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Exodus 33:15
… therefore has Your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto You. That is the best place to find a prayer—in your heart—no prayer …
SERMON • SERMON 2322When Can We Find Comforters?
Nahum 3:7
… You rise in the morning and you go to bed at night without a prayer! And all day long God is not at all in your thoughts. Do …
SERMON • SERMON 3023John Mark—or, Haste in Religion
Mark 14:50-52
… God has given you the spirit of faith and prayer, of earnest zeal and a sound mind. Unto Him be the Glory! But, as a Church, do not …
SERMON • SERMON 1838The Good Ananias—a Lesson for Believers
Acts 9:10
… Nowadays we greatly need more devout men, men of prayer, men who dwell with God in secret—devoted men, men of devotion—for the strength of the spirit …
SERMON • SERMON 1278Reasons For Parting With Sin
Isaiah 1:18
… God's holy Nature forbids that He should ever listen to such a blasphemous prayer! Alter it, and say, "Lord, help me to give up my sin. Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 2980A Lift for the Prostrate
Mark 1:31
… It is this—having entered this House of Prayer and having heard the Gospel, as you will have done before this service is over, the Lord Jesus Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 2340The Best Christmas Fare
Psalm 119:103
… Are any of you afflicted tonight? I commend this prayer to your use. One would have expected that David would have prayed, "I am afflicted very much: comfort …
SERMON • SERMON 650Judgment Threatening But Mercy Sparing
Luke 13:7
… I remember hearing him pray this prayer—"O God, I wish I had ten talents, that I might serve You better." When I think of some that have …
SERMON • SERMON 1156Rubbish
Nehemiah 4:10
… Though we hear the voice that says, "But you, Beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love …
SERMON • SERMON 3407Peter's Prayer
Luke 5:8
… much! Do not give up praying because you feel you cannot pray, but pray twice as much, for you need more prayer and, instead of being less with …
SERMON • SERMON 2159The Holdfasts of Faith
Romans 4:16
… And in reading or praying at home the chill of death makes every godly exercise a burden. You are so harassed with fears, so worried with cares, so …
SERMON • SERMON 832The Best Cloak
Isaiah 59:17
… all the night He is praying! You read of the cold mountains and the midnight air as witnessing the fervor of His prayer. And then, at morning light …
COMMENTARYPsalm 144
Psalm 144
… sorrowful prayer in distress, we have now a psalm of praise and thanksgiving for God's gracious answer to supplications; and also a psalm of intercession. The present …
SERMON • SERMON 1318Increased Faith the Strength of Peace Principles
Luke 17:5
… Their prayer referred to a common everyday duty enjoined by the Gospel—the forgiving those who do us wrong—for the previous verses are to this effect, "Take …
SERMON • SERMON 2775David Warned and Rewarded
Psalm 19:11
… For instance, "Pray without ceasing." In keeping that command, have you not had a great reward? True prayer is true power. Prayer brings every blessing from on high …
SERMON • SERMON 1175Stephen's Death
Acts 7:59
… He had pity upon them in his heart, that is clearly seen in his dying prayer for them, but still, his main feeling is sympathy with God in …
SERMON • SERMON 1003Your Own Salvation
Philippians 2:12
… Let their prayers drive you to prayer. Let their example rebuke your sin, and their joys entice you to their Savior. O see to this! But perhaps you …
SERMON • SERMON 1256The Old Man's Sermon
Psalm 71:17
… the prayer before you—what do you think, Brethren—will the Lord answer it? You who are feeling your strength fail through old age have been praying, "O …
SERMON • SERMON 1948The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way
Proverbs 15:19
… have talked about praying over it. Where a plain command is given, an unmistakable finger points the way and hesitation is rebellion! Sluggards make prayer an excuse for …
SERMON • SERMON 2003Young Man, Is This For You?
Luke 7:11-17
… Alas, alas, you hinder us by causing the world to say, "See how those young men are acting!" We have to spend thought and prayer and effort over …
SERMON • SERMON 1217Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
2 Timothy 2:15
… He made a matter of prayer of it, and one morning he boldly ventured into the lion's den and the man said, "What have you come here …
SERMON • SERMON 3191The True Aim of Preaching
Acts 13:38
… So he stopped at the foot of Cader Idris and spent some three hours in an intense agony of prayer. And the result was that when he next …
SERMON • SERMON 2953Spiritual Sight and Eternal Life
John 14:19
… pleading when you have Christ praying by your side and know that you have Him there—and when you feel that your prayer is not the petition of …
SERMON • SERMON 3140The Glory of Our Strength
Psalm 89:17
… You who are most mighty in prayer, are you not sometimes weak when you are upon your knees? You who often bear testimony to Christ with much courage …
SERMON • SERMON 1955Jesus Declining the Legions
Matthew 26:53
… that our Lord had been praying and yet His griefs were not removed. He had prayed Himself into a bloody sweat with prayer and yet He was left …
SERMON • SERMON 1961S. S.—or, the Sinner Saved
Romans 9:30-33
… spiritual things! Some even kneel down every morning and night and repeat a prayer. They pay everybody they owe. They are always kind to their neighbors and they …
SERMON • SERMON 2945Night-and Jesus Not There!
John 6:17
… They did not understand the meaning of their own prayer. Sometimes, in our services, when people are very quickly convicted of sin and fall to praying all of …
SERMON • SERMON 2826The King in Pilate's Hall
John 18:37
… It was not fasting thrice in the week, but it was truly praying, "God be merciful to me, a sinner." It was not giving alms in public and …
SERMON • SERMON 2844The Seed Upon a Rock
Matthew 13:5
… What does alwaysmat-ter is practical, living, earnest prayer. So what the scribes may have said is not recorded, but the prayer of the poor father is—"Master …
SERMON • SERMON 200The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph
Ecclesiastes 8:10
… and you said to yourself, “What an appropriate discourse.” Still you kept on praying, and you were pleased to see that there was some emotion. You said “Oh …
SERMON • SERMON 2967The Church's Probation
Psalm 66:10
… Prayer Meeting, when some friend had prayed so long and so drearily, you said, "Please God, if ever I have the privilege of praying aloud at a Prayer …
COMMENTARYPsalm 13
Psalm 13
… good subject, showing the stages from mourning to rejoicing, dwelling especially upon the turning point, prayer. There are two verses for each, mourning, praying, rejoicing. A. G. Brown.
SERMON • SERMON 2304Blinded By Satan
2 Corinthians 4:4
… If I were to pray, I should be praying about whales. I have whales in my heart, Sir, and there is no room for anything else." It is …
SERMON • SERMON 2152Three Important Precepts
Proverbs 23:19
… I shall put into them a fullness of Gospel meaning and I shall press them home upon the heart, praying the Holy Spirit to lead every unconverted person …
SERMON • SERMON 2968'His Great Love'
Ephesians 2:4
… What a handy prayer this is, a prayer to carry about with you wherever you go! "Lord, be You my Helper." That is a minister's prayer when …
SERMON • SERMON 1170"By All Means, Save Some"
1 Corinthians 9:22
… I dropped these written letters with printed tracts into the post, or slipped them under the doors of houses, or dropped them into areas—praying that those who …
SERMON • SERMON 31The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness
Isaiah 26:9
… How long have they lasted? Have you been desiring Christ this last month or these last three or four months? Have you been seeking him in prayer for …
SERMON • SERMON 2663A Leap Year Sermon
1 Corinthians 15:8
… Up in one of the northern counties of England there was a woman, a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose prayer went up continually for her husband …
SERMON • SERMON 1930Is It True?
Daniel 3:14
… true, all true, thoroughly true! Alas, my Friends, how much there is of praying, singing, teaching and preaching which is not real work! How much there is of …
SERMON • SERMON 2988Great Pardon for Great Sin
Psalm 25:11
… preaching—how is it that he turns to praying? Beloved, I think it was to teach us that prayer is never out of place. When the Apostle Paul …