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SERMON • SERMON 427

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… Seek a nearer approach towards Him in prayer, a sweeter spirit of adoption, a more intense and intimate fellowship with the Father and with His son Jesus Christ …

SERMON • SERMON 1331

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… In answer to that prayer we shall be sure to get a blessing! Let us expect it and act upon the expectation and we shall see men flying …

SERMON • SERMON 369

The First Sermon in the Tabernacle

Acts 5:42

… Admitting the efficacy of the intercession of living saints for sinners, never for a moment denying that every man is bound to make supplication for all ranks and …

SERMON • SERMON 1835

The Man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 7:4

… them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Believe in the infinite blessedness treasured up in Christ for every believing …

SERMON • SERMON 1047

The Triumph Of Christianity

Psalm 22:27

… the Lord may be our strength so that we may be moved to prayer and nerved for action. As this is the annual Missionary Sabbath, I feel bound …

SERMON • SERMON 394

'Even So, Father!'

Matthew 11:25

… Trust Him as you are! Trust His precious blood, His glorious Cross, His intercession before the Eternal Throne—and you shall have reason to say in the words …

SERMON • SERMON 2733

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… Perhaps he wants you to attend a Prayer Meeting, or to visit the sick, or to see some enquirer, or to do something for the Lord's cause …

SERMON • SERMON 2218

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"

Micah 2:7

… then, should we not come up to the House of God with the prayer, "O Lord, work mighty marvels"? Is He not the God that does great wonders …

SERMON • SERMON 328

True Prayer—True Power!

Mark 11:24

… This is real prayer.” I would sooner have three minutes prayer like that, that thirty minutes of the other sort, because the one is praying, and the other …

SERMON • SERMON 344

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… your mother, with her lips moving in silent prayer while tears were falling upon your infant brow. She was praying, then, that you might be dedicated to God …

SERMON • SERMON 2043

The Blood of the Lamb, the Conquering Weapon

Revelation 12:11

… We next must overcome the enemy in prayer. Alas, we cannot always pray as we would! Do you ever feel, when you are in prayer, as if something …

SERMON • SERMON 2636

The Perpetuity of the Gospel

Luke 21:33

… Is it not written, "Prayer also shall be made for Him continually; and daily shall He be praised"? Here, then, is a suitable prayer for you to present …

SERMON • SERMON 2032

The Charge of the Angel

Acts 5:19

… We must keep on hammering away at this—Jesus died, rose again, and rose to Heaven to make intercession for us. Because of all this, there is life …

SERMON • SERMON 2459

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… The love of His intercession, for He pleads for you. The love of His representation, for He stands at the right hand of the Father as the Representative …

SERMON • SERMON 3442

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… Therefore He is also able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He always lives to make intercession for them. We need …

SERMON • SERMON 2037

The Rule of the Race

Hebrews 12:1

… Incarnation and death have led on to intercession and endless life. Jesus has sat down—He takes His rest because He has completed His work. Here on earth …

SERMON • SERMON 462

Creation—An Argument For Faith

Jeremiah 32:17

… And in His intercession He is pleading still for them that trust Him. It is finished, remember, so that it is easier to save you than to make …

SERMON • SERMON 517

The Rainbow

Genesis 9:16

… not show forth the Believer's employment? We also offer acceptable sacrifices of prayer and praise unto God, and we, ourselves, are living sacrifices unto God. Did he …

SERMON • SERMON 527

The Red Heifer

Numbers 19:2

… And then when He unlocks it at night, a sweet perfume of prayer will rise at eventide." But alas, we forget to lock up our hearts. We do …

SERMON • SERMON 2049

Driving Out the Canaanites and Their Iron Chariots

Joshua 17:18

… Did you never catch yourselves with a snatch of an old song coming to your memory when you have been in prayer? When you have drawn very near …

SERMON • SERMON 2016

Jesus Affirmed To Be Alive

Acts 25:18

… My Lord, are You really here? Hear, then, my prayer—I beseech You, enable me to serve You with my whole being and to count reproach for Your …

SERMON • SERMON 537

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… And Jesus, so long as He can see His people and His tongue can make any intercession, will not let even the meanest member of His Mystical Body …

SERMON • SERMON 978

All Fulness in Christ

Colossians 1:19

… Monday, March 6th. —Prayer-meeting for females only, at six. For young people at the same time. Special prayer-meetings at seven for the various agencies of the …

SERMON • SERMON 2034

Peter's Restoration

Luke 22:60-62

… He did not pray—he felt too strong in himself to be driven to special prayer. Therefore, when the gusts of temptation came, they found Peter's boat …

SERMON • SERMON 2191

Believing On Jesus—and Its Counterfeits

John 8:30-32

… was poured out upon the Church—and He entered into Heaven to make intercession for us—and all this was emphatically a lifting up! The Cross and its …

SERMON • SERMON 2887

A Dire Disease Strangely Cured

Isaiah 53:5

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us!" The stripes of Jesus are also an Infallible remedy for the disease …

SERMON • SERMON 1013

Our Watchword

Psalm 70:4

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” Substitution is a basis for intelligent confidence; it satisfies both the demand …

SERMON • SERMON 1301

A Prince and a Savior

Acts 5:31

… uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them." He has not paused in His blessed work of love! "He is …

SERMON • SERMON 2667

A Pressed Man Yielding to Christ

John 9:35-38

… Remember that wondrous intercessory prayer of our Lord, in which He said, "Neither pray I for these, alone, but for them, also, which shall believe on Me through …

SERMON • SERMON 628

A Glorious Church

Ephesians 5:25-27

… But what will you and I be like when we are perfect? No hasty temper, no sloth, no wrong thoughts, no cold hearts, no dilatoriness in prayer, no …

SERMON • SERMON 1558

Rare Fruit

Isaiah 57:19

… True praise never flowered from those lips upon which prayer has never blossomed. You can be sure of this, that prayer and praise are grapes of the same …

SERMON • SERMON 1248

The Choice Of A Leader

Luke 6:39

… We know, also, that this was our Lord's objective, for the design of Christ's life is clearly seen in His last prayer when He prayed, "Sanctify …

SERMON • SERMON 2279

Joy Hindering Faith

Luke 24:41-45

… And what is He doing? Pleading for sinners, making intercession for the transgressors! Is that a little thing for which the Christ prays? He might have made one …

SERMON • SERMON 2716

Christ's Poverty, Our Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… See Him there, amid the olives in Gethsemane's Garden, prostrate in prayer, and covered with a bloody sweat as He pleads with His Father on His people …

SERMON • SERMON 1113

Romans, But Not romanists

Romans 16:1-16

… God hear your prayers, my dear Friends, when you, like Nereus and his sister, unite in brotherly prayer and sisterly intercession. One other very beautiful instance of a …

SERMON • SERMON 487

A Tempted Savior—Our Best Succor

Hebrews 2:18

… Christ is the intercessor for His people—He has prevalence in His intercession—but how shall He learn what to ask for? How can He know this better …

SERMON • SERMON 348

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… The Father smiles—he smiles on Christ; he smiles on us in answer to Jesus Christ’s intercession. Is he not here also the consolation of Israel? I …

SERMON • SERMON 343

A Basket of Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-2

… Oh Christians! be in earnest, that this land may be filled with grace; be earnest in prayer, that the torrent of our iniquities may be dried up, lest …

SERMON • SERMON 994

The Prayer of Jabez

… Is it certainly a blessing to get an answer to your prayer after your own mind? I always like to qualify my most earnest prayer with, “Not as …

SERMON • SERMON 2890

Unbelievers Upbraided

Mark 16:14

… Do you not sometimes catch yourself saying, after a very great mercy, "Well, I can never doubt the Lord again"? When you have had an answer to prayer