ness. And Lord Jesus, when the child lies in my arms and when those eyes look up to m ine to learn what this new world is like, help m e to so live that my child shall find true faith and not fear by believing in Th ee as the only Saviour from sin. M ay my child not find bitterness but love; not gossip but compassion. Lord God, may my baby love me but more than this, may there be a n ' early yielding of the life to Christ. Give my child a clean m ind and a pure soul. May my desire not only be to have a proper baby but also that I myself may be a proper mother. For I ask all of this in the nam e of Jesus Christ, who became man that we m ight live with Thee forevermore. * * * The trouble with most people is they want to be human, but at the same time expect everyone else to be perfect. From children we learn some won derful spiritual truths. For instance, take the little boy who was sitting on the back porch steps, and who kept re peating the alphabet over and over again. H e was fust a little fellow and perhaps hadn’t memorized it too long before. “A , B, C, D , E , F , G, H , I, J, K, . . . ” and so forth> he went. Then, he would go over it again. Finally his Godly mother asked him what he was doing. H e explained, rather startled that she didn’t understand, “W ell, Momm ie, I’m not always sure what I ought to pray, but I know I should pray. So, l just send these letters up to God. H e knows how to fix ’em up into tile words that’ll say just exactly the right thing.” How true he was! The Bible rem inds us, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirm ities: for we know not what we should pray fo r as we ought: but the Spirit him self mak- eth intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” * * * * * PRAYER WITHOUT WORDS *
Biola Conference Soloist
Joyce Landorf, soprano supreme, unit be soloist for the August Biola Family Bible Conferences August 11-17, Mt. Herman, Calif.; August 18-25, The Firs, Bellingham, Washington. in the time of need. As one translation has it, “H e will help us righ t in the nick of time.” How wonderful to real ize the Lord gives us H is all-sufficient grace. In a com ing moment you will be the center of attack by the tempter. In that very- moment of ferocious as sault, by looking to Christ, there is grace to help, to sustain, to give vic tory, right in the “nick of time.” Don’t put off praying for God’s strength until tonight. No matter where or when the assault may arise, turn to the Saviour, and by H is Holy Spirit you will find the overcoming, conquering power in the moment of greatest need. * * * _Profanityreveals a depravity of the mind coupled with a poverty of lan guage. * * * AN EXPECTANT MOTHER'S PRAYER Heavenly Father , Fm about to go seeking a little soul, a thing that shall be m ine as no other thing in the whole world. Prepare m e for motherhood. Preserve my m ind from all doubts and worries so that the little m ind that is form ing may become a brave, clean battler for Christ in this world of sin and selfish
To be an effective soul winner, take sin by the throat, but the sin- ■ter with a loving hand!
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