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Devote yourselves to prayer

Devote yourselves to prayer. Colossians 4:2. I often say my prayers, But do I ever pray? And do the wishes of my heart Go with the words I say? I may as well kneel down And worship gods of stone, As offer to the living God A prayer of words alone.

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Devote yourselves to prayer

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  1. Devote yourselves to prayer Colossians 4:2

  2. I often say my prayers,But do I ever pray?And do the wishes of my heartGo with the words I say? I may as well kneel downAnd worship gods of stone,As offer to the living GodA prayer of words alone. For words without the heartThe Lord will never hear; Nor will he to those lips attendWhose prayers are not sincere. Lord teach me what I needAnd teach me how to pray;And do not let me seek thy graceNot meaning what I say.

  3. Devote yourselves to prayer • Prayer: a child talking to it’s father

  4. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, unuttered or expressed, the motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, the falling of a tear, the upward glancing of an eye, when none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try; prayer the sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high. Prayer is the Christians' vital breath, the Christians' native air; their watchword at the gates of death; they enter heaven with prayer.

  5. Devote yourselves to prayer • Prayer: a child talking to its Father • Devote: Persist, be faithful, be constant Why: • Prayer is the means by which we maintain our relationship with God. • God has chosen to work in response to prayer • God promises to answer it • Prayer changes us • Prayer is a shield against danger

  6. What various hindrances we meet In coming to a mercy seat! Yet who that knows the worth of prayer, But wishes to be often there? Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw, Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, Gives exercise to faith and love, Brings every blessing from above. Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.

  7. Devote yourselves to prayer • Prayer: a child talking to it’s Father • Devote: Persist, be faithful, be constant Why: • Prayer is the means by which we maintain our relationship with God. • God has chosen to work in response to prayer • God promises to answer it • Prayer changes us • Prayer is a shield against danger • Yourselves: Don’t leave it to others!

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