Prayer

The Underlying Gospel for the Dying Year

Romans 5:6

… Moody Stuart in prayer, when he quoted these words of my text, "Christ died for the ungodly." She had never caught at that idea before—she had always …

The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient

Matthew 9:2-7

… A sad prayer, yet Jesus granted their request. Men may once too often ask the Holy Spirit to depart from them. They may grieve Him once more and …

Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel

Genesis 45:28

… I thought, Sir, I would come and see if I could find Christ on the Sabbath day and I waited on that I might go to the Prayer …

Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing

John 5:1-9

… I hope, Believers, your hearts are going up in prayer this morning. What a scene is before us! If someone had told us that this mass of people …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… Do me the personal favor and kindness of hearing this man's prayer, as though it were my prayer—for, indeed, I make it mine!' " The poor man …

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… Those who are in that sad state have no relief in prayer. They do not pray—they cannot pray! Now, when I am in trouble, I need nobody …

Christ Is All

Colossians 3:11

… You were in your closet this morning in prayer, but you did not plead the name of Jesus. Ah! then again there was a lost season of devotion …

Putting the Hand Upon the Head of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:4

… I desire to preach, this morning, so that I may fulfill the prayer of a little boy who, one Saturday evening before he went to bed, said in …

Jesus Putting Away Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." Sin is clean gone. If you believe in Christ, there is nothing …

The Prophet Like Unto Moses

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

… it is written, My Father's house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves," for the zeal of God's …

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… them." He pleads today, but for whom is He an Advocate? He makes intercession for the transgressors! Prove that you are not rebellious nor transgressors and there are …

Beginning at Jerusalem

Luke 24:47

… Do not have family prayer merely as a matter of form, but let it be a reality. Do not have one person working for you to whom you …

The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus

2 Timothy 2:8

… uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them." I say we have a living Sav-ior—and is not this …

Fearing to Believe

… he alone. “But you do not mean to say that you speak against praying, and reading good books, and so on?” Not one single word do I speak …

A Sharp Knife for the Vine Branches

John 15:2

… Ah, there will often be found two who publicly pray alike, have an equal gift in prayer—and what is worse, preach with equal earnestness and zeal! And …

Brought Out to Be Brought In

Deuteronomy 6:23

… again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us!" II. There has been so much in the first part of our …

Taking Hold of God

Isaiah 64:7

… Power in intercession is by no means a common attainment and Prayer Meetings, as a rule, are thinly attended and not much thought of. Sin abounds, empty profession …

The Star and the Wise Men

Matthew 2:1-2

… He is risen, and to-day he maketh intercession for transgressors that they may be reconciled to God through him. Come, then; believe, trust, rejoice, adore! If you …

The Holy Spirit Compared To The Wind

John 3:8

… of the saints—but how does He work all these things? He makes intercession for us according to the will of God. He dwells in us and leads …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… risen again, who sitteth at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” On other grounds a man must feel unsafe, but here he may …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… a spirit of prayer, then evidently the first and the most important fact is not Christ, but my possession of repentance, conviction, and prayer, so that really my …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… We commend Peter as an example to all who preach or teach, either in the street, the sick chamber, or the House of Prayer—do as Peter did …

Love

1 John 4:19

… And now comes the third point, the WALK OF LOVE When we are on our knees in prayer, I fear that when we are praying for the church …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… Let the prayer-meetings be better attended than ever, and may the petitions be still more intense! May God bless the brethren who minister among you in my …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… so weak a ruler, that a few good words uttered before him in prayer will win sufficient merit to reverse the sentence, if, indeed, you think he ever …

Rahab's Faith

Hebrews 11:31

… Says one young man, in writing to me this week, “I have been praying for my fellow-clerk in the office; I have desired that he might be …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… It would be a very proper prayer, but it is not what He said. His words are, "Lead us not into temptation." It appears, then, that sometimes God …

The War of Truth

Exodus 17:9

… The praying legion is a thundering legion everywhere. Men can stand against anything but prayer. We would pray the very gates of hell off their hinges, if we …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890 (Continued)

… But it did not come by the first prayer or the next, and I almost thought it was no use praying: But I prayed on and it came …

Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing

Psalm 56:3

… would take him to Heaven at once! And while he was praying the prayer in the Prayer Meeting, he fell dead! God had answered him. Now, if you …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… ought to be for our mercies! I hope you never come out without praying.” “Pray, sir!” said he, “why, I never pray; I have got nothing to pray …

My Last Letters from Mentone

… To-day is dull, and by no means tropical; but, oh, so quiet 1 I am praying that the 'Report' may flow as streams in the desert. In …

A Miracle of Grace

… Oh! what a trembling prayer that first prayer was. Methinks Satan said to him, "It is no use your praying, Manasseh. Why, you have defied the living God …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… And notice what should always be associated with prayer, namely, hope. "I hope in Your Word." There is no prayer like a hopeful prayer, in which a man …

An Urgent Necessity

Hosea 10:12

… Down he falls and breathes the prayer—"God help me, God help me! Grant this may succeed." He struck it! You may guess with what care he had …

A Bad King's Good Son

1 Kings 14:13

… If there is simple prayer for pardon and childlike trust in the Savior, it is as much a work of Grace in the youngest child as in the …

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… As he knows that they are praying God with much vehemence of spirit to bring in the sinner, the atmosphere of prayer becomes to him an indication of …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… prayer. But increase my congregation; give me the polite and the noble,—give me influence and understanding; and I should fail to do anything without a praying church …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… Again, here is another encouragement for praying men and women, who are praying to God for their friends. Mother, you have been groaning for your son for many …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… It is recorded by Luke that our Savior, when He was baptized, was praying. He was always a Man of prayer. This is, indeed, a Characteristic of the …