Prayer

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… If a house be builded for prayer, that man must expect no blessing who neglects to tread its floor. If a pulpit be erected for the ministration of …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… Let us breathe a prayer at the commencement of the sermon this morning, "Lord, break the fetters, and set free the captives. Glorify thyself this morning by proving …

Prayer 11 — Under The Blood

… joyful and strong, and gracious and heavenly! But we cannot leave off our prayer when we have prayed for Thy people, though we have asked large things. We …

Sins of Omission

Jeremiah 11:8

… God forgive them and send a change in the manners of the people by which the Houses of Prayer shall be thronged! Alas, it is not with these …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… He was ever remarkable for his early and constant attendance at the prayer-meeting and other week-day services. He had a childlike faith and a manly constancy …

The Church of Christ

Ezekiel 34:26

… He recollected what he prayed for, and that the prayer was not fulfilled; but he dare not pass the tree without kneeling down to pray himself; and there …

Prayer 2 — Thanks Be Unto God

… We groan out this prayer from our very heart, yet can we also sing it, for Thou hast heard us plenteously already, and our heart doth rejoice in …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… To a congregation who love you it is quite allowable to mention your grief that many of them are unsaved, and your vehement desire, and incessant prayer for …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… I know you will be pleased to receive it, and will you remember my dear friend in prayer ? "Yours deeply-indebted. The book having been so manifestly owned …

The Lord's Eternal Rest

Psalm 132:14

… ver prayer, but here, in this 16t verse, we have a golden answer. The prayer of the Psalmist was, "Let your saints shout for joy." The Lord's …

Smoking Flax

Isaiah 42:3

… Having those desires, you pray. "O Sir," you say, "it is not worth calling prayer!" Well, we will not call it prayer, then, but it is prayer, for …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… Therefore, would we begin this prayer by entreating Thee to behold and visit the vine and the vineyard which Thy right hand hath planted. Look upon Zion the …

Where to Find Fruit

Hosea 14:8

… Has not it been when you have lived farthest from the Lord Jesus Christ, when you have slackened in prayer, when you have departed somewhat from the simplicity …

Sympathy and Song

Romans 12:15

… Continuing instant in prayer Distributing to the necessity of the saints. When you have told your own needs to God, then help the necessities of those who come …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… Here it is’my Lord it generally here at prayer-meetings on Monday nights, and, indeed, whenever His people come together for prayer, there He is. So I …

Till We Meet Again

Revelation 22:21

… When they are in the midst of a letter, they lay down their pen and offer a prayer. And when they begin, again, it is with a benediction …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… She went down one street and another, as we may resort to the street of private prayer, a narrow and little-frequented way, and she said, "I shall …

The History of Sundry Fools

Psalm 107:17-20

… Our fall, our sin, our call by grace, our prayer, the Lord's answer to that prayer by Jesus Christ—in all these, "as face answereth to face …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… If thou couldst pray the best prayer in the world, without the Spirit, God would have nothing to do with it; but if thy prayer be broken, and …

The Power of the Holy Ghost

Romans 15:13

… He sits down on an humble bench by the penitent; he lets his knees bend, whilst his lips utter a child’s prayer; but, whilst a child’s …

Sin Slain

Judges 4:22

… Perhaps it is not a prayer, as we use the term in ordinary conversation. He cannot put many words together. It is a sigh—a sigh for he …

Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"

1 Chronicles 22:19

… Do not rest in hymn singing, Church going, Chapel going, bending your knees in private prayer, or in anything else that comes of yourself. Your salvation lies outside …

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… And now in the Psalms, we find him the author of a prayer: “A prayer of Moses, the man of God.” Happy combination of the poet, the preacher …

Salt For Sacrifice

Leviticus 2:13

… What is the use of a sermon if there is no unction in it? What is unction but the Holy Spirit? What is prayer without the anointing that …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… You will remember our taking a pathetic verse for our meditation, some little while ago, which was the prayer of a saint in trouble, whose prayer was, "Look …

The Way to God

John 14:6

… Never has a prayer ascended to God save through Jesus Christ. Never has a blessing come down to man save through the same Divine Mediator. There is now …

A Sweet Bow

Micah 7:18

… God determined to destroy the race of Israel in the wilderness. "Let Me alone that I may destroy them." But the prayer of Moses touched the tender part …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… Oh, that we used more argument in prayer! Prayers are weak when they lack pleadings. "Bring forth your strong reasons, says the Lord." The sinews of prayer are …

Knowing and Doing

John 13:17

… The very sight of their Bible and Prayer Book seems to make their faces long and dismal at once. Prayer—is that a pleasure to them? To sing …

"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"

Genesis 26:29

… May this be your prayer— "Lord, I hear of showers of blessings You are scattering full and free! Showers, the thirsty land refreshing, Let some droppings fall on …

Our Lord in the Valley of Humiliation

Philippians 2:8

… And those struggles drove Him to prayer. He even lost consciousness of God's Presence, so that He cried in sore anguish, "My God, My God, why have …

"Jesus Wept"

John 11:35

… And you, dear Friends, if you want to win in prayer, must weep in prayer. Let your soul arouse itself to eager desire and trouble itself to anguish …

The Three Hours' Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… I would ask Brothers and Sisters who are present to join with us in earnest prayer that there may be a thorough revival throughout England of the preaching …

Divine Love and Its Gifts

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… His prayer is singularly emphatic. He cries to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, and to God, even our Father, to comfort their hearts, that by such consolations they …

A Message From God

Judges 3:20

… Within this House of Prayer, sometimes, there are many who hardly know how to keep their seats when we try to ply the conscience with all the arguments …

Covenant Blessings

Psalm 111:5

… I know there is rich fruit on it and if I cannot at once get it, I shake the tree backwards and forwards by prayer and meditation until …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… He has no regular income, but he says, "I will prove to the world that God hears prayer." So he lives in the exercise of prayer and though …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… Do not waste those few minutes which you allot to morning prayer! Lay a text on your tongue and, like a wafer made with honey, it shall sweeten …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… Though it may have been a long time since you bowed your knee in prayer. Though your Bible has become covered with dust through your neglect and though …

Particular Redemption

John 6:44

… If coming to Christ includes the utterance of a prayer, man has no physical defect in that respect, if he be not dumb, he can say a prayer …