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How important is faithfulness in prayer?
Dr. Wilbur Chapman often told of his experience when, as a young man, he went to become pastor of a church in Philadelphia.
After his first sermon, an old gentleman said to him, "You're pretty young to be pastor of this church. But you preach the Gospel, and I'm going to help you all I can."
Dr. Chapman thought, "Here's a crank." But the man continued: "I'm going to pray for you that you may have the Holy Spirit's power upon you. Two others have covenanted to join with me in prayer for you."
Dr. Chapman said, "I didn't feel so bad when I learned he was going to pray for me.
The 3 became 10, the 10 became 20, and 20 became 50, the 50 became 200 who met before every service to pray that the Holy Spirit might come upon me.
I always went into my pulpit feeling that I would have the anointing in answer to the prayers of those who had faithfully prayed for me.
It was a joy to preach!
The result was that we received 1,100 into our church by conversion
in three years, 600 of whom were men.
It was the fruit of the Holy spirit in answer to prayer!"
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When you pray...Believe that
God isn't absent-minded."
And when you pray...pray from a firm and growing faith in prayer because it's foolish to pray and then make your prayer an anxiety center.
Pray your prayer. Carry close to your heart and soul your need.
Believe
that God hears and answers. Then get on with the business of living. In
simple terms, trust in the Lord, and then act like it.
WHEN YOU PRAY... "Know the God you Pray to."
A young, cynical medical
intern; known for his atheism, once mockingly asked the hospital
chaplain to pray that he might get some money as he was very low on
funds.
The chaplain replied, "If you had just met the chief surgeon, would you have asked him for money!" Well no" came back the reply, "I'd wait until I knew him better"
"Exactly," answered the chaplain and walked away. In short, don't play hookey from school You don't ever graduate when it comes to learning about your God. Yes, read the Bible, but to keep God from being an after thought, also look up to the sky on a star..filled night with gratitude in your heart.
Try
to explain God to youngsters with eager wonder in their eyes. Walk the
mountaintops of another's soul by reading religious books or studying
his religious art.
WHEN YOU PRAY..."Be obediently patient." Undergird your attitude by praying, "In thy own time, Lord, not mine. Your view from eternity is better than my view from a clock.
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QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book
STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
"Positive,
powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and
appreciation of Lincoln while revealing the Divine source of his
strength."
Lt. Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)
"The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is an
extremely well written book that investigates what might be termed the
spiritual side of President Lincoln. It's both scholarly and very
readable. I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of the
President and with an altered and enlarged vision of the man:'
William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer; author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn
"Wyrick
has authored a wonderful examination of the spirituality of one of
American history's most devoutly religious leaders...a pleasant and
readable book that has a rich depth of information."
Maynard Pittendreigh Presbyterian minister
"When
it comes to invoking religion in support of any of their decisions,
politicians need to sit at the feet of Abraham Lincoln. Reinhold Niebuhr
once called him 'America's greatest theologian.' Why so great? Because
he invariably distinguished between human works and the works of the
Almighty. As Wyrick
says, 'He wore the mantle of humility easily: because he was more
impressed with what God was doing in the world than with what he,
president of the United States in the midst of an awful crisis, was
doing. That is why in his last major speech he distinguished between
both human causes in the Civil War and the Almighty's 'own purposes.'
Lincoln would have agreed that it is better to leave God-talk out of
politics than to decorate human proposals with divinity. This is a book
for our American time. Through his careful study of Lincoln's career,
Wyrick compels us to remember that piety belongs in politics only when piety transcends politics."
Dr. Donald W. Shriver
Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Author of An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics
"v. Neil
Wyrick's fine work allows the reader to appreciate Abraham Lincoln's
Christian commitment and his prophetic role in American history. Should
have a wide readership."
James H. Smylie Professor of Church History (Ret.) Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
"Neil Wyrick's The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln should be read
by anyone attempting to understand the man who was probably the most
complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United
States. Dr. Wyrick is intent on demonstrating that the spirituality so
often expressed in Lincoln's writings and speeches was not merely lip
service to a Deity, but rather expressions of a profound faith in a real
God. It was this faith that provided the wisdom, compassion, insight
and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure
as he led the United States through the Civil War. Dr. Wyrick's clear
and unpretentious style of presentation is very much in keeping with the
character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick makes his point very
well that Lincoln, his beliefs, and the faith that formed them, are as
relevant to a troubled America in 2004 as they were in 1863."
Daniel Allen Butler, author of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania and The Age o f Cunard
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