The Mercy Seat: Thoughts Suggested by the Lord's Prayer

by Spring, Gardiner; Kistler, Don

• ISBN13: 9781573581110
• ISBN10: 1573581119
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries Inc

Summary

When God invited His people to approach Him in the Old Testament, He invited them to the mercy seat--not the judgment seat. This represents the way we approach God in prayer--as sinners desiring mercy. In this book, the author uses the Lord's Prayer to teach us about both the matter and manner of prayer. Gardiner Spring will challenge your prayer life and will increase the devotional thoughts and affections of your soul.

Author Biography

Gardiner Spring was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1785, the son of Samuel Spring, a Congregational minister of some note, and graduated from Yale in 1805. After teaching in Bermuda for a brief time, he attended Andover Theological Seminary, a school which his father had helped to found. In 1810, the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York City was looking for a pastor. Their first call to a minister from New Jersey had been rejected. They then looked for regular pulpit supply, inviting among others the renowned Lyman Beecher, but this too was unsuccessful. A few in the congregation had heard a young candidate for the ministry named Gardiner Spring preach in a nearby church, and were quite impressed. He was invited to fill the pulpit for three weeks by the session of the Brick Presbyterian Church. After his first sermon, the session and the congregation voted unanimously to call him as their pastor, a love relationship which lasted 62 years

Table of Contents

General Observations on Prayer	p. 1
The Instructions of the Bible as to the Matter and Manner of Prayer	p. 17
God Is A Father	p. 34
The Name of God Is To Be Hallowed	p. 54
The Kingdom of God on the Earth	p. 71
The Means of Extending God's Kingdom	p. 85
The Will of God Performed on Earth	p. 100
Dependence for Temporal Blessings	p. 116
Prayer and Pains	p. 132
The Doctrine of Forgiveness	p. 145
Prayer for Forgiveness	p. 157
A Forgiving Spirit	p. 168
Temptation Deplored	p. 182
The Dread of Sin	p. 196
The Argument by which Prayer is Enforced	p. 214
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