Prayer

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… Where there is faith, again, there is always prayer. Depend upon it, that if Saul of Tarsus cries, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” it will …

The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers

Galatians 6:9

… Hymns are sung without the slightest sign of life and prayer offered without heart. A living Sunday school teacher standing by has been ready to weep to see …

Psalm 59

Psalm 59

… Unbelief would have suggested that prayer was a waste of breath, but not so thought the good man, for he makes it his sole resort. He cries for …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… Monday, February 27th.— Prayer-meeting for females only, at six. Young people’s prayer-meeting at the same time. At seven, Elders and Deacons will deliver addresses to …

The Heart Perfumed

Romans 5:5

… Oh, Christian! You know what this means! You have had it in the prayer chamber when you have been alone with God! You have had it in the …

Close

… I was thinking of you when I wrote this page, and I laid down my pen and solemnly bowed my knee in prayer for everyone who should read …

Psalm 3

Psalm 3

… Verse 4. "He heard me." I have often heard persons say in prayer, "Thou art a prayer-hearing and a prayer-answering God," but the expression contains a …

The Seven Sneezes

2 Kings 4:35

… He hastened to the chamber where the dead child was laid upon the bed and there, alone, he exercised the sacred power of prayer—again and again he …

God Comforting His People

Isaiah 49:13

… At midnight, in prison, prayer is in season and in place, for Paul and Silas thus prayed at Philippi—and the prison walls began to shake and the …

The Glory, Unity and Triumph of the Church

John 17:22-3

… May His gracious prayer be answered in all of us by the working of the Holy Spirit! I trust that I may say of all of you, my …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… However, if God does not answer prayer in one way, He does in another. The fervent prayer of a righteous man may not prevail in the particular direction …

The Ceremony of Laying the...

… Let me now ask you earnestly to supplicate that the same blessing may rest upon his labors here, in answer to earnest and incessant prayer—prayer inspired by …

Later Literary Works

… To some persons, the use of forms of prayer appears to be lawful; but, as I cannot coincide with that opinion, it would be the height of hypocrisy …

'Return Unto Your Rest'

Psalm 116:7

… Laughter and merriment may do you untold harm unless they are sanctified by the Word of God and prayer—if they are so sanctified, they may not cause …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… The man who believes that he is perfect can never pray the Lord's Prayer—he must offer one of his own making, for he will never be …

Winnowing Time

Jeremiah 23:28

… We know the power of prayer. We have had such answers to prayer that for us to hesitate in avowing it would be perfidious mock-modesty, wicked deception …

The Vine of Israel

Psalm 80:14

… You believe in the power of prayer, do you not, my Brothers and Sisters? Why, some of us can no more doubt the power of prayer than we …

God's Firebrands

Zechariah 3:2

… I took you into the House of Prayer tonight on purpose that My Word might come with power to your soul, and I have this to say to …

Religion a Present Concern

… Christ will not be part-proprietor of any man. “ Continue in Prayer. ” Be much in prayer. God’s plants grow faster in the warm atmosphere of the closet …

The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances

Psalm 77:1-20

… So the first thing Asaph did was he prayed. "I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice." Oh, sweet consolation of prayer! Would …

Indwelling Sin

Job 40:3-4

… You rise in the morning, and dedicate yourselves by fervent prayer to God, thinking what a happy day you have before you. Scarce have you uttered your prayer …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… They are PROFESSORS they have been baptized, they receive the Lord’s Supper, they attend prayer meetings church meetings, and everything else that belongs to the order of …

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… Let us come before the Lord, not as mere bodies, fancying that it is enough to put in an appearance in the place where prayer is known to …

Psalm 74

Psalm 74

… O for more agony in prayer among professing Christians, then should we see miracles of grace. We have here before us a model of pleading, a very rapture …

The Danger of Carnal Security

Judges 18:7

… This spirit breeds carelessness about their lives, about their thoughts, about prayer, about all holy things. They ask, "What is all that to us? It may do very …

"A Peculiar People"

Psalm 4:3

… Try the power of prayer now! "Ah," sighs another, "but I feel so desponding, I am as heavy as lead. If I were thrown up, I should fall …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… And now having thus spoken upon the doctrine, we shall have a few minutes concerning this as A PRAYER. “He shall choose our inheritance for us.” Dry doctrine …

'A Greater Than Solomon'

Matthew 12:42

… There is the matter of faith in prayer, too. You are told repeatedly that there is a prayer-hearing God, that answers to prayer are received. Now, the …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… Wait a long time till your troubles gets frozen thick and firm, and it will take many a day of prayer to get your trouble thawed again. Away …

With the Disciples on the Lake of Galilee

Matthew 8:27

… And do you wonder at it when the peril was so great? That distress led to prayer. Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial. Oh, how …

Order Is Heaven's First Law

Joel 2:8

… I recollect a Brother, a very excellent man, too, who was always at Prayer Meetings and public services, but, unfortunately, being always away from home, his family was …

Memory—The Handmaid Of Hope

Lamentations 3:21

… Therefore, my Soul, go boldly and knock, for He gives liberally and upbraids not! In all states of dilemma or of difficulty prayer is an available source. Bunyan …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… Does a man say, I believe that Jesus died for me, and I hope to be saved, and does he live in a constant neglect of private prayer …

The Test of Taste

1 Peter 2:3

… Dark night seemed settling down upon your spirit and neither moon nor star appeared, but even then— "Prayer made the darkened cloud withdraw, Prayer climbed the ladder Jacob …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… Never was a true Gospel sermon preached, yet, with faith and prayer, that was a failure! Since the day when Christ, our Master, first preached the Gospel, unto …

Concerning the Consolations Of God

Job 15:11

… Is it that you have more business and have grown more worldly? You cannot get out to Prayer Meetings now, nor to week night services. "No," you say …

The Living Care of the Dying Christ

John 18:8

… So our Lord Jesus, here, interprets His own prayer, which dealt with the souls of His people. He mainly interprets it as to their bodies, for He bade …

Lacking Moisture

Luke 8:6

… If they had gone home to cry to God in secret prayer instead of rejoicing in open exultation, there might have been evidences in them of a deeper …

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… To sing a hymn is, in their minds, a good thing, though their heart never praises God! To join in the posture of prayer is, to them, an …

Mourning For Christ

Zechariah 12:10

… It strikes me as being rather a place for public prayer and well adapted for the display of devotion. The idea that prayer is more acceptable in the …