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SERMON • SERMON 1049

Intercessory Prayer

Psalm 141:5

… The saints in their due order may be described as "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching with all perseverance and supplication for …

SERMON • SERMON 1537

Samuel—an Example of Intercession

1 Samuel 12:23

… Intercessory prayer is an act of communion with Christ, for Jesus pleads for the sons of men. It is a part of His priestly office to make intercession

SERMON • SERMON 1385

Jesus Interceding For Transgressors

Isaiah 53:12

… And His nights, instead of being spent in seeking restoration from His exhausting labors, were frequently occupied with intercession. Indeed, our Lord's whole life is a prayer

SERMON • SERMON 1710

Incense and Light

Exodus 30:7

… When prayer is the work of the Spirit in the heart, we are absolutely certain that it must succeed because the Spirit makes intercession in the saints according …

SERMON • SERMON 2745

Intercession and Supplication

Jeremiah 14:22

… It is God that writes intercession upon men's hearts. All true prayer comes from Him, but especially that least selfish and most Christ-like form of prayer

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The Intercession of Christ

The Lord Jesus has led captivity captive, and now sits at the right hand of God, forever making intercession for us. Can your faith picture Him? Like a …

SERMON • SERMON 1532

The Holy Spirit’s Intercession

Romans 8:26

… that part of prayer which is especially and peculiarly the work of the Spirit of God. The text says, ‘The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings …

SERMON • SERMON 2800

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… You can never have any worthiness of your own—therefore, if a sense of unworthiness would check your prayer, now, it might always hinder you from praying. Yet …

SERMON • SERMON 1915

The Ever-Living Priest

Hebrews 7:23-25

… incessant and, therefore, we need the eternal intercession. We are never out of danger and, therefore, always need the guardian prayer. We are never above weakness and folly …

SERMON • SERMON 3282

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… The saints have been praying and Christ has presented their petitions to His Father—what will be the result of their praying and His intercession? If you did …

SERMON • SERMON 719

Praying In The Holy Spirit

Praying in the Spirit—blessed words! Then with such prayer it is an absolute certainty that I must succeed with God in prayer. If my prayer were my …

SERMON • SERMON 1051

Golden Bowls Full Of Incense

Revelation 5:8

… I SHOULD not have addressed you upon the subject of intercession today if this week had not been set apart for general prayer, for it was only two …

SERMON • SERMON 1247

The Special Prayer Meeting

Acts 12:12

… And while praying the Lord opened to them the treasures of His Grace. By prayer they were protected and by prayer they grew. If our Churches are to …

SERMON • SERMON 2620

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… What is the great protection of our faith? Our Savior's intercession! Prayer is always good, it is always a blessed thing, but notice that great letter-word …

SERMON • SERMON 1192

Hindrances to Prayer

1 Peter 3:7

… There is never a prayer that God accepts but the Spirit first writes it in our hearts. True prayer is not so much our intercession as the Spirit …

SERMON • SERMON 404

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… He wept himself away, his life was one long shower, each drop a prayer, and the whole deluge a flood of intercession. And if you would have an …

SERMON • SERMON 2189

A Call To Prayer and Testimony

Isaiah 62:6

… Take no rest from prayer. Be always praying. If not always in the act of prayer, be always in the spirit of prayer. "Pray without ceasing." Not only …

DEVOTIONAL

Evening, January 11

Lu 22:32

… of the Redeemer’s never- ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, he pleads for us; and when we are not praying, he is advocating our cause, and …

SERMON • SERMON 1780

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… is that there is no power in intercessory prayer apart from the blood of expiation. Remember, first, that the intercession of Christ Himself is based upon His Atonement …

SERMON • SERMON 897

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… A compassion peculiar to himself dictated this originality of prayer; the inward royalty of his love suggested to him so memorable an intercession, which may serve us for …

SERMON • SERMON 798

Special Protracted Prayer

Luke 6:12

… Who can tell what blessings were vouchsafed to the 12 in answer to that midnight intercession? If Satan fell like lightning from Heaven, Jesus' prayer did it rather …

SERMON • SERMON 1651

A Delusion Dispelled

Ezekiel 14:20

… God forbid that I should discourage any of you from praying for your parents, your children and your friends. Let us never leave off praying for them. But …

SERMON • SERMON 2398

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… We read at once, "And Moses besought Jehovah, his God." He was undoubtedly a man of prayer, but he must have been continually in the spirit of prayer

SERMON • SERMON 508

Comfort To Seekers From What The Lord Has Not Said

Isaiah 45:19

… If God does not hear prayer, since it is clear that in that case the praying man would be more wretched than the careless sinner, then it would …

SERMON • SERMON 944

An Encouraging Lesson From Paul's Conversion

Acts 9:13-16

… Of course, this intercession brings success to instrumentality, the work of the Church would be nothing without it—true prayer is true power. But there are prayers, I …

SERMON • SERMON 2170

The Blessing of the High Priest

Numbers 6:22-27

… Next, this benediction is of the nature of intercession. There lies within these words a prayer. "The Lord bless you, and keep you" is the cry of the …

SERMON • SERMON 717

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… In the second place, praying for Christ will suggest to us MANY THEMES OF PRAYER. To pray for Christ is a very large topic, for it will bring …

SERMON • SERMON 3344

Unanswered Prayer

Psalm 22:2

… we may clearly know what we are praying about. Get the promise and then offer the prayer—and the prayer will be answered as sure as God is …

SERMON • SERMON 856

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… The soul should be not always in the exercise of prayer, but always in the energy of prayer. Not always actually praying, but always intentionally praying. Further, when …

SERMON • SERMON 84

Salvation to the Uttermost

Hebrews 7:25

… What a splendid general confession is that in the Church of England Prayer Book: “We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep; we have done …

SERMON • SERMON 367

The Great Supreme

Deuteronomy 32:3

… We see Him standing at the right hand of God, making intercession for us. We expect with joy His Second Coming. We look forward to the Day of …

SERMON • SERMON 1412

Where True Prayer is Found

2 Samuel 7:27

… The praying of prayer is the main matter. Sometimes, Beloved, we may have a prayer in our hearts and may neglect the voice of the Lord within our …

CHAPTER

The Preacher’s Private Prayer

… find that prayer will ensure you strength equal to your day. As the tongues of fire came upon the apostles, when they sat watching and praying, even so …

SERMON • SERMON 3468

Consolation for Poor Petitioners

Isaiah 38:14

… a specimen of the prayer, as the condensed essence of the prayer, as I think it is, what a grand kind of praying it was, after all I …

SERMON • SERMON 2486

Overcoming Christ

Solomon 6:5

… of prayer which often overcome the Lord Jesus Christ, and this victory comes, sometimes, when we are praying for ourselves. You know what it is in prayer, to …

SERMON • SERMON 2943

Restraining Prayer

Job 15:4

… under the impression that they are "praying." I consider the form of prayer to be no more worthy of being called prayer than a coach may be called …

SERMON • SERMON 3204

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groans which cannot be uttered. These groans are too deep, too full of meaning to be expressed in words …

SERMON • SERMON 2446

Carte Blanche

Matthew 15:28

… There is often more proof of earnestness in a short prayer than there is in a long one—glibness of speech is not prevalence in intercession. 26. 27 …

SERMON • SERMON 1887

Pleading For Prayer

Romans 15:30-33

… in the shape of daily intercession! Every sent servant of God beseeches his Brethren that they strive together with him in prayer to God for him—and I …

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The Long Illness

… wise and right, prayer was being offered, unceasingly, by believers all over the world. The Tabernacle Church, beginning with a whole day of intercession for the suffering Pastor …