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SERMON • SERMON 1613

Shut In Or Shut Out

Genesis 7:16

… He cries as for his very life that God would save his father! Some among us never pray in the Prayer Meeting without strong crying and tears for …

SERMON • SERMON 461

Am I Clear Of His Blood?

Genesis 4:10

… Some of you young people have come to London and God has met with you in this House of Prayer. You still have ungodly parents in the country …

SERMON • SERMON 947

Seeking For Jesus

John 6:24

… A prayer will reach Him, a wish will find Him, a groan will pierce His heart—do but confide in Him and He is yours. The first command …

SERMON • SERMON 1062

Why Am I Thus?

Romans 7:22

… in prayer and then with a peevish fretful temper you will inwardly murmur, if you do not actually say, you might as well give up praying such prayers …

SERMON • SERMON 2205

"My Times Are In Your Hand"

Psalm 31:15

… Wisdom by prayer. Console yourself with Infinite Love by fellowship with God. Tell the Lord what you feel and what you fear. Ten minutes' praying is better than …

SERMON • SERMON 2612

Questions and Answers Concerning Zion

Isaiah 14:32

… love Him, too." Therefore, tell all who are in the world about it, praying God's Spirit to open their hearts that they may receive the message and …

SERMON • SERMON 1929

To Those Who Are Angry With Their Godly Friends

Genesis 4:6

… A converted daughter, a praying son, a holy husband, a gracious wife—why, these are the pillars, the ornaments, the buttresses of the house! Godly people hedge the …

SERMON • SERMON 2483

The Objective of Christ's Death

Galatians 1:4

… See the plaintive power of this prayer of a tender heart. First, our Lord shows His love by praying for us and then by dying for us. Notice …

SERMON • SERMON 1358

All the People at Work for Jesus

… selected for the Prayer Meeting and so they cannot attend. Dining is a most important business—it would seem to be more important than praying! Businessmen are so …

SERMON • SERMON 2641

God's Heart the Source of All Blessing

2 Samuel 7:21

… And Solomon, the son of David, in whose reign there was no war, must have the honor of raising the great House of Prayer in the name of …

SERMON • SERMON 2761

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… The Lord has promised to hear prayer, but He has not promised that you shall know that He has heard your prayer! A godly mother may be in …

SERMON • SERMON 917

Precious, Honorable, Beloved

Isaiah 43:4

… If some great noble were to come into this House of Prayer, how many of you would be glad to give him the best seat, and yet he …

SERMON • SERMON 2485

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… We cannot see Him, but yet He that walks amidst the golden candlesticks is, in spirit, in this House of Prayer at this moment. My Master, You are …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… might nourish and strengthen confidence in prayer...Let us learn from this example to feed and fortify our confidence in praying to God, with the marks of that …

SERMON • SERMON 2385

Another Lesson From Manasseh's Life

2 Chronicles 33:10

… That is the best sort of prayer in all the world, when there are no words, but in silence there is a panting and longing after God! We …

SERMON • SERMON 1274

For the Sick and Afflicted

Job 34:31

… It is good to be always dissatisfied with ourselves, and pressing forward to a something yet beyond; always praying that in us Christ's likeness may be completely …

SERMON • SERMON 2453

A Hard Case

Job 33:14-18

… That prayer of the meanest man mentioned in the whole Bible is one which I have often heard quoted with commendation. That wicked wretch of a Balaam, after …

SERMON • SERMON 2524

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… fashion, to be always afraid of yourself, fearful to begin the day without praying, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil," never indulging in self …

SERMON • SERMON 2556

Life Proved by Love

1 John 3:14

… The act of prayer is good, the habit of prayer is good, but to have the spiritof prayer always with us so that we as naturally pray as …

SERMON • SERMON 1064

Salvation All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… When we are praying and pleading we sometimes feel we need a help to guide us in the pleading. Let this guide you. Take care that all your …

SERMON • SERMON 1818

The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace

Isaiah 26:3

… Better still, there is a sweet peace between the heart and its God when from day to day, by prayer and praise, we commune with the Most High …

SERMON • SERMON 511

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… They had all been praying. Read the first chapter and you will perceive that they had been much in prayer. The whole of the time since the ascent …

SERMON • SERMON 472

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… Surely, my Brothers and Sisters, you would desire this yourselves! I pray for it! Will you unite in desiring it and praying for it with me? It has …

SERMON • SERMON 592

The True Position Of Assurance

Ephesians 1:13

… should bring afresh to the thoughts of all of you the duty of praying for those who are engaged in preaching the Word, for their preaching is nothing …

SERMON • SERMON 565

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… To yield obedience to our Lord, to offer prayer to God Most High is perfect freedom! But to confess my heart out to a mortal with a shaven …

SERMON • SERMON 642

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… And if any in this House of Prayer have been guilty of it, I pray you avoid the curse of the people and seek the blessing of the …

SERMON • SERMON 1977

The Blind Beggar of the Temple and His Wonderful Cure

John 9:5

… Are you praying? He is listening. Has it scarcely got so far as a prayer? Is it but a desire? He is reading that desire. As it passes …

SERMON • SERMON 1025

A Visit to the Harvest Field

James 5:7-8

… So if I suffer and expect the blessing for the suffering, I must spend solitary hours in my chamber seeking and searching; to wit, seeking in prayer, and …

SERMON • SERMON 568

What God Cannot Do!

Titus 1:2

praying for a certain thing for years? You pray, you pray, and you pray again, and now discouragement arises! Unbelief says, "God will not hear that prayer! That …

SERMON • SERMON 1778

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

… He that taught us this prayer used it himself in the most unrestricted sense. When the bloody sweat stood on his face, and all the fear and trembling …

SERMON • SERMON 1448

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… Let us touch thereon with thoughtfulness, praying the good Spirit to instruct us. “For Christ’s sake;” all the good things which God has bestowed upon us have …

SERMON • SERMON 1699

Supposing Him to be the Gardener

John 20:15

… Another duty is that of valuing the Lord’s presence, and praying for it. We ought whenever the Sabbath morning dawns to pray our Well-beloved to come …

SERMON • SERMON 2495

Defiled and Defiling

Haggai 2:13

… Presence? Is not much so-called praying just of that sort? It is an awful thing to repeat a form of prayer when your heart does not mean …

SERMON • SERMON 2343

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… enemy wants to prevent you from getting the blessing." Is the conflict concerning prayer? Have you been pleading for a soul and you have not yet won the …

SERMON • SERMON 651

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… He can pray, but not in secret, and the essence and soul of prayer he never knew. He has never wrestled with the angel, never sighed and cried …

SERMON • SERMON 1441

The Prosperous Man's Reminder

Hosea 13:5-8

… Ah, you remember it, now, and you acknowledge that you then turned to God in real earnest, for you had nowhere else to turn! What times of prayer

SERMON • SERMON 1564

Desires Towards God—a Sermon For The Weak

Psalm 38:9

Prayer without desire is dead—its soul has fled, it is but the carcass of prayer. When desire is burning in the soul, it sends up the flame …

SERMON • SERMON 2541

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… Oh, for more of them—not prayer without praise, nor praise without prayer! Prayer and praise, like the two horses in Pharaoh's chariot, make our Christian life …

SERMON • SERMON 2365

"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"

2 Chronicles 24:2

… There is a prayer that I recommend to everyone as I desire to use it myself, "Lord, let me know the very worst of my case! Do not …

SERMON • SERMON 2480

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… Now you see that he tries to get alone for private prayer as often as he can. He may not have the privilege of a room to himself …