{"id":1165,"date":"2014-10-23T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:46:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T16:46:59","slug":"how-they-prayed-vol-two-getting-windward-of-the-almighty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"How They Prayed, Vol. Two: \u201cGetting Windward of the Almighty!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA plain man once said in the presence of the writer, \u2018You must get up soon of a morning if you intend to get to windward of the Almighty.\u2019 He spoke the truth.\u201d\u2015Thomas Champness, How They Prayed Vol. 2, p. 33<br \/>\nThis is the main thrust of the first two chapters of How They Prayed Vol. 2, written and compiled by Edwin and Lillian Harvey, a book which focuses on the importance of prayer in the lives of all who would serve God and minister to others. Gerhardt Tersteegen echoes the same thought:<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69d4e7ac138151050089288' value='69d4e7ac138151050089288'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69d4e7ac138151050089288' value='Continue reading...'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69d4e7ac138151050089288' value='Show Less'><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69d4e7ac138151050089288' ><\/p>\n<p>\u201cO brothers; in these silent hours<br \/>\nGod\u2019s miracles are wrought;<br \/>\nHe giveth His beloved in sleep<br \/>\nA treasure all unsought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sit an infant at His feet,<br \/>\nWhere moments teach me more<br \/>\nThan all the toil and all the books<br \/>\nOf all the ages hoar.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2015Tersteegen.<\/em> p. 23<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough I am apt to be unsettled and quickly set off the hinges,\u201d writes Joseph Alleine, \u201cyet methinks I am like a bird out of the nest; I am never quiet till I am in my old way of communion with God, like the needle in the compass that is restless till it be turned toward the pole. I can say, through grace, with the Church, \u2018with my soul have I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within me have I sought thee early.\u2019 My heart is early and late with God; \u2019tis the business of my life and the delight of my life to seek Him.\u201d p. 25<\/p>\n<p>Yet never sleep the sun up; prayer should<br \/>\nDawn with the day: these are set awful hours<br \/>\n\u2019Twixt Heaven and us: the manna was not good<br \/>\nAfter sun-rising; for day sullies flowers:<br \/>\nRise to prevent the sun; sleep doth sins glut,<br \/>\nAnd Heaven\u2019s gates open when the world\u2019s is shut.<br \/>\n<em>\u2015J Henry Vaughan <\/em>p. 23<\/p>\n<p>How They Prayed Vol. Two is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and is available in their Online Christian Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><a id='bg-showmore-action-69d4e7ac138151050089288' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#cc1818;;\" href='#'>Continue reading...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA plain man once said in the presence of the writer, \u2018You must get up soon of a morning if you intend to get to windward of the Almighty.\u2019 He spoke the truth.\u201d\u2015Thomas Champness, How They Prayed Vol. 2, p. 33 This is the main thrust of the first two chapters of How They Prayed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,200],"tags":[400,401,402,403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1887,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}