Prayer

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… It is the sum and substance of my prayer." When Faith grows strong and takes to pleading in prayer (and oh how mighty she is with God in …

Morning, May 2

Jn 17:15

… Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put up the prayer, “O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at …

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… Immediately after God’s appearing to Abraham, his consecration was manifest, first, in his prayer for his family. “O that Ishmael might live before thee!” Men of God …

Do You Know Him?

Philippians 3:10

… Observe that this is not Paul’s prayer as an unconverted man, that he may know Christ, and so be saved; for it follows upon the previous supplication …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… Have I one here whose mouth is foul with oaths? Has there strayed into this House of Prayer tonight one who has cursed God and dared in his …

Blessed Discipline

Psalm 94:12-15

… Hence the prayer of the Psalmist, "O Jehovah, the God of recompenses (or revenges, as the margin has it), show Yourself." 2. Lift up Yourself, You judge of …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… If I present my prayer, he will not hear me; if I cry unto him, yet peradventure the heavens will he as brass; I have been so great …

Jesus In Our Midst

John 20:19

… We saw Him as we walled to the house of prayer. We met Him in the early morning Prayer Meeting," this is good news to us and confirms …

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… It is an evil economy that tries to take time for other things that should be spent in prayer, for the shortening of prayer will be the weakening …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… She gave the Lord little prayer and little praise. Come, Brothers and Sisters, I will bring no accusations against you, but I will make confession of sin for …

The Education of Sons of God

Hebrews 5:8

… the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of His prayer." His agony in Gethsemane was a time of the mightiest prayer that was ever heard in Heaven, yet it …

Lessons on Divine Grace

1 Corinthians 15:10

… quicken You me according to Your word." And at such times, and especially if your prayer has been graciously heard, you have been compelled to say, "It is …

"I Thought"

2 Kings 5:11

… We pray believingly and an answer comes, for believing prayer never fails, but the answer comes in an unexpected fashion and not at all as we thought! We …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… And now, I entreat you for love’s sake to continue in prayer for me. When ye find access to God, remember me. Mind it is not by …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… One other thing must be noted, namely, that this particular time mentioned in the text was prefaced by a special season of prayer on the part of the …

Robbers of God

Malachi 3:8

… Neither in their hearts, nor in private prayer, nor in their families have they paid worship to the Lord. They have never once set up an altar in …

All-Sufficiency Magnified

Philippians 4:13

… Go not forth to your work, therefore, till you have first prayed; that effort which is begun without prayer will end without praise! That battle which commences without …

Portraits Of Christ

Romans 8:29

… for agony— "Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of His prayer." We can never be like the Master till not only in public, but in …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… How about your private life? Do you live without prayer, without searching the Scriptures? Do you live without thoughts of God? Can you live as an habitual stranger …

The Vision of the Field

Ezekiel 36:9

… What can God see? Is there a prayer? Yes, he says a few forms of prayer, but they are dead, lifeless things, and God cannot accept them. Does …

"The Ark of His Covenant"

Revelation 11:19

… Now, it is a part of the Covenant that God hears prayer, that God answers our petitions, that He meets us in a way of reconciled love, that …

The Problem of the Age

Mark 8:4

… The people are not so attentive to the Gospel as once they were—the masses do not care even to enter the House of Prayer. In London they …

A Question for You

John 9:35

… And you come regularly to the Prayer Meetings and the week-night services though there are many who consider you foolish for doing so. All that is well …

"Your First Love"

Jeremiah 2:2

… That is a sweet prayer of David, in the 71st Psalm, "O God, You have taught me from my youth: and up to now have I declared Your …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… Now for years they have neglected prayer. That woman, once a church member, married an ungodly husband, and many a bitter day she has had since then, and …

The Northern Iron and the Steel

Jeremiah 15:12

… God bids you continue prayer, warning instruction, and invitation. If you knew that every soul you preached to or talked with would be lost, it were no less …

The Sower

Matthew 13:3

… I heard a Brother at a Prayer Meeting some time ago, say, "Of which we desire to be glad." That is not what these people said and if …

The First, Last—And the Last, First

Matthew 19:30

… To do a great deal of work with a great deal of unbelief is to do very little, after all, for if a prayer that is unbelieving does …

Among Lions

Psalm 57:4

… Your soul, I might almost say, is among angels, for you dwell where God is worshipped, where family prayer is not forgotten, where you can have a kindly …

'Hiding in You!'

Psalm 143:9

… Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness. And enter not into judgment with Your servant: for …

Conversions Encouraged

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

… LAST Lord's-Day the title of my discourse was, "Conversions Desired" and my earnest prayer to God has been that the effect of this morning's sermon …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… Power in prayer is dependent upon full enjoyment of union and communion with Christ! It is not every man who can ask of God what he wills and …

The Inner Side of Conversion

Jeremiah 31:18-20

… But whenever they are before us, they call for special prayer and trust in God. There is, however, one turning point, and one only, which will secure salvation …

A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny

Psalm 119:168

… In that prayer of the Psalmist, "Seek Your servant," I discern conscious faith in the Divine power. He seems to say, "Lord, I am as silly as a …

The Blood-Shedding

… Follow that man further; they have dragged him with sacrilegious bands from the place of his prayer and his agony, and they have taken him to the hall …

Walking in the Light of the Lord

Isaiah 2:5

… The moment you get liberty in prayer, call in a Brother to pray with you. When you feel very happy and full of praise to God, tell some …

Very Singular

2 Samuel 17:23

… You bow your heads in prayer and yet you do not pray! You are anxious, too, sometimes, and yet that which would end all your anxiety, namely, submission …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… At length the people held a prayer meeting specially to intercede for his soul. Afterwards God put it into the heart of one of the elders of the …

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… When solemn prayer has been offered in His name, we have said, "Amen." How many times have those of us who are in the period of middle life …

The Leading of the Spirit, The Secret Token of the Sons of God

Romans 8:14

… For instance, the Holy Spirit leads the saints to prayer, which is the vital breath of their souls. Whenever they get true access to the Mercy Seat it …