Prayer

Pride the Destroyer

Habakkuk 2:4

… And when he had finished, there came a soft whisper in his ear, "You have quite recovered that Prayer Meeting from its dullness—what a wonderful man you …

The Standard Uplifted In The Face Of The Foe

Isaiah 59:19

… A general spirit of prayer will come over those Churches which are faithful. Already it is descending! Almost in every quarter the spirit of devotion is increasing. Our …

The Lad's Loaves in the Lord's Hands

John 6:11

… I know that you have been praying and saying, "I have not this, and I cannot do that." Stay not to number your deficiencies—bring what you have …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… We may confess when we are praying, and at other times, that we are miserable sinners—and I daresay we have some belief that it is so—but …

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… As I said in the exposition, there is no prayer in this Psalm—it is all praise right through and through. There are times in a Christian's …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… If there is this honest confession, this hearty prayer and this simple acceptance of Christ as your Savior, the days of your mourning are ended, the daylight of …

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… in the scales and try? Have you made a self-examination, an earnest praying, testing, trying of yourself? They do not send out a gun from the foundry …

Mary's Magnificat

Luke 1:46

… We cannot have too high a life, but, "God be merciful to me a sinner," is about as big a prayer as I can manage at present. And …

Jude's Doxology

… But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of …

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 10:14

… Save me for Your mercies' sake.That is a prayer for a sinner and a prayer for a saint—a prayer for every day of the year. "Save …

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… Now, also, he begins to struggle against his evil habits—he addicts himself to Bible reading, to praying, and to hearing the Word of God. He is for …

Pilate and Ourselves Guilty of the Savior's Death

Matthew 27:24

… Is it not so? And then all the week long have you not preferred anyone to Jesus? Any book to the Bible? Any exercise to prayer? Any enjoyment …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… Should not this lead us to much prayer? No dependence should be placed upon man, or upon the outward form of worship, for the most successful preacher cannot …

Thorns and Thistles

Genesis 3:18

… Thank God that you are not in Hell! Thank God that life is still prolonged to you! You are on praying ground and pleading terms with God, even …

Christ Precious to Believers

1 Peter 2:7

… they shall be publicly honoured; but they suffer alone and unheard of, still praying for those who laugh at them: bowing themselves before God on their knees in …

Howling Changed To Singing

Psalm 13:1

… So it has often seemed to men in the deepest of trouble. "How long will You forget me?" You have been praying for mercy and you cannot find …

Christ the End of the Law

Romans 10:4

… I can deeply sympathize with Paul when he said, “My heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved.” We have had …

Comfort From the Future

Job 11:16

… What? Is God coming to live where there is no family prayer, where there is no care for His name or His day, where there is no rebuke …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… Now, it is the fact that when the Christian’s heart begins to tremble, his hands of action grow weak, and his knees of prayer begin to tremble …

Who Is This?

Isaiah 62:11

… I leave it with you, praying that every soul here that is oppressed by the powers of Hell may ask the question, "Who is this that comes from …

'Until He Finds It'

Luke 15:4

… night, a Prayer Meeting was being held in the College on his behalf, as his brother was one of our students. And while they were praying, the Lord …

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… am pressed down under you.” Yet for all that, here you are on praying ground and pleading terms with God; here you are where yet the Saviour reigns …

Faith Omnipotent

Mark 9:23

… And so he says, "Then I knocked diligently on the dear God in prayer. And since the praying man dare not sit with his hands in his lap …

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… I was up in the morning early, praying and reading the Word. Then all day I was either teaching or studying hard, but at five o'clock every …

The Tenses

2 Corinthians 1:10

… But, though he desires to have you that he may sift you as wheat, Christ is praying for you, that your faith fail not. We might have fallen …

The Sphere Of Instrumentality

John 11:39

… It may lead to shame, and that to confession—and that to prayer, and that to a renovation of life! If we are, indeed, the Lord's, let …

Christ's Sympathy With His People

Hebrews 2:18

… Indeed, in some instances I have even known of poor men kneeling down and praying that God would let them die, then and there, sooner than that they …

The Last Message for the Year

John 6:37

… Again and again, in that great intercessory prayer of His, He spoke of this Truth of God! In fact, the prayer begins with an emphatic declaration of it …

Where Is the Lord?

Isaiah 63:11-14

… What we need today, Brothers and Sisters, is a manifestation of Divine Power! Some of us are praying for it day and night. We have expected it. We …

The Secret Of Health

Psalm 42:11

… How about your lips, beloved Friends? Are they praying lips, singing lips, confessing lips? Do you speak well of the Redeemer and rejoice whenever you tell what His …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… We closed our eyes just now and bowed our heads in prayer—anyone looking upon us might have supposed us to be all equally accepted—but the Lord …

Supposing Him to Have Been in the Company

Luke 2:44

… What with prayer, praise, holy conversation and with the prospect of meeting together in Jerusalem, they must have been happy bands of pilgrims! It was natural enough then …

Love's Law and Life

John 14:15

… Time has well-near gone, or we would dwell upon the third head, which we must now leave, only praying God to prove the truth of it. The …

Positivism

1 John 5:18-20

… All the time the preaching is going on, and the praying, and singing you have lost your load, or have not felt it. But just as you get …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… Prayer will be this—"Many believed on Him there." I am praying that this may be the case here today. I began the morning with this prayer and …

All Comers To Christ Welcomed

John 6:37

… Take care that you bring everything to God in faith and prayer. "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests …

"And We Are"—a Jewel from the Revised Version

1 John 3:1

… I breathed a prayer to God that He would send money to put into the bank to keep the account right. Last night, at nearly ten o'clock …

The Model Home Mission and the Model Home Missionary

Acts 10:38

… What a proficient in the art of prayer was Jesus! He was as great with God in prayer as He was with man in preaching. I heard a …

Tokens For Good

Psalm 86:17

… Especially as we are going to preach a little upon this prayer for a "token," it was essential to begin aright lest we should add to the too …

Jesus and the Children

Mark 10:13-16

… of mine should wither young buds of promise; lest in the Prayer Meeting a wandering, rambling prayer from a heartless professor should dampen the rising earnestness of a …