Chapter I: WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many

years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*.

_Luke 12:19-20._

*5th. God PLEADS with us.*

*TURN ye*, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die*, O house of Israel?

_Ezekiel 33:11._

*6th. God warns us!*

This world with all that it has to offer, will soon *pass away* but he that doeth the will of God “*abideth for ever.*”

KNOW thou, that *for all these things God will bring thee into judgment*.

_Ecclesiastes 11:9_

Prayer.
*HEARD and ANSWERED by God.*

Prayer is the link that pulls down the power that blesses us and everybody around.

What a glorious promise!

*CALL unto me*, and *I will answer thee*, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

_Jeremiah 33:3._

AND all things *whatsoever* ye shall *ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive*.

_Matthew 21:22._

Examine your heart and see if you have faith, God is willing if you can believe Him.

THEREFORE I say unto you, *What things soever ye desire*, when ye *pray, believe* that ye receive them, and ye *shall have them*.

_Mark 11:24_

*IF ye abide in me*, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

_John 15:7_

With all of God’s promises there are conditions, Here we have one. “If ye abide in me.” Are you abiding in Him?

AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if *we ask any thing according to his will*, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, *we know that we have the petitions* that we desired of him.

_I John 5:14-15._

AND whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that *will I do*, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, *I will do it*.

_John 14:13,14._

If you want God’s answer to prayer, remember the conditions.

*AND whatsoever we ask, we receive of him*, because we *keep his commandments*, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

_I John 3:22_

Prayer.
*VICTORY through prayer.*

CALL unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things.

_Jeremiah 33:3._

AND it shall come to pass, that *before they call, I will answer*; and while they are *yet speaking, I will hear.*

_Isaiah 65:24._

CONFESS your faults one to another, and *pray one for another*, that ye may be healed. . . . Elias was a man subject to *like passions as we are*, and *he prayed* earnestly that it might not rain: *and it rained not* on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And *he prayed again*, and the *heaven gave rain*, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

_James 5:16-18._

Remember that prayer is not mere petition, but communion, pouring out the whole soul to God. *Prayer is the golden key that unlocks all* the *storehouse: of God’s grace; they are opened by men and women on their knees*. There is little danger of too much time being spent in prayer. Bad habits are overcome by prayer; evil thoughts and tendencies are rooted out by prayer; dark hours are made light by prayer; midnight of prayer brings noonday and victory. “True prayer is the reflection of God’s thoughts back upon Himself, therefore to get God’s thoughts and pray in the spirit, I would pray over my Bible." Form the habit of prayer immediately on awakening in the morning, Make Daniel and David the rule of life. Form habit of praying whenever doubt, difficulty, temptation, or trial arises, any hour of the day or night.

IF my people, which are called by my name, *shall humble themselves* and pray, and *seek my face*, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and *will forgive their sin, and will heal their land*.

_II Chronicles 7:14._

Prayer.
*REGULAR seasons for prayer.*

NOW, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, *he kneeled down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks* before his God, as he did aforetime.

_Daniel 6:10._

*EVENING*, and *morning*, and at *noon, will I pray, and cry aloud*: and *He shall hear my voice*.

_Psalms 55:17._

PRAY without *ceasing*.

_I Thessalonians 5:17._

Practice the following verses:

MY voice shalt thou hear *in the morning*, O Lord; in the *morning will I direct my prayer* unto thee, and will look up.

_Psalms 5:3._

*WATCH and pray*, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

_Matthew 26:41._

Be continually in the Spirit of prayer.

*PRAYING always with all Prayer* and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

_Ephesians 6:18._

BUT they that *wait upon the Lord* shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

_Isaiah 40:31._

Where do you Pray?