The Possibilities of True Prayer, Part 7 (TPMD Bus 2 - #615)

TODAY'S POEM: "Sowing in Tears and Reaping in Joy" by Margaret Cagle.

Our prayer motivator passage from the Word of God today is II Chronicles 33:18 which reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead."

Our featured prayer motivator quote is from Martyn Lloyd-Jones. He said: "I have known men…who have been utterly, entirely orthodox, but the churches to which they belonged not only did not have prayer meetings, but they did not believe in prayer meetings. You could not wish for anything better from the standpoint of orthodoxy, but they do not believe in prayer meetings. Prayer has very little place in their lives. Now while they may be orthodox, I take leave to suggest that they are not truly evangelical. This element of prayer is essential to the evangelical; it is his life; it is vital to him." 

My personal encouragement for you today is this: We ought to pray because every now and then, we have to get down on our knees and confess our sins, faults, and failures to God. Now I know that some of you listening to me do not do bad things, but I have done some bad things in my life and every now and then, I have to get down on my knees and confess my sins before God in prayer. 

Our prayer motivator devotional today is titled "THE POSSIBILITIES OF TRUE PRAYER" part 7 from the book, "Purpose in Prayer" by E.M. Bounds.

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