Prayer

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… I shall not stay longer upon this very painful subject; but if you feel that your hearts are hard, may your prayer go up to God, "Lord, melt …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… Moreover, it was a prayer, as the margin puts it—"Jehovah, send peace." If you have peace with God, let your next prayer be, "Lord, give peace to …

Spring In The Heart

Psalm 65:10

… The prayer of the preacher and the prayer of the Church make up God's harrow to rake in the seed after it is scattered. And so it …

The Loaded Wagon

… We come with gratitude to God, thanking him for the harvest, blessing him for favorable weather, and praying him to continue the same till the last shock of …

Spring in the Heart

… The prayer of the preacher and the prayer of the Church make up God’s harrow to rake in the seed after it is scattered, and so it …

Daily Blessings for God's People

Psalm 68:19-20

… If Christ is our perpetual bread and wine, so, too, our common bread, in answer to our prayer, is given us according to his assurance, "Thy bread shall …

Jesus, The Delight of Heaven

Revelation 5:9

… Away with them! Away with them forever! The Prayer Book says, "Then shall the priest say." What a pity that word was ever left there. The very word …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… simple, child-like faith, taking counsel at the Scriptures, and seeking guidance in prayer. You will find it to be a blessed way of passing through the ordinary …

The Fainting Soul Revived

Jonah 2:7

… I thought I would give up prayer, because it seemed of no use to pray, and yet I could not help praying; I must pray, and yet I …

Psalm 50

Psalm 50

… This we do by praying, and by praising when prayer is heard; as also by confidence in his promises, submission to his chastisements, concern for his honour, attachment …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… This morning I was praying the Lord to direct my way and you engaged me—and I felt that it was a good beginning for the day." We …

Distinguishing Grace

1 Corinthians 4:7

… If God has made you to differ, the first prayer we should now utter should be, “Lord, humble us. Take away pride out of us. O God forgive …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… there is any prayer amongst them when the skies are calm, the winds down, and the seas smooth. David tells you not of their praying in good and …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… Truly their prayer is usually unsavoury who are without afflictions, and many of them do not pray truly, but do rather counterfeit a prayer, or pray for custom …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… And oh, if thou hast anything on thy conscience, anything that prevents thy having peace of mind, keep thy Christmas in thy chamber, praying to God to give …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… But in regard to our congregations, the old orator might soon see his prayer answered, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears,” for when the gospel is preached …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… We have a prayer-meeting at 7 in the morning, and one after the evening service; they are precious means of grace, I trust, to my soul. How …

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… If the devil says, "Why, God is angry; what is the use of praying to him?" he might have said the same to Christ—"Why dost thou pray …

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… let me know that I have faith.” But dost thou know thou wast praying for trials, for thou canst not know that thou hast faith, until thy faith …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… Do I see him? He is praying. He has been to the sacramental table and he has been drinking the wine which betokens the Savior's blood—what …

Enquirers and Converts

… There are persons, nowadays, who make a difficulty about Moses praying for Israel, " If Thou wilt forgive their sin ; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… Thou hast lived, sinner, up to this time without sincere prayer, and if an ejaculation has bee forced from thy lips from a fear that took hold of …

Repentance Unto Life

Acts 11:18

… You may even go upon your knees in prayer and you may ask with a terrified lip that this may be blessed to your soul; and after all …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… the vessel! Will all escape? Will every hearer in this huge house of prayer to-night be a singer in heaven? Dare we, in the judgment of charity …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… Are there any here who have missed Christ's Presence, and who may trace it to the fact that they have been drowsy in prayer of late, heavy …

The Growth of the Institutions, 1878-1892

… Thus, of my own free will, compelled by constraining grace, I accept a further charge, and look to see prayer and faith open a new chapter of marvels …

Psalm 72

Psalm 72

… The verse may, however, be read as "through him, "for it is by Christ as our Mediator that prayer enters heaven and prevails. "Continue in prayer" is the …

The Enchanted Ground

… Once they attended the early prayer-meeting, but not now. Once they would be hewers of wood and drawers of water, but alas! they are asleep now. Am …

Why Are Men Saved?

Psalm 106:8

… Five or six words made up his prayer, and down he sat abashed. But by continually praying in his own family at home, he came to pray like …

Little Sins

Genesis 19:20

… You have been in prayer lately, you have been seeking Christ, you have been praying with all your might that God would meet with you. Now months have …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… Six young men were expelled from Oxford for praying, reading the Bible, and talking to poor people about Christ; and these six young men, with many others whom …

Peter Walking on the Sea

Matthew 14:28-31

… He was not a man who shut himself up for prayer, but he seemed to be always praying wherever he went! He would be often heard saying true …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… where the people of God are earnestly praying for you! I know at this moment they are putting up the prayer, "Lord, send the arrows home! Send the …

The Duty of Remembering the Poor

Galatians 2:10

… leave them without praying with them and endeavoring to cheer their hearts. I know they do not. They often spend a season of prayer, and have a kind …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… Dear Hearers, be this your prayer to the Lord who alone can save you— "With softening pity look, And melt my hardness down. Strike with Your love's …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… Pray to Him, for He hears prayer. Wherever there are the praying lips of a sinner, there is the hearing ear of the Savior! "But," you say, "if …

Pleading With the Indifferent

Lamentations 1:12

… Imagine you hear your Master as He silently prays this prayer in the streets of Jerusalem—the mobs are hooting, but He is praying—women are weeping and …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… You have been a praying people, and you are still so—blessed be God's name. Do not forsake the Prayer Meetings—frequent them regularly and conspire together …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… We shall meditate upon this Scripture, first, as the prayer of a little child. Secondly, as the cry of an anxious soul. Thirdly, as the prayer of an …

Voices from the Excellent Glory

Matthew 3:16

… If your prayer should be, "Show me a token for good," the answer will be, "Get you to the top of Tabor, get you away to your retirement …