Prayer

The Joy of Redemption

Isaiah 44:23

… up and shut the door, in vain will be all your seeking, your praying and your knocking at the door that will never open again! Therefore, "Seek you …

Blessing on the Printed Sermons

… call it an answer to prayer; and as long as I get such coincidences, I shall be perfectly satisfied to go on praying. “A rose by any other …

The Recorders

1 Chronicles 16:4

… Remember when you saw the first sign of piety, when you heard his first prayer, when you found that he was trying to be useful. Remember when you …

Shiloh

Genesis 49:10

… loves Jesus Christ, I love him! When we are down on our knees praying for the kingdom of Christ, or standing up to sing Messiah's praise, it …

The Best Thing in the Best Place

Psalm 37:31

… You are going, my young Sister, to live with ungodly relatives where you will scarcely get an opportunity for private prayer, yet, with the Law of your God …

To Lovers of Jesus—an Example

Mark 14:6

… If we have done holy service, let us do it a second time and do it a third time—and continue to do it, always praying the Lord …

The Sieve

Matthew 7:21

… morning prayer when you are in a hurry, and your evening prayer, when you are almost asleep. God bless you, Beloved, and save you from sham praying! May …

Choice Comfort for a Young Believer

Psalm 138:8

… Go to Him, then, in prayer! Plead with Him mightily! Prayer is the channel appointed to convey to you the blessing. Open the valves and let the stream …

Comfort From Christ's Omniscience

John 21:17

… He did not know what to do with himself and while he was thus praying, perhaps his Lord let in the light of the Gospel and made him …

The Captain of Our Salvation

Hebrews 2:10

… Sometimes, in prayer, men call God by one or another of His names and each name may be correct, yet it may not be well chosen for that …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… I would take up the Prophet's strain, by the help of the Lord, praying to be a partaker of his earnest and tender Spirit. Oh, that today …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… The very Apostle who bids us "pray without ceasing," did a great many other things beside praying, and we would certainly be very faulty if we shut ourselves …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… Beloved, it is well in prayer to come to our Lord, not as creditors seeking a debt but as condemned criminals, begging for a free pardon. We have …

The Rocky Fortress and Its Inhabitant

Isaiah 33:15

… be You our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble." They humbly cry, "O Lord, be gracious unto us." They are a praying people …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Have you ever proven how rich He has made you in the power of prayer? "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." "If you abide in …

The Master Key—Opening the Gate of Heaven

Genesis 32:12

… Dear Friend, are you in trouble at this time and have you a God? Then go to Him in prayer at once and spread your case before Him …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… true about yourself and you have begun praying." I pray you, dear Friends, to draw near to God in prayer! Make it your habit to ask of Him …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… Oh, for the power of the Holy Spirit, without which I must utterly fail in my design! We have this morning been praying for the conversion of many …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… all day long! Praying, also, used to be hard work. You managed to mutter, in a dead way, a few dead words, but prayer is now quite another …

'Non Nobis, Domine!'

Psalm 115:1

… not think that the same thing is true concerning our praying? Are there no petitions presented at Prayer Meetings in which there is at least some idea that …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… We have no Prayer Book or binding creed, or authoritative minutes of conferences. We have nothing but the Bible and we would have that as pure as ever …

"He Shall Be Great"

Luke 1:32

… declaring the Divine promise that "He shall be great." While my Brother was praying for me, I was wishing that I had the tongues of men and of …

Pictures of Life

James 4:14

… There was nothing of boasting or excitement in it—it was a very wise, plain, earnest prayer. 4. LOR . That was a good beginning of David' s speech …

A Procession of Cross-bearers

Mark 10:21

… Has the Lord ever said to us, when we have been praying, "You know not what you ask"? I suppose that is usually true in a certain sense …

My Hourly Prayer

Psalm 119:117

… and I will have respect unto Your statutes continually." Psalm 119:117 . "HOLD You me up." This is no novelty as a prayer. We have met with it …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… But he did not rely upon his own judgment—he betook himself at once to prayer. Prayer is that great key which opens mysteries. To whom should we …

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… your chapel on Thursday night, and to your prayer-meeting on the Monday, and you spend hours in praying and reading your Bible; it is fanaticism. Now, I …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… that once crucified Savior, sitting in the highest heaven, and breathe the selfsame prayer, “Lord, remember me:” and as Stephen looked up directly into heaven, and found peace …

The Children and Their Hosannas

Matthew 21:15

… There are no Prayer Meetings to my mind more touching, or more likely to prevail, than the Prayer Meetings of little children when they get together and cry …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… Blessed be his name, you have the spirit of prayer. Pray on! ‘Fill the waterpots with water,’ and in answer to prayer Jesus will turn it into wine …

Self-destroyed, Yet Saved

Hosea 13:9

… I am very happy to be permitted by my text to now change my strain, praying that what has been already said may have its due effect and …

The Dream of the Barley Cake

Judges 7:13

… How many are crying, "We see not our signs," when they ought to say, "But we see Jesus!"? How many are praying, "Show me a token for good …

Abraham's Great Reward

Genesis 15:1

… if its fulfillment is delayed for four days—you can hardly keep on praying if it takes four years—what would you think of a four hundred years …

The Rule of Grace

Luke 4:27

… They have seldom attended the House of Prayer. They have been disregarders of God's holy Sabbath and yet, strange to say, the first time they went to …

Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8

… Let him alone, he is given unto idols." Here you are, still on praying ground and pleading terms with God. Thank Him for it, and be grateful that …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… of God! I remember, before I came to London, a man praying a very extraordinary prayer for me. I did not understand it at the time and I …

Pardon for the Greatest Guilt

2 Chronicles 33:2

… Prayer has wondrous power to bring peace to a troubled conscience, but, mind you, it must be prayer mixed with faith. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… The building of this House of Prayer and that. Even the bringing of a certain number of people at one time to listen and the bringing of such …

Redemption By Price

1 Corinthians 6:19

… Christ's, even when you are not actively engaged—when you are neither praying, nor singing, nor working, but, as it were, standing still—it is well to …

The Echo

Psalm 27:8

… You are neglecting the great salvation! He says, "Seek you My face." It is the cry of all these houses of prayer which are open every Sunday, "Seek …