Prayer

God Beseeching Sinners by His Ministers

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

… The text tells us very plainly—First, it is to be delivered by beseeching men and praying to men. "As though God did beseech you by us we …

"Honey In The Mouth!"

John 16:14

… Consult anybody who has studied what the original means, but remember that the quickest way into a text is praying in the Holy Spirit. Pray the chapter over …

Mourning at the Cross

Zechariah 12:10

… praying. Judas Iscariot repented, after a fashion, but he could not pray, so he went out and hanged himself. God save all of you from a prayer-less …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… think the prayer alluded to here was so much a prayer for a son. If so, I Think that Zacharias had long ago left off praying it, and …

Number Two-thousand—Healing by the Stripes of Jesus

Isaiah 53:5

… My conscience was sensitive because it was enlightened and I judged that, having had a godly father and a praying mother, and having been trained in the ways …

Established Work

Psalm 90:17

… And, thirdly, if we are praying as Moses did, what ought to be our mode of action to correspond with such a prayer? I. First, then, WHAT KIND …

Jacob's Fear and Faith

Genesis 32:11

… things if the prayer had preceded the planning—but Jacob planned, first, and prayed afterwards. Well, even that was better than planning and not praying at all! So …

Christ's Hospital

Psalm 147:3

… Prayer does but sow—praise is the harvest! Praying is the end of preaching and praising is the end of praying. May we bring to God much of …

Carried by Four

Luke 5:16-26

… Observe the instructive fact, that our Savior retired and spent a special time in prayer when he saw unusual crowd assembling. He withdrew into the wilderness to hold …

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… But Paul also, after he had thanked God, kept on praying for what was still needed. "Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request." See …

The Church Awakened

Ephesians 5:14

… If he joins in the Prayer Meeting he goes in and out, but he does not wrestle with the Angel of Mercy. As to his own closet, it …

The Young Man'S Prayer

Psalm 90:14

… who hangs upon yonder Cross, and commit your soul into His keeping, praying this prayer—"O satisfy us early with Your mercy." The reason which our text gives …

A Gospel Sermon To Outsiders

Mark 10:49

… praying! I know you are discouraged, but do not cease seeking. I, myself, was for many months an earnest seeker after God by the way of prayer. I …

God's Pupil, God's Preacher—an Autobiography

Psalm 71:17

… But when he took to praying for them, then the Lord turned his captivity. Begin to pray for your disagreeable neighbors. Begin to pray for your unconverted friends …

Psalm 83

Psalm 83

… These enemies of Israel were also God's enemies, and are here described as such by way of adding intensity to the argument of the intercession. The adversaries …

God's Glory in the Building Up of Zion

Psalm 102:16

… Father, yet for that veryreasonHe abounded in prayer! We must be in an evil case if we leave off praying. The Psalmist says that he and those who …

'Take Away the Frogs'

Exodus 8:8

… is it that reprobates take to praying when they are in deep trouble? Frequently superstition moves them. They regard a prayer as a spell or magical charm. So …

Good Cheer From Forgiven Sin

Matthew 9:2

… And, today, wherever four persons come together praying for some poor soul, you may rest assured that the power of the Lord will there be present to heal …

The Singing Army

2 Chronicles 20:4

… upon You.'" Perhaps you think that is not praying. I tell you it is the most powerful form of prayer, just to set your case before God, just …

The Duty of the Present Hour

Hosea 10:12

… I have often prayed, with much sweetness to my own soul, that prayer of David, "O Lord, You have taught me from my youth and up to now …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… who has carried an unanswered prayer about with him for ten or a dozen years. I have known cases of Believers praying for 30 years and yet not …

Unwillingness to Come to Christ

John 5:40

… I have attended Prayer Meetings in vain. If I will not come to Christ all these things are in vain. But what next? Why, then, I may expect …

Freshness

Job 29:20

… I even now hear the vain repetitions—old, worn-out, good-for-nothing rubbish expressions they were then—but they are still brought out by regular prayer-makers …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… He had been accustomed, when he retired for the night, to get into bed without any prayer or any reading of the Scriptures, but there came into the …

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… Here they come—detachment of late-comers stamping up the aisle, interrupting the first prayer. Others come straggling in all through the reading of the Scriptures. God's …

What Is Essential in Coming to God?

Hebrews 11:6

… Your bedchamber, as you kneel in prayer before you lie down to sleep, is as sacred as the temple of Solomon. Every spot where there is a devout …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… For yet my prayer, also, shall be in their calamities. I will try to repay the righteous for their rebukes by praying for them when they are in …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… If you come to the Prayer Meeting and have not a word to say, keep on praying! Do not give it up, for you often pray best when …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… prayer! The sinew of the minister's strength under God is the supplication of his Church. We can do anything and everything if we have a praying people …

The New Song On Earth

Psalm 40:3

… has become a singer, was formerly a man of prayer. I doubt not that he was still praying while he was praising, but he began to pray before …

Sarah and Her Daughters

Isaiah 51:2

… Keep up daily fellowship with Christ in prayer, in praise, in service, in searching the Word, in submitting your heart to the work of the eternal Spirit—and …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… There should be no private prayer—there should be no family prayer—there certainly should be no publicprayer, without petitions for the prosperity of the Church of God …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… this prayer may suit you who are not yet saved, but who desire to be—"Withhold not Your tender mercies from me, O Lord." Are you praying it …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… He went into a room and found a number of children in prayer and he exclaimed, "It is well, for the children are praying for us: God will …

Two "I Wills" In Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41:18

… Yet says the lord, "I will hear them." A glib tongue is bad at praying. When a man prays in his heart, he is often like Moses, slow …

Conversions Desired

Acts 11:21

… There will be new births to God when you are agonizing for them! But, let me add, there must be much prayer. Delight to be at Prayer Meetings …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… Just as in the ship all were awake and every man praying to his God except Jonah, for whom the storm was raging, so does it often happen …

"A Man Under Authority"

Matthew 8:8

… have been praying for others, but who have never prayed the prayer offaith. It is the prayer offaith that saves the sick! It is the prayer of faith …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… He prays and his prayer is directed to Jesus. "Lord, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom." True faith is always praying faith. "Behold, he prays," is …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… Notice, also, how brief David's prayer is, and yet how full of matter! I believe that very often, the longer the prayer is, the less there is …