August 15

Sincere prayer

“The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles” (Psa. 34:17).
“In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul” (Psa. 138:3).

For real business at the Mercy Seat give me a homemade prayer, a prayer that comes out of the depths of my heart, not because I invented it, but because God the Holy Ghost put it there and gave it such a living force that I could not help letting it out.Though your words are broken and your sentences disconnected, if your desires are earnest, if they are like coals of juniper, burning with vehement flame, God will not mind how they find expression.

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