Prayer

A Mediator

Galatians 3:20

… He was a mediator, speaking for the Lord, and making intercession for the people. This is what Paul alludes to when he speaks of the Law being, "ordained …

A Cheery Word in Troublous Times

Acts 27:25

… knock, and it shall be opened.'" Tell the praying soul that praying breath was never spent in vain and that, in due time, "He that asks, receives." To …

A Special Benediction

… There is no preservation like that which is given by God in response to believing prayer. "Praying in the Holy Spirit." There is a kind of praying which …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." Beloved, the covering is as broad as the sin. The covering completely …

Psalm 115

Psalm 115

… many difficulties, snares and temptations; and he helps them in prayer under all their infirmities, and makes intercession for them, according to the will of God; and therefore …

Under The Apple Tree

… Since He Himself becomes thine altogether, then His redemption and the pardon that comes of it, His living power, His mighty intercession, the glories of His Second Advent …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… He was in the habit of praying thus three times a day . He had not only his appointed seasons of morning prayer and of evening prayer, as most …

Aug. 13 — BEFORE AND DURING THE CALL

Isa. 65:24

… Grand praying this! Who would not be much in prayer when he knows that he has the ear of the King of kings? This day I will pray …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… Your praying will not do you a farthing's worth of good if you refuse to trust Jesus Christ. When you have trusted Jesus Christ prayer will become …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

… The psalmist cried to God in prayer, Ps 43:1-3. Promises praise in the anticipation of an answer, Ps 43:4, and chides himself for his despondency …

A Promise and Precedent

John 16:14

… that in prayer, they must go through the Westminster Assembly's Confession of Faith, or some similar compendium of Doctrine—but that is not real praying. If, however …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… they were praying, as well as what they were praying for, and why they expected to be heard—and so they drew the bow of prayer with all …

Must He?

Luke 19:5

… so that I feared I must really give up prayer as hopeless, the thought which kept me praying was this, "Well, if I do not get salvation, I …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… Moses’ hands grew heavy in intercession, and Paul cried out, “Who is sufficient for these things?” Even John the Baptist is thought to have had his fainting fits …

Cheer for Despondency

Proverbs 27:1

… was gone they came to imitate! Persevere in prayer, Christian! "Men ought always to pray, and not to faint." Praying breath is never sent in vain. Still besiege …

God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea

Psalm 65:5

… We spread the sails of prayer and fly the flag of praise. To praise God without praying to Him would be impossible. To pray to God without praising …

Morning, May 24

Ps 66:20

… Let his gracious kindness in hearing such prayers touch our hearts, so that we may henceforth be found “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.”

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… Your will be done, in earth, as it is in Heaven"—then we are praying for Christ in full sympathy with all saints, by whom prayer is made …

Evening, April 16

Ex 17:12

Evening, April 16 Go To Morning Reading “And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.” Exodus 17:12 So mighty was the prayer of …

Morning, March 2

1Sa 13:20

… Preaching, teaching, praying, giving, all must be brought into action, and talents which have been thought too mean for service, must now be employed. Coulter, and axe, and …

Morning, February 6

Eph 6:18

… Praying always.” Ephesians 6:18 What multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. Our first prayer was a prayer …

Morning, November 3

Acts 9:11

… Here is comfort for the distressed but praying soul. Oftentimes a poor broken-hearted one bends his knee, but can only utter his wailing in the language of …

Evening, April 2

Is 53:10

… Whenever you are praying for the kingdom of Christ, let your eyes behold the dawning of the blessed day which draweth near, when the Crucified shall receive his …

Morning, February 18

Job 10:2

… let me know that I have faith.” Was not this really, though perhaps unconsciously, praying for trials?—for how canst thou know that thou hast faith until thy …

Morning, February 19

Eze 36:37

… great prayer has always been the prelude of great mercy with you. When you first found peace through the blood of the cross, you had been praying much …

Morning, January 14

Is 63:1

… Art thou praying for some beloved one? Oh, give not up thy prayers, for Christ is “mighty to save.” You are powerless to reclaim the rebel, but your …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow," he prayed a proper prayer, did he not? Surely no one is going to quibble with David over this …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… a Prayer Meeting that he was praying, but all by himself—and the man who is in the habit of communing with God in secret prayer is a …

Experiences after Conversion

… The habit of regular morning and evening prayer is one which is indispensable to a believer’s life, but the prescribing of the length of prayer, and the …

Forgiveness and Fear

Psalm 130:4

… good news of pardon that inclines the heart to prayer. You would never have heard of a man praying for mercy if there had been no mercy to …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… Will he go to bed without prayer? No, he needs nobody to tell him to pray—he has been praying all the way home and while he has …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… prayer, prayer, prayer that we shall prevail! Let us wrestle and agonize until He gives us our desire. There may be some of you who are praying for …

Evening, January 14

Mt 14:30

… Lord, save me.” Matthew 14:30 Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he …

Morning, January 7

Php 1:21

… Lord, accept me; I here present myself, praying to live only in thee and to thee. Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and …

Waiting, Hoping, Watching

Psalm 130:5

… may have to wait for answers to prayer. If I remember rightly, there is one godly man who has been praying every day for 36 yearsfor one thing …

A Free Grace Promise

Joel 2:32

… Is not the most obvious sense of this language, prayer? Are we not brought to the Lord by a prayer which trusts in God’by a prayer which …

The Determination of Christ to Suffer for His People

Mark 15:23

… You are praying, "Father, I will that they whom you have given me be with me where I am." And there is your Savior, praying that they may …

A Prayer for Revival

Psalm 85:6

… If you are praying this prayer aright, you feel, "Lord, nobody can revive us but Yourself." People often talk about "getting up a revival." Is not that a …

The Fullness Of Christ—Received!

John 1:16

… them that come unto God by Him; seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them." There is a fullness of victory in His death, for through death …

The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews

Ezekiel 37:1-10

… And next, he prophesies to the four winds—here is praying. The preaching has its share in the work, but it is the praying which achieves the result …