October 8, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
DOES YOUR SOUL BREATHE WELL?
“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thess. 5: 17. “Praying always with all prayers and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.” Eph. 6:18.
“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5: 5:16, NKJV.
“Prayer is the breathe of the soul, the channel of all blessings.
“As the repentant [not self-justifying] soul offers its prayer, God sees its struggles, watches its conflicts, and marks its sincerity. He has His finger upon its pulse, and He takes note of every throb. Not a feeling thrills it, not an emotion agitates it, not a sorrow shades it, of which He is not cognizant. That soul was purchased at an infinite cost, and is loved with a devotion that is unalterable.
“Prayer to the Great Physician for the healing of the soul brings the blessing of God. Prayer unites us one to another and to God. Prayer brings Jesus to our side, and gives new strength and fresh grace to the fainting, perplexed soul.
“Christ our Savior was tempted in all points as we are, yet He was without sin. He took human nature, being made in the fashion as a man, and His necessities were the necessities of a man. He had bodily wants to be supplied, bodily weariness to be relieved.
“It was by prayer to His Father that He was braced for DUTY and for TRIAL Day by day He followed His round of duty, working to save souls. And He spent whole nights in prayer in behalf of the tempted ones.
“The night seasons of prayer which the Savior spent in the mountain or in the desert were essential to prepare Him for the trials He must meet…..and those striving to live His life will feel the SAME need.” – E.G. White, Review & Herald, Oct. 30, 1900. Bless all, pray all. NMF