Praise and Prayer  THE DISCIPLES of our Lord were taught much concerning prayer while He was with them on the earth. They felt their ignorance and asked Him to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1). In response He gave them what is usually called “the Lord’s prayer,” but in reality, it is the disciple’s’ petition.…

Praise and Prayer  OUR LORD was often in the prayer of God, but it is seldom that we are given a record of the words that He used or the contents of His petitions. But in John’s account, a whole chapter is devoted to His communion with the Father. We are taken, so to speak,…

Praise and Prayer  THE DAVIDIC DYNASTY had a very delightful beginning. The shepherd king never asked for a continuance of his line. Indeed, instead of being concerned with his own affairs, he was thinking of the glory of God. He was dwelling in a house of cedar, a very rare and rich structure for his…

Praise and Prayer THE PRAISE AND PRAYER at the dedication of the temple of Solomon is, like the building itself, a magnifical fabric of gold and silver and incorruptible thoughts, more valuable and indestructible than any other work in the worship of ancient times. This inaugural petition, when compared with its fulfillment as recorded in…

Praise and Prayer  PRAYER varies greatly in the Scriptures, like all truth, to agree with the administration in which it occurs. Incalculable disappointment and distress have come to sincere saints who sought to be scriptural by copying the example of those in another era. As a whole they have the mistaken conception that, if we…

Praise and Prayer  GOD will become our All in the consummation. The practice of praise and prayer is the approximation of this ideal in the present. In a busy life there may be little time and few occasions for formal, lengthy petitions or supplications, phrased in precise terms and given audible expression. These have their…