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lovely letter? Yes, and just like you told your playmates' about your letters, God wants you to tell them ,about His letter. God has written this letter for He wants us all to love Him and be His children, and some day live with Him up in heaven, but if we do not listen to His word and do what it says, we can never go there, for we will not know the way. Closing Prayer.—L ei us bow our heads and thank God for sending us this great letter, and ask Him to teach us His way every day*
see boys and girls cheat, in their games, and are cross to each other, and are selfish- and always want the biggest piece of cake, we know they are only standing on sand, and that is what everybody does that has his own way, and will not do God’s way. N ow 'we must haVe Jesus to help us, so we can always be strong and do- the right things, and our memory verse shows us that we must ask God to teach us His way (repeat M. V .) . Do you not think we should be very happy to have a God. that loves us so much, that He wrote us this
PRAYING TO GOD JULY 21, 1918. LES.S0N III. Luke 11:1-13; Psa. 145:18, 19. , G olden T$ x t : “Let Us therefore draw hear with boldness.unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time o f need. ______ I I - -Heb. 4:10. THE LESSON
hjs friend, yet because of his impor tunity he', will rise and give him ( as many as he needeth. p. And I say untu you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and; it shall be opened unto you. jo . For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh find- eth; and to him that knocketh it shall be. opened. ._ ix. I f a son shall ask bread of any o f you that is a father, will he give him a stone; or if' he ask a fish, will he fo r.a fish, give him a serpent? _ 12 . Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 . I f ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit • to them that ask him ? •p * * 18 . The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. , rp. H e will fu lfil' the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
I;' And it came to pass, that, its he wits praying in a certain place, when. he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 . And he said uhtb^ihem, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, SO: in earth. . ' , ; . 3 . Give us day; by day our daily bread- . _■ . 'if.: And forgive us bur sms; . for we also forgive every one that^ is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver ns from evil. 5 . And he said Unto them, Which Of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves ■; 6 . For a friend of mine in his jour-, ney is come to me, and I have noth ing to set before him ?_ 7 . And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I -cannot rise and give thee: .. ‘ T 8 . I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is
LESSON EXPOSITION
By J. H. Hunter.
and He prays now for us at the right hand of God—Heb, 9:24; 7:25; 1 John 2 :1, 2. It was His praying that led the disciples to
I. Why We Should Pray. 1. Example. Jesus, The Son kof God, prayed when He was down here in the flesh,
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