Prayer

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… The prayer is not true, although it is borrowed from the Bible, if the suppliant invite the All seeing in, and yet would give a thousand worlds, if …

The Priest Dispensed With

1 John 5:10

… The diligent reader of the Bible, reading it with prayer, is very unlikely to remain unsaved— before long the Spirit of God, who works through the Word, applies …

The Question Between the Plagues

Exodus 10:3

… Forgive me just this once." Then, when his prayer had been heard and the plague had been removed, Pharaoh went back to his old natural hardness and said …

Enoch

Genesis 5:21-24

… We assemble around the table of fellowship, we unite in our meetings for prayer and worship and the center for us all is the name of the Lord …

To You

… Oh that we may seek this together! I do so by dedicating this little book with prayer. Will not you join me by looking up to God, and …

A Call to the Lord's Own Flock

Ezekiel 34:30

… Nothing comforts my heart like the Prayer Meetings which are so continual among us. Even the little gathering for prayer which meets on Thursday before my sermon has …

The Best Friend

Proverbs 27:10

… have united yourself with His people, you love to join with them in prayer and praise. You are not ashamed to be called by Christ's name as …

A Cure for a Weak Heart

Psalm 31:24

… Everything has seemed to be going wrong and he has got worried and troubled till he has stepped aside and retired for a little prayer to his God …

"Lo, I Come"—Application

Psalm 40:7

… To Him, then, lift up your hearts in prayer. I. I will commence with this observation—THE LORD CHRIST HAS TIMES OF HIS FIRST COMINGS TO MEN—"Then …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… This thorn compelled Paul to cry unto God and, having commenced to pray, he resorted to prayer again and again. "I besought the Lord thrice." It may be …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… God is thus addressed, "Where is Your zeal, and the sounding of your heart, and of Your mercies towards me? Are they restrained?" What a plea in prayer …

The Holy Spirit—the Need of the Age

Micah 2:7

… Jacob's faith in Jehovah, they knew nothing of Jacob's power of prayer—and nothing of his reliance upon the Covenant. The words of Micah imply that …

Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

… I was so happy, God was so gracious to me and to all the assembled Brothers, in answer to prayer, that I felt, each night when I got …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… The prayer of my heart is that some may be led to believe to see, and that those who have been trying to see in order to believe …

Love Stronger Than Death

John 13:1

… He looked upon their redemption as being already accomplished, for in His prayer He said to His Father, "I have finished the work which You gave Me to …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… Is there any work which we should complete without praise to God? Prayer should always have praise mingled with it. The preaching of the Gospel, or the writing …

The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem

… Breathe thy prayer out now, and it shall be done, for he is nigh thee now. He is standing by thy side, he speaks to thee, and he …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… I think our Prayer Meetings should be the seasons when the Church brings up all her barley loaves and fishes to Christ. To get them blessed, here we …

The Blind Befriended

Isaiah 42:16

… And I trust that others who do not know that, may breathe the prayer at once, "Lord, lead me in the way I have not known." Somebody said …

Marah Better Than Elim

Exodus 15:22-26

… Next, they learned the power of prayer. Will you kindly fix your eyes upon those two verses, 24 and twenty-five? "And the people murmured against Moses, saying …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… One of the privileges of the Christian is prayer . It is the believer's privilege, to go to God an ask for what he wants, and have it …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… She does not appear, at that time, to have lifted up her heart in prayer to God. She had lived in a godly household, but possibly, as she …

Nearness To God

Ephesians 2:13

… We come near to God in prayer. Our nearness to God is peculiarly evinced at the Mercy Seat. The very term we use for prayer is, "Let us …

Mysterious Visits

… Commune with Him amid the olive-groves so dear to Him in many a night of wrestling prayer. If ever there was a country in which men should …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… The daily prayer will become shorter and shorter, if not irregular. Occasionally the period allotted to the reading of the Word will be given to business or worldly …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… Take the sermon, Beloved, when you have listened to it, lay it down on the floor of meditation, and beat it with the flail of prayer so you …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… Your retired periods and occasions of prayer should be to you refreshing seasons, in which, like the reapers at noonday, you sit with the Master and enjoy his …

Work For Jesus

Matthew 21:28

… Since then, you who know the Lord, must often have heard a voice speaking to you and bidding you seek His face in prayer. Perhaps you have been …

A Prospect of Revival

Isaiah 51:3

… I remember one Monday afternoon, when we had been waiting upon the Lord in prayer ever since seven o'clock in the morning, that there came a most …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… One puff of the breath of prayer and questions and taunts are gone. One puff of the breath of holy faith in praise and every skeptical attack is …

The Heavenly Race

1 Corinthians 9:24

… They find they have little time for devotions; morning prayer must be cut short, because their business begins early; they can have no prayer at night, because business …

Bringing the King Back

2 Samuel 19:10

… But there are numbers who never attend the Prayer Meeting and so deny the Lord Jesus even the cheap love-token of their prayers. Well, perhaps He is …

The Ploughman

… We had a seat at the chapel, we attended the services on week-nights as well as on Sundays, we went to prayer-meetings, we joined a Bible …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… THE PRAYER OF PAULINUS “It was the speech of Paulinus, when his city was taken by the barbarians, Domine, ne excrucier ob aurem et argentum : ‘Lord, let me …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… Wait till ye are dying, and then he will give you strength to die. “O!” says another, “I wish I felt as strong in prayer as so-and …

In the Sunny South

… They started from the hotel soon after the little company of friends, who had gathered for morning prayer, had dispersed, and if the weather was favourable for a …

Incidents of Home and School Life

… If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… When they were in a humbler condition of society they were known to find great enjoyment at Prayer Meetings—the assembling of the saints together was very joyful …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… He has said it. "I will do it." There does not appear to have been a word of entreaty or prayer. Prayer against so dread a trial might …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… Have they lost their savour? Have they lost their music? At times, when prayer is offered, ye remember that your ancient pastor prayed the same petition fifty years …