A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry (continued)
10. WE MUST LIKEWISE PROFESS OUR BELIEVING HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD, AND HIS ALLSUFFICIENCY, IN HIS POWER, PROVIDENCE, AND PROMISE.
In you, O God, do we put our trust, let us never be ashamed; yea let none that wait on you be ashamed. Psalm 31:1. Psalm 25:3.
Truly our souls wait upon God; from him cometh our salvation; he only is our rock and our salvation: In him is our glory, our strength, and our refuge, and from him is our expectation. Psalm 62:1, 2, 7, 5.
When refuge fails us, and none cares for our souls, we cry unto you, O Lord; You are our refuge and our portion in the land of the living. Psalm 142-4, 5.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. We will trust in your mercy, O God, for ever and ever, and will wait on your name, for it is good before your saints. Psalm 20:7. Psalm 52.8, 9.
We have hoped in your word; O remember your word unto your servants, upon which you have caused us to hope. Psalm 119:74,
11. WE MUST INTREAT GOD'S FAVORABLE ACCEPTANCE OF US AND OUR POOR PERFORMANCES.
There are many that say, who will show us any good? But this we say, Lord, lift up the light of your countenance upon us, and that