A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry
lights, as that it may appear it was Christ Jesus who put them into the ministry; and let not hands be suddenly laid on any. 2 Timothy
2:2. John 5:35. 1 Timothy 1:12. 1 Timothy 5:22.
Give to those who are ordained to take heed to the ministry which they have received of the Lord, that they fulfil it, and to make full proofof it by watching in all things. Colossians 4:17.2 Timothy 4:5.
Let those who in Christ's name are to preach repentance and remission of sins, be endued with power from on high, give them another spirit, and make them good ministers of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and good doctrine. Luke 24:47,
49. 1 Samuel 10:9. 1 Timothy 4-6.
17. UPON OCCASION OF THE WANT OF RAIN You have withheld the rain from us, and caused it to rain upon one city, and not upon another, yet have we not returned unto you. Amos
But you have said when heaven is shut up that there is no rain, because we have sinned against you, if we confess your name, and turn from our sins, you will hear from heaven, and forgive our sin, and give rain upon our land. 1 Kings 8:35, 36.
We ask ofyou the former and later rain and depend upon you for it; for there are not any of the vanities of the heathen that can give rain, nor can the heavens give showers; but we wait on you, for you have made all these things. Zechariah 10:1. Jeremiah 14.22.
18. UPON OCCASION OF EXCESSIVE RAIN