In themselves, as weak as worms,
How can poor believers stand,
When temptations, foes, and storms,
Press them close on every hand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weak, indeed, they feel they are,
But they know the throne of grace;
And the God who answers prayer
Helps them when they seek his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the Lord awhile delay,
Succour they at length obtain;
He who taught their hearts to pray,
Will not let them cry in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrestling prayer can wonders do,
Bring relief in deepest straits;
Prayer can force a passage through
Iron bars and brazen gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hezekiah on his knees
Proud Assyria’s host subdued;
And when smitten with disease,
Had his life by prayer renewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peter, though confined and chained,
Prayer prevailed and brought him out;
When Elijah prayed, it rained,
After three long years of drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can likewise witness bear,
That the Lord is still the same;
Though we feared he would not hear,
Suddenly deliverance came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the wonders he has wrought,
Let us now our praises give;
And by sweet experience taught,
Call upon him while we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
~ John Newton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In themselves, as weak as worms,How can poor believers stand,When temptations, foes, and storms,Press them close on every hand? Weak, indeed, they feel they are,But they know the throne of grace;And the God who answers prayerHelps them when they seek his face. Though the Lord awhile delay,Succour they at length obtain;He who taught their hearts to pray,Will not let them cry in vain. Wrestling prayer can wonders do,Bring relief in deepest straits;Prayer can force a passage throughIron bars and brazen gates. Hezekiah on his kneesProud Assyria’s host subdued;And when smitten with disease,Had his life by prayer renewed. Peter, though confined and chained,Prayer prevailed and brought him out;When Elijah prayed, it rained,After three long years of drought. We can likewise witness bear,That the Lord is still the same;Though we feared he would not hear,Suddenly deliverance came. For the wonders he has wrought,Let us now our praises give;And by sweet experience taught,Call upon him while we live. ~ John Newton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42,6,32,31,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-perseverance","category-poetry","category-prayer","category-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-2Ly","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}