Hope, Healing, and the Power of Prayer

Hezekiah's recovery is a notable encouragement to prayer if ever there was a case in the world wherein it seemed impossible that prayer could be of any Avail it was that of Hezekiah it was perceivable by everybody around him that he was sick unto death why then think of prayer the case was fatal would it not expose prayer to derision if such a matter were taken before the mercy seat. [00:34:26]

Brethren the proverb saith that hunger breaks through stone walls and so the desire to live on the king's part drove him to pray through all arguments and reasonings did hezekiah's prayer break its way to the throne of God he turned his face to the wall in more than one Sense on that occasion for it seemed as if a wall stood in front of him and shut out all hope of life yet he turned his face to it and prayed his way through it Mark well his success 15 years longer did he live in answer to his entreaties. [00:56:39]

Brother pray if you are between the jaws of death and Hell pray brother if all hope seem to be utterly slain I and if thou can put thy finger on passages of God's Own word which apparently condemn thee still pray whether thy fears have contorted those threatening passages or not though many of them frown upon thee still will pray perish with thy hand on the Horn of the altar if perish thou must never believe thy case to be utterly hopeless so long as thou can plead with God. [01:27:52]

The Mercy Seat once stood within the veil where none could approach it except at one set season in the year but now the veil is rent from top to bottom and you may come to it when you will therefore I charge you come boldly unto the Throne of the Heavenly Grace in every time of need yay draw near in the darkest night and in the most wintry season when God seems to have forgotten to be gracious and when thou thinkest he will be favorable no more men ought always to pray and not to faint. [01:56:51]

Hezekiah bore witness that God had Sanctified his bodily sickness and his mental sorrow to his spiritual health is it not often so with us before I was afflicted I went astray but now have I kept Thy word Hezekiah had time during his sickness to consider his disorderly house while he lay with his face to the wall he read a great deal upon that wall which he had seen nowhere else a handwriting flamed forth in burning letters before his conscience and this was the interpretation thereof set thine house in order. [17:01:39]

Self-examination is a great benefit to us Brethren and anything which brings us to it does us real service brother go over the whole of your spiritual Farm be diligent to know the state of your flocks and look well to your herds break up the fellow ground and clear out the Thorns take the little foxes which spoil the vines and chase away the birds which Devour the seed let all things be in the best condition thus will your sickness work your health by discovering the secret secet source of your malady. [18:34:84]

The king's bitterness of Soul then led him to repent of his wrongdoing as he saw wherein he had sinned he mourned his folly before God and humbled himself because of the inward sinfulness of nature out of which the outward transgression had come I am sure that very often sickness reveals a man to himself we seldom see ourselves till sorrow holds up the glass before our eyes self is an unpleasant subject for study anatomy is nothing to it to dissect a corpse is not half so disagreeable as to examine your own character. [19:76:40]

Hezekiah had come spiritually to to a double Mara a Mara Mara have you dear friends ever passed that way and drank of double bitterness the wormwood and the gall beloved some of us know what it means for we have had at the same time a body racked with pain and a soul full of heaviness the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity but a wounded spirit who can bear perhaps the double Mara has come in another form it is a time of severe trouble and just then the friend in whom you trusted has forsaken you. [13:09:32]

The ever gracious Lord means to perfect that which concerneth you by the action of this selfsame love his gentleness has made you great and his love will make you glorious Divine love is the most sanctifying agency in the world it is that which checked us before we knew the Lord and when we ran so greedily after sin in and it is that which constrains US now that we live unto his name for the love of Christ constrain us behold then the love of the spirit is not this Most Blessed medicine. [40:30:11]

Divine love is a catholicon a universal medicine no spiritual disease can resist its healing power the love and blood of Jesus applied by the Holy Ghost will raise up the Saints from pining sickness and restore them from the gates of the grave no heart however like to Granite it becomes can long resist Almighty love the rebel May stand up in bold Defiance and stand out in daring obstinacy but when he begins to feel God loves him he cries Lord thou Hast won at length I yield My Heart by Mighty Grace compelled surrenders all to thee. [41:06:80]

Hezekiah's story is a testament to God's delivering love. It is God's love that rescues us from the pit of corruption, whether it be the pit of sin, despair, or death. This love is not passive but active, embracing us and lifting us out of our fallen state. It is a love that transforms, sanctifies, and ultimately perfects us, drawing us ever closer to God. [26:31:59]

The promise of absolute pardon is a source of profound peace and joy. God, in His mercy, casts our sins behind His back, choosing to remember them no more. This act of divine forgetfulness is not just a removal of guilt but a complete obliteration of sin's existence in His sight. As believers, we are invited to rest in this assurance, knowing that our sins are forgiven and that we are accepted in the beloved. [48:10:59]