believes on me shall do greater works, because I go to the Father, and whats…
Lesson 63: The Chief End of Prayer, part 1
Lesson 63: The Chief End of Prayer, part 1John 14:13 - Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.That the Father may be glorified in the Son: it is to this end that Jesus on His throne in glory will do…
Lesson 64: The Chief End of Prayer, part 2
Lesson 64: The Chief End of Prayer, part 2It is not as if the believer does not at times desire to bring glory to God. But he has to mourn that he has so little reached his goal. And he knows the reason of his failure too. It was, because the separa…
Lesson 65: The Chief End of Prayer, part 3
Lesson 65: The Chief End of Prayer, part 3What motive, what power is there that can urge our lazy hearts to yield themselves to our Lord to work His glory in us? Surely nothing more is needed than a sight of how glorious, how the Father is alone wor…
Lesson 66: The Chief End of Prayer, part 4
Lesson 66: The Chief End of Prayer, part 4Let us look to Jesus. In Him we can see by what death we can glorify God. In death, He glorified Him; through death He was glorified with Him. It is by dying, being dead to self and living to God, that we ca…
Lesson 67: The All-Inclusive Condition, part 1
Lesson 67: The All-Inclusive Condition, part 1John 15:7 - If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.In all God’s interaction with us, the promise and its conditions are inseparable. If we fulfi…
Lesson 68: The All-Inclusive Condition, part 2
Lesson 68: The All-Inclusive Condition, part 2In the growing life of abiding in Christ, the first stage is that of faith. As the believer sees that, with all his weakness, the command is really meant for him, his great aim is simply to believe that,…
Lesson 69: The All-Inclusive Condition, part 3
Lesson 69: The All-Inclusive Condition, part 3Truly, faith and obedience are the pathway of blessing. Before giving us the parable of the vine and the branches, Jesus told us very distinctly what the full blessing is to which faith and obedience are…
Lesson 70: The Word and Prayer, part 1
Lesson 70: The Word and Prayer, part 1John 15:7 - If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.The vital connection between the word and prayer is one of the simplest and earliest lessons of the…