- TOC
- COPYRIGHT
- Author
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Hebrews 13:20, 21
- 2. Hebrews 13:20, 21
- 3. Hebrews 13:20, 21
- 4. 1 Peter 1:3-5
- 5. 1 Peter 1:3-5
- 6. I Peter 1:3-5
- 7. I Peter 5:10, 11
- 8. 1 Peter 5:10,11
- 9. 1 Peter, 5:10, 11
- 10. 2 Peter 1:2, 3
- 11. Jude 24, 25
- 12. Jude 24, 25
- 13. Revelation 1:5, 6
- 14.Revelation 1:5, 6
In Scripture prayer includes much more than merely making known our requests to God. We need to be reminded of this. Moreover, we believers need to be instructed in all aspects of prayer in an age characterized by superficiality and ignorance of God-revealed religion. A key Scripture that presents to us the privilege of spreading our needs before the Lord emphasizes this very thing: "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. 4:6, ital. mine). Unless we express gratitude for mercies already received and give thanks to our Father for His granting us the continued favor of petitioning Him, how can we expect to obtain His ear and thus to receive answers of peace? Yet prayer, in its highest and fullest sense, rises above thanksgiving for gifts vouchsafed: the heart is drawn out in contemplating the Giver Himself, so that the soul is prostrated before Him in worship and adoration.
Arthur W. Pink was born in Nottingham England in 1886, and born again of the Spirit of God in 1908 at the age of 22. He studied at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, USA, for only six weeks before beginning his pastoral work in Colorado. From there he pastored churches in California, Kentucky, and South Carolina, before moving to Sydney Australia for a brief period, preaching and teaching. In 1934, at 48 years old, he returned to his native England. He took permanent residence in Lewis, Scotland, in 1940, remaining there 12 years until his death at age 66 in 1952.