In the day of my trouble will I call upon thee, for thou wilt hear me. Psalms 86:7. God’s answer. Then shalt thou call and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, here I am. Isaiah 58:9. The Lord is rich unto all that call upon Mm, and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (This, to the comfort of the weak, is several times repeated in scripture. Joel 2:32. Acts 2:21. Romans 10:12-13; Romans 10:19.) Therefore when the righteous cry. the Lord heareth them, and delivereth them out of their troubles. Psalms 34:17. The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him. Psalms 145:18. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16.
O glorious promise! How can God deny me any thing now that I pray for? He has passed his word for it; his Son has purchased it; the Holy Spirit works the prayer; the word holds it forth, and the prayer of faith lays hold of it and actually receives it. Prayer is the mouth of faith.
If thou wilt have much, open thy mouth wide and it shall be filled. Who then should not be stirred up to pray much! O what foolishness is this, that we have nothing, but can obtain all from God, and yet are so loth to pray much and pray right.
God knows the pains his servants feel
He hears his children cry;
And their best wishes to fulfil,
His grace is ever nigh.