{"id":9936,"date":"2022-10-11T01:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T01:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:14:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:14:40","slug":"i-asked-the-lord-that-i-might-grow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2022\/10\/i-asked-the-lord-that-i-might-grow-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I Asked The Lord That I Might Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Theme: Prayer Answered By Trials<\/h4>\n<p>See Jared Smith\u2019s video teaching on the hymn, a devotional exposition according to the Framework of Sovereign Grace.<\/p>\n<h4>Text: Psalm 65:5; Acts 14:22<\/h4>\n<p>Psalm 65:5: \u201cBy terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:\u201d<br \/>\nActs 14:19-22: \u201dAnd there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1 I ask\u2019d the Lord that I might grow,<br \/>\nIn faith, and love, and every grace;<br \/>\nMight more of His salvation know,<br \/>\nAnd seek more earnestly His face.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>2 \u2019Twas He Who taught me thus to pray,<br \/>\nAnd He, I trust, has answer\u2019d prayer;<br \/>\nBut it has been in such a way,<br \/>\nAs almost drove me to despair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>3 I hoped, that in some favor\u2019d hour,<br \/>\nAt once He\u2019d answer my request;<br \/>\nAnd, by His love\u2019s constraining power,<br \/>\nSubdue my sins, and give me rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>4 Instead of this, He made me feel,<br \/>\nThe hidden evils of my heart,<br \/>\nAnd let the angry powers of hell,<br \/>\nAssault my soul in every part.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>5 Yea, more, with His own hand He seem\u2019d,<br \/>\nIntent to aggravate my woe;<br \/>\nCross\u2019d all the fair designs I schemed,<br \/>\nBlasted my gourds, and laid me low.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>6 \u201cLord, why is this?\u201d I trembling cried;<br \/>\n\u201cWilt Thou pursue Thy worm to death?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c\u2019Tis in this way,\u201d the Lord replied,<br \/>\n\u201cI answer prayer for grace and faith.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>7 \u201cThese inward trials I employ,<br \/>\nFrom self and pride to set thee free;<br \/>\nAnd break thy schemes of earthly joy,<br \/>\nThat thou mayest seek thy all in Me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"9936\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;\"><div class=\"bookmark-off\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme: Prayer Answered By Trials See Jared Smith\u2019s video teaching on the hymn, a devotional exposition according to the Framework of Sovereign Grace. Text: Psalm 65:5; Acts 14:22 Psalm 65:5: \u201cBy terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:\u201d Acts 14:19-22: \u201dAnd there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":13404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1014,1034],"tags":[1194,1221,1220,1197],"class_list":["post-9936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jared-smiths-hymn-studies","category-john-newton-hymn-studies","tag-gospel-law","tag-prayer","tag-spiritual-comfort","tag-spiritual-growth","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9936"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15523,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions\/15523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}