Required reading
A Call to United Extraordinary Prayer in Vol 2 of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Sections V to VII of Part II.
My summary
Today Edwards finishes giving motives to comply with the proposed memorial for extraordinary prayer:
(v) the word of God is full of precepts, encouragements, and examples, tending to excite and induce the people of God to be much in prayer for this mercy;
(vi) we are presented with many motives in the dispensations of divine providence, at this day, to excite us to be much in prayer for this mercy as there is much in providence to show us our need of it, and put us on desiring it;
(vii) how condecent, how beautiful, and of good tendency would it be, for multitudes of Christians, in various parts of the world, by explicit agreement, to unite in such prayer as is proposed to us.
What grabbed me
I liked the reminder that we are completely dependent on God's mercy: 'As there is much in the present state of things to show us our great need of this mercy, and to cause us to desire it; so there is very much to convince us, that God alone can bestow it; and show us our entire and absolute dependence on him for it. The insufficiency of human abilities to bring to pass any such happy change in the world as is foretold, or to afford any remedy to mankind from such miseries as have been mentioned, does now remarkably appear.'
We are powerless to change, without Christ.
Next week's reading
Read Sections I to III of Part III.
Now it's your turn
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