The Necessity of Faith

It is Job who tells us in whose hand is the life of every living thing; who it is who makes nations great &#8211; or destroys them. Our prayers are for our nation and our government - that we know it is the Lord who does this. We pray from Job 12, and from a hymn that God would shed His grace.<br/><br/>Prayer Insights &#8230; from E.M. Bounds<br/><br/>From A.C. Dixon comes a story about a dear friend of his who was &#8220;quite a lover of the chase, told me the following story: &#8216;Rising early one morning,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I heard the baying of a score of deerhounds in pursuit of their quarry. Looking away to a broad, open field in front of me, I saw a young fawn making its way across, and giving signs moreover, that its race was well-nigh run. Reaching the rails of the enclosure, it leaped over and crouched within ten feet from where I stood. A moment later two of the hounds came over, when the fawn ran in my direction and pushed its head between my legs. I lifted the little thing to my breast, and, swinging round and round, fought off the dogs. I felt, just then, that all the dogs of the West could not, should not capture that fawn after its weakness had appealed to my strength.&#8217; So is it, when human helplessness appeals to Almighty God. Well do I remember when the hounds of sin were after my soul, until at last I ran into the arms of Almighty God.&#8221;<br/><br/>Prayer and Faith<br/><br/>In any study of praying, first place must be given to faith; it is the initial quality in the heart of all who would seek the Unseen; we must out of sheer helplessness, stretch forth hands of faith, write Bounds in The Necessity of Prayer. We must believe where we cannot prove.<br/><br/>It is faith that does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God. How great is the power of faith! Prayer projects faith upon God, and God on the world. <br/><br/>Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer move God.<br/><br/>Believe You Have Received<br/><br/>[Mar 11:24 E