Prevailing Prayer by T.M. Anderson

Pamphlet	T.M. Anderson Prevailing Prayer: Foreward        Dedicated To His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him. The Foreword The labor of love represented in this little book has been presented in hope that it will be a means to promote a greater interest in the power of prayer. The reader will please accept my witnessing to the truth concerning my personal experience in praying. ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 1: A Covenant of Prayer       In the Month of January, 1950, I entered into a covenant of prayer with the Savior. At the time this covenant was made I was teaching in the Department of Bible at Asbury College. It was my purpose to do some writing on the Epistle to the Hebrews, and I had made plans to begin this work in January. In order to have the time to devote to my writing ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 2: The Scriptures Revealed in Answer to Prayer       During the quiet hours of the morning, in January, 1950, I prayed the Savior would be pleased to give me a greater measure of understanding in His Word. For many years I had made a study of the Scriptures; in fact, I could read several books of the Bible without looking at the printed pages. But I knew that the Scriptures had a depth of meaning, ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 3: A Spiritual Awakening in Answer to Prayer       A few weeks after I had made the covenant of prayer with the Savior, I learned that several students in Asbury College were praying for a revival. Some of these earnest souls prayed all night; and others joined them in prayer after midnight. On February the twenty-third, 1950, during the morning service in the chapel, the great revival began. It ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 4: A Revelation Of God in Answer to Prayer        "Shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.. "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." A man can express much in a few words of prayer. When Philip made this request for a revelation of the Father, he voiced the deepest longing of a human heart; no man can be satisfied without a full revelation of God. Philip did not ask the Savior for the i ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 5: The Secret Place of Prayer in the Heart        "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret." (Matthew 6:6) There is a time to pray, and there is a place to pray. It was a custom of our Lord to depart into a solitary place, and there pour out His heart to the Father. He often found relief from His burden of pra ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 6: A Sufficient Provision For Prayer        "Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." (Matthew 6:8) After revealing the truth about the secret place of prayer, the Savior continued His discourse on prayer, and revealed the Heavenly Father's provision for answering prayer. We should take sufficient time to meditate on this revealed truth; because it is exceedi ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 7: A Scriptural Pattern of Prayer        "After this manner therefore pray ye." (Matthew 6:9-15) The Lord's prayer is not a form of prayer, it is a pattern of prayer. The manner of our praying will follow this pattern of praying if we ask according to the instructions of Jesus. The prayer proceeds in an orderly manner from the opening words to the final Amen. There is perfect continu ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 8: The Throne of Grace        "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace for help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16) It has been stated previously that the approach to the throne of grace is through Jesus, our High Priest. I have also said that it is important to form a mental picture of the Savior seated on His mediatori ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 9: Praying in His Name        "If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it." (John. 14:14) The Father has given all things into the hands of His Son. The Word says, that God hath appointed the Son heir of all things. All power in heaven and in earth is given to Jesus, our Lord: and all praying must be done in His Name, because He is the only Mediator between God and ...read
	Prevailing Prayer: 10: The Savior Prays For His People        "He ever liveth to make intercession for them." (Hebrews 7:25) The people of God can derive great comfort from the fact that the Savior is interceding for them. He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing that He ever liveth to intercede for them. Prayer is apparently an essential part of the plan of salvation ...read