Sentences with phrase «earnest prayer for»

My earnest prayer for you is that you keep seeking with a sincere heart.

God reveals knowledge to mankind in science and medicine because people have asked God in earnest prayer for knowledge.

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In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»

People pray for their golf - score, so you would think their prayers during tornados and hurricanes would be much more earnest and heart - felt, yet christians have no more ability to survive natural disaters than the general population.

Sometimes this means an idea loses its magic, absolutely, but other times, it means that I ruminate on the idea for a while longer, explore it in my mind or in prayer more, before I hit the page in good earnest which is all good work, too.

What a privilege to set out into the wilderness from among the Spanish oaks and the Guadalupe river, what a gift to be equipped for the journey by the saints of an old German town and the prayers of the earnest at the big evangelical church and the friendship and love of a few good people who loved Jesus and loved you.

And those who do live the life of the community, seeking to appropriate for themselves its central affirmations, yet unconcerned about the peripheral, secondary, and now and again misleading assertions and practices that have often been associated with those essentials; those who learn gradually to join in its prayers and receive the sacraments, and to read the Bible with open, earnest, yet critical minds; those who endeavor with heart and soul to express in daily life the Christian principle of life «in Christ» — such men and women will find increasingly that they genuinely belong.

He lived in a time when prayer was more generally accepted than it is today, but was perhaps no easier for earnest Christians.

The means he used for revival were «simply preaching, prayer, and conference meetings, much private prayer, and much personal conversation, and meetings for the instruction of earnest inquirers.»

This book explores, in depth: • God's wonder at our lack of prayer • God's incredible promises concerning those who do pray • God's condition for providing signs • God's desire for earnest prayer • God's perspective on hindrances to prayer The Lord Jesus is as powerful today as ever before.