by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of
burning."=--ISA. iv. 3, 4.
A washing by fire! a cleansing by judgment! He that has passed through
this shall be called holy. The power of blessing for the world, the
power of work and intercession that will avail, depends upon the
spiritual state of the Church; and that can only rise higher as sin is
discovered and put away. Judgment must begin at the house of God. There
must be conviction of sin for sanctification. Beseech God to give His
Spirit as a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning--to discover and
burn out sin in His people.
HOW TO PRAY.--In the Name of Christ
="Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do. If ye shall
ask Me anything in My name, that will I do."=--JOHN xiv. 13, 14.
Ask in the name of your Redeemer God, who sits upon the throne. Ask what
He has promised, what He gave His blood for, that sin may be put away
from among His people. Ask--the prayer is after His own heart--for the
spirit of deep conviction of sin to come among His people. Ask for the
spirit of burning. Ask in the faith of His name--the faith of what He
wills, of what He can do--and look for the answer. Pray that the Church
may be blessed, to be made a blessing in the world.
SPECIAL PETITIONS
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FOURTEENTH DAY
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Church of the Future
="That the children might not be as their fathers, a generation that
set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with
God."=--PS. lxxviii. 8.
="I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thy
offspring."=--ISA. xliv. 3.
Pray for the rising generation, who are to come after us. Think of the
young men and young women and children of this age, and pray for all the
agencies at work among them; that in association and societies and
unions, in homes and schools, Christ may be honoured, and the Holy
Spirit get possession of them. Pray for the young of your own
neighbourhood.
HOW TO PRAY.--With the
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