Prayer

Public Meeting Of The Various Denominations

… The proceedings were commenced by singing and prayer. The REV. C. H. SPURGEON briefly stated the objective of the meeting to be not to collect money, for they …

Communion With Christ and His People

1 Corinthians 10:16

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

A Holy and Homely Resolve

Psalm 101:2

… It IS AN EJACULATION. "O, when will You come unto me?" Many inspired writers, without diverging from their train of thought, interline their purpose with a prayer. There …

Faith, And The Witness Upon Which It Is Founded

1 John 5:9

… He does not need Elijah to come and say, "God hears prayer, for He answered my cries on Carmel and sent rain." He wants no Old Testament saint …

Christ's Transfigured Face

Matthew 17:2

… Luke says that, "as He prayed, the fashion of His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and glistening." Prayer is the key of all mysteries. When …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… And many a time do I breathe the prayer to God that I may die and be gathered at once into Heaven, sooner than be permitted to fall …

Sweet Peace For Tried Believers

John 16:33

… Wonderfully full is that sermon—it is of a piece with His last prayer—and that rises above all other pleadings of men! This farewell discourse may occupy …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… Notice the prayer—"Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation. Then will I teach transgressors Your ways." If you are doubtful as to whether you are saved …

The Love of God and the Patience of Christ

2 Thessalonians 3:5

… The second part of the prayer upon which we shall have to dwell is, "The Lord direct your hearts into the patience of Christ." Now, Beloved, I have …

God'S Witnesses

Isaiah 43:10

… One of the first is this—is there such a thing nowadays as a distinct interposition of God on behalf of man in answer to believing prayer? The …

Effects Of Sound Doctrine

Matthew 24:24

… Believing himself to be chosen of God, he is always watching unto prayer that he may not stain his garments, and bring dishonor upon the God who has …

Landlord and Tenant

Isaiah 38:1

… I thank God that some of us have yielded to the Lord this right and now our prayer often is that He would come into our house, search …

Found By Jesus—And Finding Jesus

John 1:43-45

… Oh, if you want to be saved, be much in prayer! I do not mean merely saying prayers—what is the good of that? I do not mean …

A Generous Proposal

Numbers 10:29

… I hope that a part of that Church worships in this House of Prayer. A part of that Church will be found to worship in every House of …

Spiritual Convalescence

Zechariah 10:12

… We have sometimes felt so despondent that we did not know what to do—and then, though perhaps we had not been specially engaged in prayer, and had …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… You have gone home from this place, and you could not help it, you have sought your chamber and bowed your knee in prayer; such prayer as it …

A Testimony To Free and Sovereign Grace

Psalm 37:39

… The first desire we have to be right—the first prayer we breathe towards God—all this is the movement of eternal Grace upon our souls which otherwise …

Perfect Justification and Perfect Pardon

Jeremiah 50:20

… Calling upon Him in prayer, and rendering praise to Him, "so shall I be saved from my enemies." You remember how the army of Jehoshaphat marched forth into …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… Never does a prayer of penitence rise from a breaking heart without rejoicing the soul of Jesus, for, "There is joy in the presence of the angels of …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… I shall have to stand before my God—oh, pray for me!" The prayer is offered for him with sincere earnestness and the way of salvation is for …

Startling!

2 Kings 8:12

… God heard the prayer that Elijah had prayed against Israel, for it was really a prayer against the people who had forsaken the Lord their God. There are …

"On His Breast"

John 13:23-26

… If God gives the prayer of faith, you can pray it—but you cannot pray that prayer at your own will. He that can most often pray the …

The Deep-Seated Character of Sin

Jeremiah 17:1

… I thank God that I have not to complain of inattentive audiences, but still, how often during prayer your hearts are anywhere but at the Throne of God …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… Where your greatest danger lies, there have I planted My batteries of prayer 'I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not.'" 33. And he said unto …

'That King Ahaz'

2 Chronicles 28:22

… Ministers should be much in prayer for their people. When John Welsh's wife found him on the ground with his eyes red with weeping—and she found …

The Objective of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… Make this your prayer, "Bind the Sacrifice with cords, even with cords to the horns of the altar," and let that Altar be the broken body of your …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… Who among us will be afraid to do anything or go anywhere if Jesus says, "I will go with you"? Such was the prayer the spouse put up …

"The Marriage of the Lamb"

Revelation 19:7

… You could not judge from his prayer. "The saints in prayer appear as one." Denomination? A plague upon denomina-tionalism! There should be but one denomination—we should …

The Backslider's Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… One of them is access to God in prayer. The wanderer is shut out from God, he cannot come near to God in prayer. But when he returns …

"All of One"

Hebrews 2:11-13

… He says, "the children which God has given Me." You know that, in the 17th of John, in that wonderful prayer of our Lord to His Father, He …

Good Cheer From Christ's Real Presence

Mark 6:45-52

… Now that the crowd is gone, He can take His rest—and He finds it in prayer. He went up into a mountain—in a place where He …

The Soul's Food and Drink

John 6:55

… This would have been a good prayer if they had understood the meaning of the Savior's words but, as it was, it was a blind prayer. They …

Feeding on the Bread of Life

John 6:47

… Be as diligent in prayer and holy living as if everything depended upon yourself. Yet forget not to fall back upon the grand Truth of God that, after …

Burden-bearing

Galatians 6:2

… Of course you cannot repent and believe for it, but you canbelieve aboutit and you can, by faith and prayer, bring it to Jesus' feet and lay it …

Saying Versus Doing

Matthew 21:28-30

… And our prayer is that we may continue laboring in that vineyard till our Heavenly Father shall call us Home. We would like to have a long day …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… When the Holy Spirit creates in us the inwrought prayer, it is sure to be an effectual prayer—but the ineffectual prayers of our own unaided spirit are …

The Well-beloved's Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1

… In the original, the words express a wish or prayer—"May He not allow your foot to be moved." Promised preservation should be the subject of perpetual prayer …

A Lost Christ Found

Luke 2:44-46

… If you cannot spend your time in prayer and in seeking what Jesus said and did, you had better be at home. Christ is often lost at a …

The Anxious Enquirer

Job 23:3

… Not once, nor twice, nor 50 times, but very often have they bent their knees in agonizing prayer and yet, up to this moment, so far as their …

Feeding on the Word

Isaiah 55:2

… You say, "Well, now, do you not think that one sermon on Sunday is quite enough?" Then there is the Prayer Meeting, and you say, "It is only …