Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Devotional For

July 14

      "Men ought always to pray" (Luke xviii. 1).
      
      Let this be a day of prayer. Let us see that our highest ministry and power is to deal with God for men. Let us be obedient to all the Holy Spirit's voices of prayer in us.
      
      Let us count every pressure a call to prayer. Let us cherish the spirit of unceasing prayer and abiding communion.
      
      Let us learn the meaning of the ministry of prayer. Let us reach persons this day we cannot reach in person; let us expect results that we have never dared to claim before; let us count every difficulty only a greater occasion for prayer, and let us call on God, who will show us many great and mighty things which we know not.
      
      And let it be a day of joy and praise. Let us live in the promises of God and the outlook of His deliverance and blessing. Let us never dwell on the trial but always on the victory just before. Let us not dwell in the tomb, but in the garden of Joseph and the light of the resurrection. Let us keep our faces toward the sun rising. Arise, shine. Rejoice evermore. In everything give thanks. Praise ye the Lord.
      
      Lord, give us Thy joy in our hearts which shall lift us to lift others, and fill us so we may overflow to others.