Prayer

Psalm 129

Psalm 129

… During the long night of the Captivity the faithful had wrestled in faithful prayer; now the morning had appeared, and Israel was raised to a higher stage of …

Scourge For Slumbering Souls

Amos 6:1

… When prayer is offered—and they will sometimes go to prayer meetings—they are criticizing the terms which are used before the mighty God. Sometimes they venture to …

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… in prayer, "Lord, help us who cannot preach to pray for the man who does!" Have you, dear Friend, who cannot preach, made a point of praying for …

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… I wondered what he was thinking of the sermon." Never you mind the man in the aisle—breathe a prayer to God for a blessing on him, but …

Job's Resignation

Job 1:20-22

… One said to me, one evening, "We should have family prayer, my dear Sir, but it is rather late. Do you feel too tired to conduct it?" "No …

Kicking Against The Pricks

Acts 9:5

… And may He who turned the enemy into a friend do the like wonder with some men and women here! People of God, breathe that prayer! There is …

Today! Today! Today!

Psalm 95:7

… He is a happy minister who, while he preaches, is surrounded by a praying people! Joshua in the plain is sure of the victory while Moses pleads upon …

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… Good soldiers of Jesus Christ, watch unto prayer, "praying in the Holy Spirit," for so shall you be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His …

Jonah's Resolve—or, 'Look Again!'

Jonah 2:4

… Answer, dear Hearer, is it not so? It is not the prayer-boo^, but the prayer-faith that we must have! Have you such faith? I beg you …

Perfect Cleansing

Joel 3:21

… Luther was a man who used familiarities with God, and if some of us had heard Luther praying, we would have been shocked—"Oh," we would have said …

Temple Glories

2 Chronicles 5:13

… O Sirs! What shall I do if I have the misfortune to lose my prayer book? And you are my prayer book—my litany, my daily collects are …

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… we never heard of a man that sweat blood before—sweat blood in prayer! And yet listen to His groans! He is not heard by God, for evidently …

A Bad Excuse Is Worse Than None

Luke 14:18

… That little chamber of yours is a witness that you cannot live altogether without prayer. The other day when you went to a funeral you came home with …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… It is a great mistake when the Christian parent makes the reading and prayer in the family a dull monotonous work. Let us be cheerful and happy at …

On Whose Side Are You?

Exodus 32:26

… If we have power with God for men, we shall have power with men for God! He that can overcome Heaven by prayer—what is there that he …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… Oh, our teaching, how feeble! Our preaching, how little in earnest! Our praying, how heartless! Our giving, how scant and how grudging! Oh, how little are our returns …

Psalm 94

Psalm 94

… or, God of retribution, Jehovah, God of retribution, shine forth! A very natural prayer when innocence is trampled down, and wickedness exalted on high. If the execution of …

Reform

2 Chronicles 31:1

… They have heard the gospel not in word only, but also in power, and now their home is a paradise, their house is made glad with prayer, their …

Christ's Word with You

Matthew 11:28

… of you, my Brothers and Sisters, who have found rest, already, will be praying while I am preaching, that the unresting ones may come at this good hour …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… get a blessing is to hear with prayer, to come up to hear what God the Lord shall speak, praying all the while, "O God, bless the message …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… You cannot, of yourself, make a text so full of life and power by merely thinking of it—nor by praying over it, nor by studying the original …

Refuges of Lies and What Will Become of Them

Isaiah 28:17

… O that we might have Grace to invite such a test at once by praying, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my …

Zealots

Luke 6:15

… What Prayer Meetings we have had! Shall we ever forget Park Street—those Prayer Meetings when I felt compelled to let you go without a word from my …

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:1

… You go to your God in the morning and ask Him to provide for you your daily food, and repeat that prayer with more meaning than usual, for …

The Law Written in the Heart

Jeremiah 31:33

… Instead of saying, "I would omit prayer if I could," the regenerate mind cries, "I wish I could be always praying." Instead of saying, "I would keep away …

Heavenly Geometry

Ephesians 3:16-19

… Christ, by listening to the earnest exhortations of our Brethren, by experience, by prayer, and by all other hallowed exertions which Divine Grace has ordained to be the …

The Cast-Off Sash

Jeremiah 13:1-11

… Alas," he cries, "I do not enjoy private prayer and when I pray, and pour out my soul before God, I do not obtain a comfortable answer! I …

The Voice Of Cholera

Amos 3:3-6

… It is high time that it should be made the subject of special prayer, and that the nation should seek unto the Lord for its removal. While as …

Psalm 79

Psalm 79

… By prayer; by pleading his name, his glory, and the blood of Jesus. Verse 8. A sinner's confession, petition, and plea. Verse 9. I. A threefold prayer …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… When we are most eloquent in our Master’s praise, how far our praiser fall beneath his worth! When we are most earnest in prayer, how powerless is …

Children'S Bread Given To Dogs

Matthew 15:27

… soul here who has come to this—that he will never give up praying until he receives a comfortable answer, that he will never cease to weep for …

Dr. Rippon’s Prayer and its Answer

… BENJAMIN KEACH to be their elder or pastor.” Accordingly, he was solemnly ordained, with prayer and the laying on of hands, being then in the twenty-eighth year …

Election and Holiness

Deuteronomy 10:14-16

… Lord, break their hearts, renew their spirits.” Now, I very heartily use this prayer, but how can you do it, if you think it unrighteous in the Lord …

Personal Service

Psalm 116:16

… that even the prayer is said and prayed by the minister for us? There is not always that hearty union in the one great prayer of the day …

Psalm 4

Psalm 4

… In this second division of the Psalm, we are led from the closet of prayer into the field of conflict. Remark the undaunted courage of the man of …

Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

… I tell you that all those many times you have been singing and praying, all pass for nothing in the sight of God, because you are a hypocrite …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

… and his earnest prayer joined with it, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications. 3.—Praying faith, how weak …

Struggles of Conscience

Job 13:23

… Take care; you are praying a tremendous prayer when you are asking God to show you your wickedness. Better for you to modify your prayer, and put it …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… The effects of prayer heretofore have been wonderful. Prayer hath sent down hailstones from heaven to overcome five kings with their armies. Prayer hath shut up the windows …

On the Voice

… Whenever, therefore, we hear a clergyman droning through the church service, and in the same manner and tone of voice reading, praying, and exhorting, we may be perfectly …