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SERMON • SERMON 1755

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… THIS is a part of Paul's prayer for the Ephesian believers. It is the closing clause and consummation of it. It mentions the grandest gift for which …

SERMON • SERMON 747

'Make This Valley Full of Ditches'

2 Kings 3:16-18

… are praying for a husband or a wife. God has never blessed your husband or wife, but He has remembered others out of regard to your prayer, and …

SERMON • SERMON 1743

A Loving Entreaty

Isaiah 43:26

… Perhaps you offer a form of prayer, but that is nothing if your heart does not go with the words. This is rather to mock God than truly …

SERMON • SERMON 1931

One More Cast of the Great Net

Joel 2:32

… Well, you can bleat and thus call for the Shepherd! Prayer—real, sincere, believing prayer will never fail! The Lord has said, "Call upon Me in the day …

SERMON • SERMON 2325

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… the thousands of Israel present, tonight, to pray that prayer? You cannot tell for whom you are praying, but you need not know. There may be persons here …

SERMON • SERMON 3037

Christians Kept From Sin

1 Samuel 25:32

… Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the …

SERMON • SERMON 2867

The Life-look

Isaiah 45:22

… In like manner, I do not find fault with prayer or the reading of the Scriptures—God forbid! But I do complain of putting prayer and the reading …

SERMON • SERMON 366

The Silver Trumpet

Isaiah 1:18

… Come now; the Church is praying for you. These are revival times—ministers are more in earnest—God's people are more anxious. Come now— "Lest slighted once …

SERMON • SERMON 2934

Great Changes

Luke 13:30

… This is an unimportant matter compared with praying with the heart, but when the heart is full of prayer, it is often very helpful to be able to …

SERMON • SERMON 1701

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… in prayer to God, for surely never did a man turn to God but the Lord also turned to Him! If we are set a-praying, we may …

SERMON • SERMON 1752

Mourners, Inquirers, Covenanters

Jeremiah 50:4

… A truly praying heart is jealous of its own prayer, lest it should ask amiss. Probably no prayer is more sincere than that which is followed by deep …

SERMON • SERMON 820

Working Out What is Worked In

Philippians 2:12

… Yes, our life must be spent in constant watching, and, as we find ourselves tripping, we must add constant repentance—perpetually praying to be upheld for the future …

SERMON • SERMON 3151

The Lord's Supper—simple But Sublime!

1 Corinthians 11:25

… If ever any man might have lived without prayer, it was our Lord Jesus Christ! His Humanity was perfect, yet He abounded in prayer. And the nearer we …

SERMON • SERMON 2893

An Instructive Truth

Jeremiah 10:23

… In what he considers a difficult matter, the wise Christian always has resort to God in prayer—but when he gets what he regards as a very simple …

SERMON • SERMON 2871

Anxiety, Ambition, Indecision

Luke 12:29

… Now look at the next verse in the light of the prayer David had been praying. See what a marvelous act of faith and what a grand result …

SERMON • SERMON 165

The Warning Neglected

Ezekiel 33:5

… present—I would ask of every Christian that he would lift up a prayer to God, that the service may be blessed; and I ask of every other …

SERMON • SERMON 977

The Master’s Profession—The Disciple’s Pursuit

Psalm 40:9

… if he perished it was not for want of preaching to or for praying over; my warnings and tears were never spared. I did what was in me …

SERMON • SERMON 2382

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… To what higher ends can we devote ourselves, than to something to which God the Holy Spirit devotes Himself? Be this, then, your continual prayer, "Blessed Spirit, help …

SERMON • SERMON 3445

Strong Faith in a Faithful God

Psalm 57:2

… style of praying he adopted—as a child cries—the natural expression of pain. Poor man, he did not know how to pray a fine prayer and he …

SERMON • SERMON 1986

The Child Of Light Walking In Light

1 John 1:6

… We know what we are praying about and there is no question as to the deep sincerity of our cries and tears. We desire with the whole force …

SERMON • SERMON 1654

"At Your Word"

Luke 5:5

… down their nets, in vain, perhaps, in the form of importunate prayer. Have you been praying for the conversion of a relative, or pleading for some other good …

SERMON • SERMON 2853

Observing the King's Word

1 Kings 20:33

… Therefore, go at once to God in prayer and say to Him, "Lord, You have sent me this precious message of hope both in the Bible and by …

SERMON • SERMON 1621

The Ark of the Covenant

Jeremiah 3:16

… Sisters who have been accustomed to that style of praying chide us for our boldness and familiarity in prayer. They think we are presumptuous in drawing so near …

SERMON • SERMON 290

The Inexhaustible Barrel

1 Kings 17:16

… Glory be unto the God of Israel!” I think I see her praying as she went:—“Oh, Lord, shut not up the bowels of thy compassion. Thou hast …

SERMON • SERMON 542

Paul—His Cloak And His Books

2 Timothy 4:13

… You can do for Christ's sake mighty things through faith and prayer, but never let prayer and faith be prostituted to so base a purpose as to …

SERMON • SERMON 333

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… perhaps, by any visible means—but some other person praying for that man and God heard that prayer and so that soul was saved. Have you any sick …

SERMON • SERMON 2358

The Unchangeable Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… by prayer. You cannot tell how much of blessing will come to your own souls through the ministry if you are in the habit of praying about it …

SERMON • SERMON 1855

What is the Verdict?

1 John 3:21

… If you are right with God, your prayer will be, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there …

SERMON • SERMON 231

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… Mark, my friends, in the text, that a genuine confidence in God does not lead us to give up prayer, but leads us to prayer. “The Lord will …

SERMON • SERMON 1823

Peter's Blunder—a Lesson for Ourselves

Acts 10:14

… the points at which you must set a double guard of watching and praying lest you be led into temptation by those special features of your character. Kindly …

SERMON • SERMON 2348

The Lord Leading—David Following

2 Samuel 5:24

… The Christ—to what did He go? To slumber and idleness? No, but to incessant service— "Cold mountain, and tie midnighit air Witnessed tie fervor of His prayer

SERMON • SERMON 1607

The Swiftly Running Word

Psalms 147:15

… Our prayer should be, "Give me understanding according to Your Word." His Word is also spoken in the form of promises rich and free and gracious, the Word …

SERMON • SERMON 2200

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit

Ezekiel 36:27

… Every true prayer must be "praying in the Holy Spirit." He helps our infirmities in prayer. Even the hearing of the Word of the Lord is of the …

SERMON • SERMON 345

Self-Sufficiency Slain

John 15:5

… one day at prayer in the pulpit, praying to God that He would make him a useful minister. When he had finished his prayer, he was stone blind …

SERMON • SERMON 1269

The New Fashion

Mark 2:12

… We ought to come to the preaching of the Word of God praying, "Lord, teach me! Blessed Spirit guide me into all Truth. Let me see a doctrine …

SERMON • SERMON 575

The Pierced One Pierces The Heart

Zechariah 12:10

… Though He is not in labor, but simply in the exercise of prayer, a sweat comes streaming from every pore—not the common sweat of men who toil …

SERMON • SERMON 1182

A Singular Title and a Special Favor

Psalm 59:10

… Notice how the Lord's prayer runs—"Our Father which are in Heaven," but if we would repeat the Apostles' Creed, we must not say "we believe in …

SERMON • SERMON 1783

Pentecost

Acts 2:1

… We need it on all we are, and have and do! The Israelites brought the two loaves of leavened bread, praying the Lord to bless all the other …

SERMON • SERMON 2596

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… wish that we always felt in prayer that we would never leave off praying till we found the God of prayer! I wish that, in our singing, we …

SERMON • SERMON 2401

The Child of Light and the Works of Darkness

Ephesians 5:11

… life! Thus, beloved Brothers and Sisters Christ, I leave the text with you, praying God to bless it—"Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but …