While still upon her knees,
she said, "Lord, what is evil?" And the answer came, ''Anger, wrath, malice," ctc. All night long she wept and prayed as the
inward sinfulness was revealed to her. Toward morning, in sheer desperation,
she cried out, “O Lord, how will I know when I get deliverance?" The answer came, ''
Well, Jacob wrestled until
he prevailed." In her simplicity, Ann asked, "What does 'prevailed ' mean?" and to her the reply came, "Getting just what you come
for and all you want." Again she queried, "And what will it do for me when I get it?" The reply came back, "It will enable you to
rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing, and in everything to give thanks. You will live above the troubles of
this world and the things that now upset you."
"When thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to thy
Father." - Matt. 6: 6.
Ann, from the
commencement of the life of victory, found it absolutely essential to get alone
with God, to enter the closet, to close the door, that she might pray to her
Father in secret.
The Life Story of Ann
Preston
Known also as "Holy
Ann"
By Helen E. Bingham
1927
1927
Pray
without ceasing.
The true prayer is the whole-souled desire for the
larger, the higher and the better while the mind is stayed upon the Most High;
and to pray without ceasing is to constantly live
in that lofty desire. The forces of mind and body always follow our desires;
therefore, if we would use our powers in building up a larger life we must have
high desires and true desires. Turn your desires upward and keep them there;
desire the greater things only; never desire anything less.
THE IDEAL MADE REAL
THE IDEAL MADE REAL
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON
We have to watch our thoughts continually.
"Watch and pray," and" pray without ceasing," and directly we think a wrong thought, that is,
even any thought that is not harmonious, we have to drive it out of our mind,
and cease thinking of things material, raising the level of our thoughts until
we are thinking of God and things spiritual or truly mental. This is true
prayer, conscious communion with God. Frederick Lawrence Rawson
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