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SERMON • SERMON 3253

Faith Hand in Hand With Fear

Psalm 56:3

… I must now have a period of fellowship with God, cost me what it may." These two things will be here—the praying and the not praying, the …

SERMON • SERMON 287

Dilemma and Deliverance

Psalm 9:10

… It is not possible that you can perish praying. If you could perish singing, you could not perish praying on your knees. Think ye that while you can …

SERMON • SERMON 1941

Grace For Communion

Solomon 4:16

… She breathes this earnest prayer, "Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow upon my garden!" In this prayer there is an evident sense of inward sleep …

SERMON • SERMON 449

Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 45:3-5

… And it seems to me that such a prayer God hears—that comes out of a man because he cannot help praying—when the deep agony of his …

SERMON • SERMON 3049

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… The best praying consists in "going" "boldly unto the Throne of Grace" and pleading there—yet they who win most from God are those whose hearts are most …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

… Our Psalm was prayer up to this point, and now it turns to praise. They who pray well, will soon praise well: prayer and praise are the two …

SERMON • SERMON 3305

A Clear Understanding

Matthew 13:51

… When he is praying, often the temptation is to glide into a kind of ministerial prayer—not the prayer of a poor sinner coming near to God! Perhaps …

SERMON • SERMON 260

An Earnest Invitation

Psalm 2:12

… I will put it into Herbert’s words— “Attend sermons, but prayers most, Praying’s the end of preaching.” And that too is in the text, for what …

SERMON • SERMON 2227

Wanted!—Volunteers

2 Chronicles 17:16

… I am wanting to get that fine young fellow into my Lord's army! I am praying God the Holy Spirit to influence men and women to say …

SERMON • SERMON 3219

'He Blessed Him There'

Genesis 32:29

… blessings, resort to the place of mighty prayer— "Beyond your utmost needs His love and power can bless! To praying souls He always grants More than they can …

SERMON • SERMON 2830

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… Digest your daily bread by first praying, "God give it to me and then God bless me in the use of it. And then God bless me afterwards …

SERMON • SERMON 3258

Stumbling at the Word

1 Peter 2:8

… May I, therefore, urge you to be more earnest than ever in prayer for the salvation of sinners? I rejoice that we are a praying Church, but I …

SERMON • SERMON 3242

Unparalleled Loving Kindnesses

Psalm 89:49

… Neglect private prayer and then see whether you will not have to cry with Job, "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when …

SERMON • SERMON 584

A Hearer In Disguise

1 Kings 14:6

… I do not know how much praying there is when you sit in a devout posture, though you assume the attitude and compose your countenance as those who …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

… All he speaks to God is by prayer and intercession. So the saints, the promise makes them kings over their lusts, conquerors over their enemies; but it makes …

SERMON • SERMON 3386

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… That is grand praying, is it not? Sometimes we ought to say, "Just so." "Father, I thank You that You have heard me." 42-44. And I knew …

SERMON • SERMON 2782

Love's Lamentation

Malachi 1:2

… God has indeed shown His love to you in permitting you to meet with us in this House of Prayer. You might have been born in some far …

SERMON • SERMON 3262

Satan's Arrows and God's

Lamentations 3:12

… You know that you have been praying for a long time, but you have got no comfort from it, so give it up, for it is an utterly …

SERMON • SERMON 1037

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 72:12

… It is always a blessing for us to pray as well as to get the answer to prayer. Prayer is in itself a blessing. When the Lord hears …

SERMON • SERMON 2389

Guidance To Grace and Glory

Psalm 73:24

… The habit of praying before you leap leads to the habit of looking before you leap—and then, when you perceive that you cannot leap—prayer gives you …

SERMON • SERMON 3274

Sickness and Prayer, Healing and Praise

Psalm 107:17-22

… So that a true prayer from one who is near unto the gates of death is a prevailing prayer! We earnestly urge all to repent long before they …

SERMON • SERMON 2333

The Whole Band Against Christ

Matthew 27:27

… who even by their bedsides are hypocrites, repeating a form of prayer and yet never really praying! They are drawing near to Him with their lips, while their …

SERMON • SERMON 3421

Prayer Meetings

Acts 1:14

… scarcely large enough, it was the Prayer Meeting that did it all! When we went to Exeter Hall, we were a praying people, indeed. And when we entered …

SERMON • SERMON 3318

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… God's letter, full of loving words, but prayer must break the seal. When reading goes with praying and praying goes with reading, then a man goes on …

SERMON • SERMON 3212

A Command and a Promise

James 4:8

… I do not despise that prayer which is like shooting an arrow up to the Throne of God, but I love still better the prayer that grips the …

SERMON • SERMON 3096

The Second Time

Acts 7:13

… You prayed, you say, but what sort of a prayer was it? It was a cold, languid prayer, scarcely worthy of the name. You did not put your …

SERMON • SERMON 1312

Good News for Seekers

Psalm 22:26

… Some, when they say a prayer, are satisfied with the mere form. But he who really prays, desires to converse with God in prayer—he longs that his …

SERMON • SERMON 2208

The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil

1 Samuel 30:21-26

… It is a great thing for a Church to know that its stores are well guarded by a praying band. While some of us are teaching in the …

SERMON • SERMON 208

Righteous Hatred

Psalm 97:10

… thee leave off praying, or else praying will make thee leave off sinning.” Oh! thou canst never be strong in sin and strong in prayer. As long as …

SERMON • SERMON 3430

Chiding and Cheering

John 14:9

… Oh, such prayers!—a few words and then it was as if I was not praying at all! So I thought within myself, "Can the Lord accept me …

SERMON • SERMON 185

The Great Revival

Isaiah 52:10

… One church opens its doors from five o’clock till six, for prayer; another church opens from six to seven, and summons its praying men to offer the …

SERMON • SERMON 3239

Woe and Weal

Micah 7:9

… Do not shun the furnace, dear Friends! You certainly need notpray for it—you will have enough of it without praying for it— but if God sends it …

SERMON • SERMON 2965

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… It is thus that a rebellious subject should meet his King—confessing guilt, praying for mercy, pleading for forgiveness, asking for Grace. Thus David met his God. Read …

SERMON • SERMON 2899

'To You'

Acts 13:26

… Who built this place, but for the most part generous Christian people—who are even now praying for your conversion—God's servants who love you and desire …

SERMON • SERMON 2614

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… His brother had brought him—and was praying earnestly for him. As he was going out, a friend, who had observed him during the service, said to this …

SERMON • SERMON 2111

Filling With the Spirit and Drunkenness With Wine

Ephesians 5:18

… He can give you the strength that wrestles in prayer, that lays hold upon the angel of the Covenant and will not let him go, except he grant …

SERMON • SERMON 3163

Cumbered With Much Serving

Luke 10:40

… But when Moses was on the top of the mountain in prayer, he had to have two others to hold his hands up! So is it with us …

SERMON • SERMON 2629

God's Work in Man

Hosea 2:16

… It is in vain for a man to say, "God will never bend my knees in prayer." God knows how to make your knees bend, be they ever …

SERMON • SERMON 2199

Israel's Hope—Or, The Center of the Target

Psalm 130:7

… Thus he reviews the situation—"Out of the depths have I cried unto You, O Lord." Yet he lived to tell the tale of deliverance! His prayer from …

SERMON • SERMON 668

Unity In Christ

John 17:20

… This prayer, I take it, was not only the casual expression of the Savior's desire at the last, but is a sort of model of the prayer