Prayer

The Only Road

John 14:6

… prayer as that will be heard! Have you prayed it? It is heard! If you do not feel it is heard, pray it again! Keep on praying it …

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… Some years ago there was a young man, who, upon such a morning as this—cold, snowy, dark—entered a House of Prayer, as you have done today …

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… You have known what poverty has meant and then there has been to you a peculiar sweetness in the daily bread which, in answer to prayer, has been …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… the cross, joining with his fellow malefactor in reviling at Christ, yet presently praying, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom," and receiving the cheering answer …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… And last Tuesday, when we met in our association, the ministers present all said, "Why cannot we have such a day of fasting and prayer?" Ah, indeed, why …

The Novelties of Divine Mercy

Lamentations 3:22

… I have often found that when I have been nearest to God in prayer, or when I have most enjoyed a service, I have just then been met …

Secret Sins

Psalm 19:12

… Let all of us who know our sins, offer this prayer after all our confessions: “Lord, I have confessed as many as I know, but I must add …

No Illusion

Acts 12:9

… We want more prayer, more prayer! I am always glad to hear that your special Prayer Meetings and your social assemblies for supplication are well attended and that …

Christ's Glory Turned to Shame

Psalm 4:2

… upon me, and hear my prayer.Good men want to be heard when they pray. They are not satisfied with merely praying— they must have God's answers …

Justification by Grace

… because it is not of our deservings. “But, O Sir, I have been praying, and I do not think God will forgive me, unless I do something to …

Assurance Sought

Psalm 35:3

… The quickest road to spiritual wealth is prayer! Every prayer is like a ship sent to the Tarshish of spiritual riches to bring us back treasures better than …

The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 12:24

… Once a sinner near despair; Sought the mercy seat by prayer.” He prayed: he thought he was praying in vain. The tears gushed from his eyes; his heart …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… There is also diving into it and praying yourselves down deep into the soul of it—that is the way to read the Bible! Do not always read …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… that prayer, if you are not seeking to make his kingdom come, and his will be done in earth, as it is heaven. You are praying for what …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… Meet them as they go up to the house of prayer, and ask them why they are going there. They know right well what they are going after …

The Blood

Exodus 12:13

… I often find myself like this:—I have been praying that the Holy Spirit might rest in my heart and cleanse out an evil passion, and presently I …

Evangelical Congratulations

Philippians 1:18

… its top stone, you have begun and continued and ended—your desire, your prayer, your purpose, your ambition having been just simply this—that here the Redeemer's …

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… Oh, that it were more publicly so! We are praying for revivals and may God send them! May this time of God's visitation of London in judgment …

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… It has well been said, "There is more wisdom in a whispered prayer than in the ancient lore of all the schools." And wonderful it is how this …

A Painful and Puzzling Question

Mark 4:40

… of prayer, for if we do not, we are fearful hypocrites! But, Brothers and Sisters, is it not very possible that after you have been praying, you come …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… no doubt praying in his heart, though it is not recorded that he uttered any words in prayer—but it was not the time for prayer—it was …

Faith's Way of Approach

Romans 10:17

… Even prayer can only be a mockery if it is not the prayer of faith. "He that comes to God must believe that He is and that He …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… Our prayer ought not to be that we should see the whole of our success. I like Moses' prayer—"Let Your work appear unto Your servants! And Your …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… I would give you for a prayer—that verse from Wesley's hymn— "Quid as the twinkle of an eye, O God, my conscience make, Awake my heart …

Vanity Deprecated

Psalm 119:37

… He who is diligent in praying this prayer will not be negligent in his life. He will not pray, "Turn away my eyes from vanity," and then go …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… I may say truthfully concerning you who attend this house of prayer, that you hear one who, when he fails for want of power, fails not for want …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… in prayer! But you are not saved, some of you. The harvest and the summer is ended, and you are not saved. Ah! I have been praying to …

Out of Nothing Comes Nothing

Job 14:4

… He bows his head when others pray and he seems to be praying, too—but there is no confession of sin, there is nothing that can be acceptable …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… This is to be done not only by personal talk, but by personal prayer. Dr. Guthrie says that he called upon a sick man who greatly refreshed his …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… but we kept on praying the other way—"Father, we will that they be with us where we are." Our Lord's prayer conquered ours! It should do …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… Thirdly, we shall apply it briefly to the case of a pleader wrestling with God in prayer. And, fourthly, we shall show its bearing upon the case of …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… Go to Him! Go to Him! You would not need anybody to be long praying you to accept a gift, so do not think that God needs much …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… sensible as this poor blind beggar and let the voice of your earnest prayer go up to Jesus, the Son of David. The discouragement of Bartimaeus was still …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… If at the first you do not seem to get the fruit from this Tree, shake it by prayer.' 'Oh," you say, "I have been praying." Yes, but …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… By prayer let me wrestle, and He will perform, With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm!" Let us say, with David, "Why are you cast …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… very near when the Gospel is preached with holy unction, when Christians are praying, when hearts are breaking for the conversion of sinners, and when His Spirit is …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… We lose our power in prayer. The duty which once was pleasant becomes irksome. All the symptoms point to serious derangement. This pulls us straight up. We look …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… Hear my cry, attend unto my prayer." So he makes prayer the scaling ladder to get upon that rock and into that tower that otherwise had been too …

'The Oil of Joy for Mourning'

Isaiah 61:3

… This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting. God does not give us everything in answer to one prayer. It may be necessary for …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… There are some of you who cannot be at the prayer meeting—business will not permit; yet when you were first baptized, there was never a prayer meeting …