Prayer Is The Best Practical Remedy

A cup that all must drink

(J.C. Ryle, "The Gospel of Matthew" 1856)

"HE fell with HIS face to the ground 
and prayed" Matthew 26:39

Prayer is the best practical remedy  

that we can use in time of trouble. 

We see that CHRIST HIMSELF 

prayed, when HIS soul was sorrowful. 

All true Christians ought to do the same.

Trouble is a cup that all must drink 

in this world of sin. We are "born 

to trouble as the sparks fly upward." 

We cannot avoid it. Of all creatures, 

none is so vulnerable as man.

Our bodies,

our minds,

our families,

our business,

our friends--

are all so many doors through 

which affliction will come in. 

The holiest saints can claim 

no exemption from it. 

Like their MASTER, they are 

often "men of sorrow."

But what is the first thing to be done 

in time of trouble? We must pray. 

Like Job, we must fall down 

and worship. Like Hezekiah, 

we must spread our matters 

before the LORD.

The first one we must turn to for help, 

must be our GOD. We must tell all 

our sorrow to our FATHER in Heaven. 

We must believe confidently that 

nothing is too trivial or minute to be 

laid before HIM, so long as we do it 

with entire submission to HIS will. 

It is the mark of faith to keep nothing 

back from our best FRIEND. The thorn 

in the flesh shall either be removed--

or grace to endure it will be given to us.

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