Prayer

The Wide-open Mouth Filled

Psalm 81:10

… Brothers, if we had more sense of our need, prayer would be more of an instinct with us—we would pray because we could not help praying! We …

Death and Life in Christ

Romans 6:8-11

… He lives to hear thy prayer; cry to him, he lives to present that prayer before his Father’s face. Put yourself in his hands; he lives to …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… It is by virtue of His intercession that the barren trees are not cut down. By the force of His tender love sinners are spared upon the earth …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… prayer is offered in a slovenly way. Nor is this all, for during the day when, if you were as you should be, you would be praying without …

Wonders

Joel 2:26

… Yet this sacred office He is virtually fulfilling every day in His perpetual intercession for His people and in all His acts of love towards them. This is …

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… That weapon of "all prayer" is of the handiest kind because it can be turned in any and every direction. "Praying always with all prayer"—groaning prayers, weeping …

Satan, Self, Sin and the Savior

Mark 5:9

… And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.Here is a second prayer in which many united—a very foolish and wicked prayer—yet …

The Savior's Charity

Mark 10:51

… By means of this question, Christ was giving the man lessons in prayer A schoolboy is encouraged by his master to apply to him if he finds any …

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… I cannot pray"—why, dear man, you are praying! You are praying with all your might! There is more prayer, oftentimes, in that sense of not being able …

Experiencing Confirming Testimony

Psalm 48:8

… When we have been tempted, His intercession has always been like a bronze wall around us to keep us from being devoured by the foe. When we have …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… Once more, I think you will very much help the young enquirer by praying with him. Oh, the power of prayer! When you cannot tell the sinner what …

The Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:14

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." No doubt there are some professing Christians who oughtto be afraid of …

The Lamb Of God In Scripture

John 1:35

… we are made clean through the blood of the Lamb! Perpetual merit, perpetual intercession, perpetual life-giving, perpetual salvation flow from Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God! He …

Healing Leaves

Revelation 22:2

… them that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them." I say that Jesus Christ, my Lord and Master, is in Heaven …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:131

… It is a good thing to come before the Lord with a prepared prayer. "A prepared prayer!" cries one. "Would you have us write out our prayers and …

Perfect Restoration

Zechariah 10:6

… Are you praying this prayer, dear Friend? Is your heart praying it while we read it? 11. Cast me not away from Your Presence. "Dismiss me not Your …

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground." Lord, set Thy people praying. Stir up the Church to greater prayerfulness. Now, as Thou hast bidden us, we …

The Kingly Priesthood of the Saints

Revelation 5:10

… Ah! that wrestling man-God—that suffering man of Gethsemane! Weep o’er him, saints—weep o’er him; when ye see him rising from that prayer in …

A Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:10

… While he has been praying, his prayer, yes, his weeping prayer, has had in it that very look to Jesus for which he was pleading. His sense of …

The Word a Sword

Hebrews 4:12

… I had been praying with you in the Prayer Meeting, that God would give us the Holy Spirit to the full, and you said to me afterwards, 'My …

Beholding God's Church

Psalm 48:12-14

… Stronger than iron is the intercession of Jesus Christ! For Zion's sake He will never cease or hold His peace, but will plead day and night for …

Redeeming the Unclean

Exodus 13:13

… and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. "He shall see of the travail of His …

Ordered Steps

Psalm 119:133

… will, therefore, present to the Lord his own special prayer. I hoped, just now, when we were praying, that my words might suit the cases of many of …

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Acts 10:44

… It began with a desire for prayer. God’s people began to pray; the prayer-meetings were better attended than before. it was then proposed to hold meetings …

Sermon for New Year's-Day

Revelation 21:5

… But come! Are we to be praying for you, and you not praying for yourselves? Do you not agree with our prayers? Oh, I trust you may. But …

Sleep Not

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… Is not that your prayer, you that love the Church of God? I know it is, not for this church only, but for all others where the power …

God's Glorious and Everlasting Name

Isaiah 63:12

… He sought the intercession of Moses and, at last, he was glad to let Israel go! God triumphed over Pharaoh. When Pharaoh gathered up his spirit once more …

Medicine For The Distracted

Psalm 94:19

… Well might our poet praise God for quiet and sing— "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Your kind bounty made …

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… engaged in earnest prayer for several hours before the Transfiguration came. And it is worthy of note that He was transfigured while He was praying. Every blessing comes …

A Desperate Case—How to Meet It

Matthew 17:19-21

… They are never absent from family prayer, nor in any prayer are they ever forgotten by their parents. They come to this place; they attend our classes; they …

Christ Made a Curse for Us

Galatians 3:13

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." Another blessing flows from this satisfactory Substitution. It is this, that now …

The Word of a King

Ecclesiastes 8:4

… If your work here is to be a success, there must be much praying. Everything in God's house is to be done with prayer. Give me a …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… You would have wondered if such a prayer as yours could be heard at all! Ah, and then you have gone up to the assembly of God's …

The Secret of Happiness

Matthew 9:2

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." There is no Hell for a pardoned sinner! God may chasten him …

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." Look there, Accuser, into the winepress! Look there, Conscience, into the wine …

The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet

Luke 1:46

… Praying is the end of preaching, for preaching and hearing are nothing in themselves except men be brought to Christ and led to prayer. But then praying is …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, OCTOBER 15, 1911— THE DAY OF SPECIAL PRAYER FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND OTHER WORK AMONG CHILDREN. [SPECIAL NOTE TO SUNDAY SCHOOL …

Job Among the Ashes

Job 42:5

… And even when they brought their seven bullocks the Lord did not accept them till Job, whom they had condemned, had made intercession for them. Job bore away …

Method and Music, Or the Art of Holy and Happy Living

Colossians 3:17

… You are also to abound in prayer. It is your vital breath. You cannot flourish as a Christian unless you constantly draw near to God in supplication. But …

Craving the Best Things

1 Samuel 21:9

… God is as willing to answer your prayer as the prayer of any of His people. He is as true to you as He is to others. He …