{"id":1197,"date":"2014-11-18T14:15:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:47:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T16:47:16","slug":"how-they-prayed-volume-3-make-me-an-intercessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"How They Prayed Volume 3: \u201cMake me an intercessor!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the book, How They Prayed, Volume Three,\u201d the authors, Edwin and Lillian Harvey, have given us insight into the heart-breathings of many of God\u2019s children who were called to minister for Him at home or abroad. One such servant\u2013author and missionary\u2013Isobel Kuhn, shares some of her longings with us:<br \/>\n\u201c\u201cLord, I bring Thee my myrrh.\u2019 That was the silent heart-cry that had taken the hurt and fear out of my missionary journey to Lisu-land. I had seldom before been able to offer Him that gift, and I have never forgotten the joy of it.<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69d2dfee550577098152588' value='69d2dfee550577098152588'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69d2dfee550577098152588' value='Continue reading...'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69d2dfee550577098152588' value='Show Less'><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69d2dfee550577098152588' ><br \/>\n\u201cThere are those who think they are willing to suffer and die \u2018for Christ\u2019s sake,\u2019 but who are unwilling to spend half an hour daily in prayer for His work and workers. It is \u2018myrrh\u2019 when we say quietly to friends: \u2018No, I cannot accept your invitations. I have something I must do,\u2019 and then to spend that time in intercession for His work and workers or in some other self-effacing work or drudgery that makes possible the giving of the Gospel to every creature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Make me an Intercessor,<br \/>\nWilling for deeper death,<br \/>\nEmptied, broken, then made anew,<br \/>\nAnd filled with Living Breath.<\/p>\n<p>Make me an Intercessor,<br \/>\nHidden\u2015unknown\u2015set apart,<br \/>\nThought little of by those around,<br \/>\nBut satisfying Thine heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe need of all is prayer; the second need is prayer; the third need is prayer,\u201d writes missionary to Japan, Paget Wilkes.<\/p>\n<p>Within the veil, there is a secret place<br \/>\nWhere Christ hath gone to evermore abide,<br \/>\nAnd there to plead before His Father\u2019s face,<br \/>\nThe wound-prints of His hands and feet and side.<\/p>\n<p>It is not strange, though \u2019tis a grace indeed,<br \/>\nThat He should ever live to save His own<br \/>\nUnto the uttermost, and intercede<br \/>\nFor all the blood-bought jewels of His crown.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2019tis amazing grace that He should bid<br \/>\nMe enter there, and suffer me to dwell,<br \/>\nBefore His Father\u2019s presence unafraid<br \/>\nAnd with Him intercede within the veil.<br \/>\n<em>\u2013Paget Wilkes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How They Prayed, Volume Three, is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and is available in their Online Christian Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><a id='bg-showmore-action-69d2dfee550577098152588' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#cc1818;;\" href='#'>Continue reading...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the book, How They Prayed, Volume Three,\u201d the authors, Edwin and Lillian Harvey, have given us insight into the heart-breathings of many of God\u2019s children who were called to minister for Him at home or abroad. One such servant\u2013author and missionary\u2013Isobel Kuhn, shares some of her longings with us: \u201c\u201cLord, I bring Thee my [&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":[443,444,445,446,447],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197"}],"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=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1881,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harveycp.vitelline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}