Prayer

The Minister's Farewell

Acts 20:26-27

… I confess to many errors and failings, and more especially to a want of earnestness when engaged in prayer for your souls. But there is one charge which …

The Right Kind of Fear

Proverbs 28:14

… But I have also seen some such as the one I mentioned just now, who have not lived near to God, who have neglected prayer, who have done …

Faith's Firm Resolve

Psalm 71:16

… Williams, said in prayer just now—many a Thursday night have the saints of God come in here burdened and they have gone away lightened, for God has …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… We often hear discourse concerning private prayer, but very seldom of private praise: and yet ought there not to b as much private praise as private prayer? I …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… in Ps 36:5-9 he extols the various attributes of the Lord; in Ps 36:10-11 he addresses the Lord in prayer, and in the last …

Paul in the Tempest

Acts 27:18-25

… Psalm 90 is entitled "A Prayer of Moses, the man of God," and it furnishes a suitable prayer for every man of God. Any men of God who …

Who Loves Christ More?

Luke 7:41-43

… Words make not prayer—they often burden it, and prevent it from flying— "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire" and David, in a few earnest words, expressed …

Fallen Angels a Lesson To Fallen Men

2 Peter 2:4

… There is a great difference between gift in prayer and grace in prayer: gift will breed pride, and pride will ensure destruction; it is only grace that can …

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… There must, at any rate, be the trial of faith in taking the promise and pleading it before God in prayer and expecting the fulfillment of it. Be …

Forgetting God

Hosea 13:6

… By-and-by, family prayer gets pushed into a corner—very short and not very sweet. And private prayer hardly knows where to find a place for the …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… I could never understand that prayer which is put into the prayer-book, that God would deliver us from sudden death. Why, methinks, it is the most desirable …

God—All in All

Job 34:29

… WE commenced our special services with a sermon of encouragement, by which we were reminded of the rapid answer which Daniel received to his prayer, [Sermon #734—The …

Girded for the Work

1 Peter 1:13

… The prayer of David has never been fulfilled in their experience, "Unite my heart to fear Your name." They cannot cry with the sweet Psalmist of Israel, "My …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… The time when Messiah would suddenly come in His temple had certainly arrived, and he was day and night with prayer, like all the faithful of the ten …

First Things First

… SPURGEON, DELIVERED AT THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE LONDON BANKS' PRAYER UNION, HELD AT THE EGYPTIAN HALL, MANSION HOUSE, LONDON, ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1885, THE RIGHT …

Fragrant Graces

Songs 1:12

… should He not come to you now? Oh, breathe the prayer—tenderly and hopefully breathe the prayer—"Draw me," and you will soon find power to run, and …

Great Spoil

Psalm 119:162

… God says this and that in the Word and we in prayer, in faith, in holy action reply to Him—and then He speaks again and we answer …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… It may be that some mourner is lamenting bitterly that he makes very slow progress in Grace. "I have been seeking God in prayer," says one, "these months …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… Our Lord had looked into the temple, and had found the house of prayer to be a den of thieves. He condemned the Jewish church to remain a …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:20

… Therefore the wonderful efficacy of prayer, because prayer is the embodiment of a longing inspired of God because He intends to bestow the blessing! What are your longings …

The Sluggard's Reproof

Proverbs 20:4

… That prayer meeting is in Hell! There is a begging meeting there, indeed. Oh, that there were on earth half the prayer there will be there! Oh, that …

God's Gentle Power

1 Kings 19:11-13

… Elijah had gone to the top of Carmel and had pleaded his cause, and the rain floods had come in answer to his prayer He had taken the …

The Great Catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall

… Much prayer was offered, and I looked forward hopefully, but yet felt overweighted with a sense of responsibility, and filled with a mysterious premonition of some great trial …

Inexcusable Irreverence and Ingratitude

Romans 1:20

… The Lord have mercy on you! How true is my text, still, even of many who are found in the House of Prayer, "When they knew God, they …

Direction In Dilemma

Exodus 14:13

… What a needful prayer is that, "Show me what I am to do." In dilemmas between one duty and another it is so sweet to be humble as …

Psalm 71

Psalm 71

… We have here THE PRAYER OF THE AGED BELIEVER, who, in holy confidence of faith, strengthened by a long and remarkable experience, pleads against his enemies, and asks …

Job's Regret and Our Own

Job 29:2

… How is it with you as to private prayer? Are there not believers, and we hope true believers too, who are lax in devotion? The morning prayer is …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… They object to you on the ground that they consider you do not use sufficient reverence in prayer. This was very well answered by Mr. Carr, and some …

The Backslider'S Way Hedged Up

Hosea 2:5-7

… I pray you, however, lift up your hearts in prayer for those who are and ask my Master that as this bow is drawn at a venture He …

Father’s Furlough, and how I Shared it

… Ere we left the gay capital, " we had knelt in prayer, asking for peace and pleasure on our way ; and, at the very start, we had an answer …

Cries From the Cross

Psalm 22:1

… This turning away of the Divine Father from hearing His Son's prayer is just in keeping with His condition as the sinner's Surety. His prayer must …

A Cheerful Giver is Beloved of God

2 Corinthians 9:7

… And it should be their earnest prayer that what is preached by some may be illustrated by themselves in their daily walk and conversation. A considerable portion of …

"My Garden"—"His Garden"

Solomon 4:16

… You cannot stir your own Graces! You cannot make them more! You cannot cause their fragrance to flow forth! True, by prayer you may help to this end …

The Last Year at Waterbeach and Cambridge

… One queer old man offered a very extraordinary prayer for me. I did not understand it at the time, and I hardly think he ought to have prayed …

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… We love to feel all through our prayer and to say when it is ended, "In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord." The keys of Heaven are …

Communion With Christ And His People

… We speak with Him in prayer, and He speaks with us through the Word. Some of us speak oftener with Christ than we do with wife or child …

The King and His Court

Psalm 101:6

… When you go on your knees at night you will not be able to find yourself so led out in prayer as you were, before, when you were …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… If it really rises from the heart, prayer is an infallible mark of the new birth. If it can be said of a man, "He does not pray …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… It is a heavy load that is to be cast upon God and it requires the hand of prayer and the hand of faith to make the transfer …

Obtaining Promises

Hebrews 11:33

… You must not simply believe them but exercise importunate prayer about them. "Knock and it shall be opened." These promises are not to be had for the mere …