October Surprise, October Twenty-Sixth, 2023 - A Call to Watchfulness. Pt 2.

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JC Ryle has written in his book, "A Call to Prayer," and we are following his writing to Christians God's people who pray.

His thoughts are crucial to our Christian lives. As you've heard many times in this and over the last year when it comes to Ryle Nevertheless. He says:

"Oh, let us keep an eye continually upon our private devotions. Here is the pith and marrow of our practical Christianity."

Most who hear this are unlikely to lose their lives over the gospel. Some are, but not most. Our battles are not against flesh and blood but for the proclamation of the truth.

The battles we are called to wage are forgiving and preaching the gospel. Loving those who don't love us. Or persecute us. Praying for the leaders that we have that we disagree with. Those and more are our calling. How do we live bravely as our Savior lived? And we can't do that with contentment and joy. If we don't know. Jesus. If we don't know the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So again, from Ryle. Let us keep an eye continually upon our private devotions. Here is the pith and the marrow of our practical Christianity.

How did David, Daniel, Peter, and John not fall to the temptation of killing Saul, knowing to pray as he daily did even though it was decreed he should perish for doing so, or stand and preach the gospel also under the threat of their leaders?

They were men, people of prayer in the presence of God daily. Psalm 3, Daniel 2, and Acts 4.

We put on the full armor first of all to pray!

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more."

Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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