Prayer

Christian Diligence

… of Jericho when he meets the angel of the Lord; Jacob is in prayer, and the angel of God appears to him; Gideon is threshing, and Elisha is …

A New School of the Prophets

… Look, in prayer, to the Sacred Three-one God, and then you will be delivered. " Your anxious friend, 'Write again." " C. H. Spurgeon." " I was set at liberty …

Public Meeting Of Our London Baptist Brethren

… Whether the Church is awake or asleep—whether there is prayer or no prayer—whether there is activity or no activity—it matters not. It must come, and …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… The Lord may send us a ton of trouble, but this will be better than an ounce of sin! Do not let all your prayer run after deliverance …

Effectual Calling

Luke 19:5

… Some of my hearers can scarce come for an hour to their meals but they must have a word of prayer and reading of the Scriptures. Christ comes …

Psalm 41

Psalm 41

… from Ps 41:4-9 he states his own case, proceeds to prayer in Ps 41:10, and closes with thanksgiving, Ps 41:11-13. EXPOSITION Verse 1 …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… He believed in the God that hears prayer. His benediction was a prayer and as he pronounced blessings upon his grandsons he felt that every word he was …

The Young Soul-Winner at Waterbeach

… After a while, he ventured to come forward at the prayer-meeting; he talked about what he had experienced, what he had felt and known. I heard him …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… They were the most pious and devout people in the land; men of prayer in secret and in public, as well as in their families. Their manner of …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… the Master! Was it not asking too much—far too much? Such a prayer ought not to have come from a disciple who had never forsaken his Master …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… He had been to see a dear friend of ours, whose husband was sick unto death; and after commending the sufferer to God in prayer, Mrs. T—— said …

Open-Air Preaching — Remarks Thereon

… Now close your eyes in prayer. When your devotions are over, somebody will have profited by the occasion. Where is your affectionate friend who held your umbrella and …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… He suggested that, instead of going through the usual course of instruction, we might devote the time to prayer, so the whole of that afternoon was spent in …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… I quote the promises, bow the knee in prayer and yet, after all, the poor troubled spirit has to go away still unbelieving, for only God can give …

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… I thought that as last Sabbath we spoke of Christ as the example of protracted prayer, it might seem seasonable at the end of a week of so …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… Though only a youth, I said, “I think I am bound to give myself unto reading, and study, and prayer, and not to grieve the Spirit by unthought …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… You often mention them in prayer. Indeed, they are a kind of proverb in the Christian Church. There were the upper springs and the nether springs. Now every …

A Willing People and an Immutable Leader

Psalm 110:3

… We do not go anywhere but we find really earnest hearts—men full of prayer. I bless God that I can say, concerning the church wherever I have …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… The Believer's prayers prove that the Holy Spirit is still within him. "Take not your Holy Spirit from me," was the prayer of a saint who had …

The Well-Beloved's Vineyard

… if it be so, it is well that our regrets should multiply, but we must change each one of them into a hopeful prayer. Remember, the vine may …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… There is no man living, and there never was a man, and never can be one, who believes the whole of the Book of Common Prayer in its …

Discipline in Christ's Army

Joshua 1:11

… Our prayer is that we may die in harness— "Our body with our charge lay down, And cease at once to work and live." Who wishes to be …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… The Pharisee who devoured the widow's house and made a long prayer, will find that widow's house brought against him, and the long prayer too; for …

'A Song of My Beloved'

Solomon 2:16

… When you wake in the morning, breathe a short prayer while you are dressing, and before bowing the knee, feeling, "I am Christ's, and the first thing …

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… Let the prayer that was offered just now to the great Searcher of Hearts, and Trier of the reins of the children of men, come from your lips …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… us this blessing now! Let the prayer be breathed, "Arise upon us, Sun of Righteousness," and then let the other prayer follow, "Make us to go forth and …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… Make use of him in prayer; I beseech thee, go to him often, because he is thy God. If he were another man’s God, thou mightest weary …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… The joy of the Lord is our strength and it is when we delight ourselves in the Lord that we have assurance of power in prayer. Here faith …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… Spurgeon at a Prayer Meeting for Sabbath schools, which is just as timely and as much needed, now, as when it was delivered in 1877.] OUR Lord's …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… Meditation and prayer are twin sisters and both of them appear to me equally necessary to Christian life. I think meditation mustexist where there is prayer, and prayer …

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching

Solomon 1:6

… When you are on your knees in prayer, pray for others by all means; but, oh, let private prayer be kept up with a view to your own …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… We cry— "If anything is felt 'Tis only pain to find we cannot feel." At such times we have felt that if there was any prayer in us …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… God grant it to you this very hour! May Toplady's prayer be your prayer, also— "Oh, may I never rest Till I find rest in You! Till …

Opening Services

… Now, my Friends, I would ask you tonight to offer one more prayer for me than you have offered before. What am I to do with such a …

God's Knowledge of Sin

Psalm 69:5

… He reads the hypocrite when he puts on his fine vestments and prays his prayer in the most devout style—and even when he gets into his closet …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… Our prayer must be that of Abraham's, "My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, pass not away, I pray You, from Your servant …

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… Now lift up your heart in prayer to God. May now be the very time when you shall be saved. Or ever the next drop of blood shall …

The Royal Savior

Acts 5:31

… Verse 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. They had hunted Paul from city to city, but …

Accomplices in Sin

1 Timothy 5:22

… The next way to keep from being an accomplice in sin is by prayer. Augustine used to offer a short prayer which I commend to you all, "O …

Jesus About His Father’s Business

John 4:34

… Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto …