"In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me." --- Psalm 86:7.
God's Answer: "Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am." --- Isaiah 58:9.
"The Lord is rich unto all who call upon him; and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." --- (this, to the comfort of the weak, is several times repeated in Scripture). Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:12, 13.
"The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles." --- Psalm 34:17.
"The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him." --- Psalm 145:18.
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." --- James 5:16.
O glorious promise! how can God deny me anything now that I pray for? He has passed his word for it; his Son has purchased it; the Holy Spirit inspires the prayer; the word holds it forth; and the prayer of faith lays hold of it, and actually receives it.
Prayer is the mouth of faith. If thou wilt have much, "open thy mouth wide, and it shall be filled." Who, then, should not be stirred up to pray much? Oh, what foolishness is this, that we have nothing, but may obtain all from God, and yet are so loath to pray much, and pray right!
God knows the pain his servants feel,
He hears his children cry;
And their best wishes to fulfil,
His grace is ever nigh.