Prayer

Morning, October 11

La 3:41

Morning, October 11 Go To Evening Reading “Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” Lamentations 3:41 The act of prayer …

"Lead Us Not Into Temptation"

Matthew 6:13

… Secondly, the trials which such a prayer deprecates. And then, thirdly, the lessons which it teaches. I. WHAT SUGGESTS SUCH A PRAYER AS THIS?—"Lead us not into …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… Secondly, let us consider HIS CONSEQUENT PRAYER. He did not pray immediately that he might keep the testimony of God's mouth, but he offered the next prayer …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… Dare we come to the sacred feast without prayer? Can we sit there without prayer? Can we retire without prayer? If so, let us not wonder if the …

Right Replies To Right Requests

Luke 11:11-13

… Depend upon it, the most acceptable prayer with God is the evidence of a most accepted state of heart within. Our growth in prayer may be to us …

Evening, September 19

1Sa 1:27

… That which we win by prayer we should dedicate to God, as Hannah dedicated Samuel. The gift came from heaven, let it go to heaven. Prayer brought it …

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… We frequently hear of prayer-meetings, and but seldom of praise-meetings. We acknowledge the duty of prayer by setting apart certain times for it; we do not …

Prologue — Introduction by Dinsdale T. Young

… Every prayer was the effluence of a consecrated personality. No liturgy could have restrained him. One could not imagine him making literary preparation for public prayer. The flower …

Prayer Answered, Love Nourished

Psalm 116:1

… What multitudes of prayers have you and I put up from the first moment when we learnt to pray! The first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… Oh! what a beginning is “Our Father,” to a prayer full of faults, and a foolish prayer perhaps, a prayer in which are going to ask what we …

Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… Family-prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not suffice, these are very precious, but the best beaten spice will smoke in your censer in your private …

One Antidote for Many Ills

Psalm 80:10

… It is by prayer we must lean on God; it is by prayer that God strengthens us. I beseech you, wrestle with God, my dear friends. I know …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

The Redeemer’s Prayer A Sermon (No. 188) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, April 18th, 1858, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens …

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… Consider the life of the prayer rather than the length of the prayer. If your prayer reaches to Heaven it is long enough! What longer can it need …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… made her his text at the prayer-meeting. Engaged in prayer. Have not been able to be much in private prayer today. The joy of my Lord, however …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… We have found a little heaven in prayer. It has eased our load to tell Thee of its weight. It has relieved our wound to tell Thee of …

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

… Psalms are entitled "Songs of Degrees." Certainly the prayer before us might be called a Prayer of Degrees. It begins where all true prayer must commence, with the …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… It may be, my Friend, that you have neglected prayer. Now, prayer is one of those things without which no man can find the Lord. This is how …

Morning, January 2

Col 4:2

Morning, January 2 Go To Evening Reading “Continue in prayer.” Colossians 4:2 It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with …

Evening, January 15

Ps 109:4

Evening, January 15 Go To Morning Reading “But I give myself unto prayer.” Psalm 109:4 Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did …

Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer

John 17:15

… There is, first, the negative prayer— "I pray not that You should take them out of the world." And then, secondly, there is the positive prayer— "But that …

Evening, February 21

Ac 8:30

… You may force your way through anything with the leverage of prayer. Thoughts and reasonings are like the steel wedges which give a hold upon truth; but prayer …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… It is truly consolatory to hear our minister inform us that whatever we ask in prayer, believing, we shall receive." But there the matter ends. And, except with …

March 30 — PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, PRAISE

Phil. 4:6

March 30 PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, PRAISE "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the …

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… Alas, there are some here to whom this prayer is nothing. They are not Christ's, they have not believed in Him. Here is another prayer for you …

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… THIS is the prayer of one who has the present enjoyment of fellowship with Christ. But being apprehensive lest this communion should be interrupted, she avails herself of …

Christian Resignation

Matthew 26:39

… First, then, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS PRAYER? "Not as I will, but as You will." I shall not address myself to those Christians who are but …

Encouragement to Trust and Pray

Isaiah 30:19

… Would He give that Holy Spirit and still suffer prayer to be ineffectual? It is not conceivable! It delights God to listen to the cries of His creatures …

A Typical Week’s Work (Continued)

… A little before seven o'clock, the happy season of talk was brought to a close, a brief prayer for a blessing on the work and workers followed …

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… The same prayer may be uttered by different lips. In the one it may be heard and accepted as spiritual prayer, and in the other it may be …

A Well-ordered Life

Psalm 119:133

… This is not the prayer of an unconverted man, or the cry of an awakened sinner foolishly expecting to find salvation in good works. It is the prayer …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… The furnace of affliction grows cool when Thou art there and the house of prayer, when Thou art present, is none other than the house of God and …

Psalm 70

Psalm 70

… Occasion of his prayer. (a) Affliction. (b) Helplessness. 2. Subject of his prayer. Deliverance, help. 3. Importunity of his prayer. The time of deliverance may be an answer …

Paul's Doxology

Ephesians 3:20

… Paul was a mighty man in prayer. What a wonderful prayer this chapter con-tains—how he finishes up, "That you might be filled with all the fullness …

Comfort for the Desponding

Job 29:2

… There is the cause; and where is the remedy? Why, in more prayer, beloved. It was little prayer that brought you down; it is great prayer that will …

June 6 — HE ALWAYS LISTENS

Ps. 6:9

June 6 HE ALWAYS LISTENS "The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer." Ps. 6:9 The experience here recorded is mine. I can …

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… Thou hast been there, for thou canst not live without it; thou hast lifted up thy heart in prayer, for thou art a Christian, and prayer is as …

March 18 — CONTINUE UPRIGHT

Prov. 15:8

March 18 CONTINUE UPRIGHT "The prayer of the upright is his delight" Prov. 15:8 This is as good as a promise, for it declares a present fact …

Morning, October 29

Mt 6:9

… Our Father which art in heaven, etc.” Matthew 6:9 This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption , “Our Father.” There is …

Prayer to God in Trouble an Acceptable Sacrifice

Psalm 50:15

… The Lord's Prayer, if it is merely rehearsed as a form, may be a solemn mockery. But prayer in the day of trouble is honest speech with …