October Surprise, October Twentieth, 2023 - A Call to Particularity

Donation link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=G9JGGR5W97D64 Or go to www.frponprayer.com and use the Donations tab. Once again, the faithful Bishop of Liverpool urges us not only to talk to God and to talk to God specifically about what is on our hearts, but he also invites us to thoughtful and honest time with our Savior. Day 20 of our October Surprise, looking at "A Call to Prayer," written in 1836. Believe it or not, it applies to this present age. Today, Pastor Ryle will fire our souls to be particular in our prayers. We might say specific in our prayers, or at least your simple principal would. Lol out loud. . Our mentor: "I commend to you the importance of particularity in prayer. We ought not to be content with great general petitions. We ought to specify our wants before the throne of grace. It should not be enough to confess we are sinners: we should name the sins of which our conscience tells us we are most guilty. It should not be enough to ask for holiness; we should name the graces in which we feel most deficient. It should not be enough to tell the Lord we are in trouble; we should describe our trouble and all its peculiarities." "What should we think of the child who told his father he was in trouble but nothing more? Christ is the true bridegroom of the soul, the true physician of the heart, the real father of all his people. Let us show that we feel this by being unreserved in our communications." We need not be like Esther, afraid to walk unbidden into the throne room of her husband, the king. It could have cost her her life, and she did not know him well enough to come in and implore him for her needs. We need not be like Ezra in Ezra 8, who was afraid to ask the king for soldiers because he had trumpeted the power of God to protect Ezra and his comrades on their journey back home. (They did have some fear, which moved them to pray to God for protection!) We are commended to: "Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16 Open and laid bare as we are. "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheyne Assistant Editor: Seven Jefferson Gossard www.frponprayer.com [email protected] Facebook - Free Range Preacher Ministries Instagram: freerangeministries All our Scripture quotes are drawn from the NASB 1977 edition. For access to the Voice Over services of Richard Durrington, please visit RichardDurrington.com or email him at [email protected] Our podcast art was designed by @sammmmmmmmm23 Instagram Season 005 Episode 116