From Samuel Bagster's Daily Light for the Daily Path Devotional [c. 1875]
...with application and prayer responses by me...
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psa. 31:19, 20
What a blessing and protection! Protection from even angry, antagonistic deacons, lay people, etc.
If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. I Pet. 1:17
pass the time in fear/reverence/awe of the Father...but don't neglect calling on Him as well
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him ... in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. Psa. 145:18, 19
JEHOVAH is near to them that do pray to him...in truth...He actually hears and comprehends our cry, our desperate plight, and will save them
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, ... and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. II Kings 22:19
cultivate the tender heart...humble thyself...repent...and be heard
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Isa. 66:2
poor and contrite spirit = humble, tender heart; you have God's attention
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psa. 34:18
broken heart, contrite spirit = nearness and deliverance of JEHOVAH
AH LORD God, that I would humble myself in Thy sight; that I would have a tender, child-like heart before Thee, that I would crave Thee to be near, be privileged as poor before the King, and esteem Thy presence as the great satisfaction of my day and life!
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