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The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord
Solomon 1:7
… Oh, see Him as He thirsts and has that thirst mocked with vinegar! Hear Him as He prays and has that prayer parodied, "He cries for Elias, let …
SERMON • SERMON 169What Have I Done?
Jeremiah 8:6
… Many a time have I solemnly prayed that prayer, “Lord, help me to know the worst of my own case; if I be still an apostate from thee …
SERMON • SERMON 2266Blessing for Blessing
Ephesians 1:3
… When Jesus knelt in prayer, He prayed to our God! When Jesus leaned in faith upon the promises, He trusted in God that He would deliver Him. When …
SERMON • SERMON 1149My Restorer
Psalm 23:3
… To them prayer is a formality, praise is forgotten, the reading of the Bible is a drudgery, meditation a mere memory and their whole Christianity more like a …
SERMON • SERMON 365Humility
Acts 20:19
… prayer to God that you may be kept humble." I am exceedingly obliged to the gentleman, but I am sure I could make it a matter of prayer …
SERMON • SERMON 1626The Principal Wheat
Isaiah 28:25
… Breathe that prayer to God, now, and may He hear it on behalf of every one of us by sending us His Holy Spirit! I. There is one …
SERMON • SERMON 2794A Refreshing Canticle
Song 1:4
… Our old proverb says, "Prayer and provender hinder no man's journey," and I believe that prayer and meditation hinder no man's work! Try to get a …
SERMON • SERMON 1972A Bit of History for Old and Young
Genesis 48:15
… Oh, that it may take our sons and daughters in its course! "Bless the lads." Sunday school teachers, is not that a good prayer for you? Pray the …
SERMON • SERMON 572Laus Deo
Romans 11:36
… I think that this sentence should be the prayer, the motto for every one of us—"To Him be glory forever. Amen." I will be but very brief …
SERMON • SERMON 494The Betrayal
Luke 22:47
… He had been much in prayer; prayer had overcome his dreadful agitation; he was very calm; and we need to be very calm when we are forsaken by …
SERMON • SERMON 3226Figs and Olives
James 3:12
… That very wish, if it is the sincere desire and prayer of your heart, may be the first evidence that you have already been born-again, even as …
SERMON • SERMON 686Obedience Better Than Sacrifice
1 Samuel 15:2
… when you rise up from that reverent posture, let it be with the prayer— "Help me to run in Your commands, 'Tis a delightful road. Nor let my …
SERMON • SERMON 2302Watching For Christ's Coming
Luke 12:37
… I AM about to speak of the Second Coming of Christ and I felt thankful that my dear Brother's prayer, although we had not been in consultation …
SERMON • SERMON 2732Believers Tested by Trials
Job 23:8-10
… You are sure to be heard, Beloved, if you pour out your heart before the God that hears prayer! He will never be weary of your cries—they …
SERMON • SERMON 2878Good Cheer for the Needy
Psalm 9:18
… There would be no diminution of zeal in you—no lack of life in you, no declension from Grace in you—no neglected prayer in you. You would …
SERMON • SERMON 3052Christ's Loneliness and Ours
John 16:31
… They left His lone prayer to ascend to Heaven unattended by sympathetic cries. He was alone, too, when put upon His trial. False witnesses were found to bear …
SERMON • SERMON 499The Clean and the Unclean
Leviticus 11:2
… inflicted a blight, or where the hope of redemption should not inspire a prayer. Sometimes, brethren you get all alone and quiet, but do not imagine that you …
SERMON • SERMON 3043Filling Up the Measure of Iniquity
Genesis 15:16
… You were glad enough if somebody would pray with you then! And, after a fashion, you shuffled into some sort of prayer of your own and you promised …
COMMENTARYPsalm 104
Psalm 104
… We may regard the closing verses Ps 104:31-35 as a Sabbath meditation, hymn, and prayer. The whole lies before us as a panorama of the universe …
SERMON • SERMON 2683The Bitterness of the Cross
Zechaariah 12:10
… Till with You in the garden I heard Your pleading prayer, And saw the bloody drops of sweat That told Your sorrow there." II. Now, secondly, OUR CONTINUED …
SERMON • SERMON 2326Satan Departing, Angels Ministering
Luke 4:13
… In my Brother's prayer, he suggested to us, if you remember, that in casting our burden upon the Lord, we might not be able to get rid …
SERMON • SERMON 207Sovereign Grace and Man’s Responsibility
Romans 10:20-21
… How often did your mother speak to you, and your father warn you; and you have forgotten the prayer in that bed-room when you were sick, when …
SERMON • SERMON 1205All For Jesus!
Colossians 3:24
… They do not care how beautifully you pray at Prayer Meetings. They have very little respect for the excellent addresses you deliver in the Sunday school. But to …
SERMON • SERMON 1273The Oil of Gladness
Psalm 45:7
… Certainly, when the Holy Spirit spake concerning sick men, and advised that medicines should be used, and prayer for their restoration, he prescribed anointing with oil. I suppose …
SERMON • SERMON 2739'I Have Enough'
Genesis 33:9
… It should be a distinguishing mark of a child of God that even when he is in the greatest agony, and his prayer has the most of disturbance …
SERMON • SERMON 3199How the Lambs Feed
Isaiah 5:17
… I love to see our young people coming to the Prayer Meetings and week-day services so continually. You will grow in Grace if you are often engaged …
SERMON • SERMON 522Mealtime In The Corn Fields
Ruth 2:14
… Your retired seasons and occasions of prayer should be to you regal entertainments, or at least refreshing seasons, in which, like the reapers at noonday, you sit with …
SERMON • SERMON 2969Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways
Psalm 91:11
… He was not content that it should be so and, therefore, he breathed this prayer— 25. Quicken You me according to Your word. "Lord, there is nothing but …
SERMON • SERMON 1632The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes
Matthew 2:23
… What if I believe in prayer? What if I receive answers to prayer? Shall I blush about that? Let those blush scarlet who never pray, or have no …
SERMON • SERMON 3018The True Lineage
Luke 11:27
… Fall flat on your face upon Christ's promise! As for your own righteousness, away with it to the dogs! No prayer, no tears, no vows, no sighs …
SERMON • SERMON 1392A Catechism for the Proud
1 Corinthians 4:7
… Whatever their doctrinal views and sentiments, let them but speak with God in prayer or praise and they will all say, "It was all Your work as far …
SERMON • SERMON 3441God's Memorial Of His People
Isaiah 49:16
… You thought the service long—thought the time for prayer came around too soon—refused to give to My cause and said it was a tax. You have …
SERMON • SERMON 540The Lambs And Their Shepherd
Isaiah 40:11
… Their daily prayer is— "Teach me to run in Your commands, It is a delightful road. Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands, Offend against my God …
SERMON • SERMON 2956A Handkerchief
John 20:15
… Even in prayer, I do not always prevail. My petitions often seem to come back to me unanswered." Well, dear Friend, do not altogether regret your weakness, for …
SERMON • SERMON 482The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot
Song 3:6-11
… Besides this, and here is an opportunity for you all to carry swords—every valiant man in God's Israel carries the sword of prayer, which is comparable …
SERMON • SERMON 2119Magdalene at the Sepulcher—an Instructive Scene
John 20:10-16
… Another abounds in private prayer and is mighty on her knees. Another feels bound to go where Christ Jesus is earnestly talked about, and therefore he spends many …
SERMON • SERMON 1786Our Sanctuary
Jeremiah 17:12
… Nor does this destroy your prayer, or even shorten its power. Our God can put our speech together when we cannot put it together ourselves. A sigh here …
SERMON • SERMON 2072Breakfast With Jesus
John 21:12
… But if you look to Him, you shall have your prayer answered. "In some way or other the Lord will provide." I cannot tell how, any more than …
SERMON • SERMON 236The Shameful Sufferer
Hebrews 12:2
… But I never read of a case in which when the prayer was uttered it has been laughed at, and made the object of a jest. But here …
SERMON • SERMON 3134The Spirit's Work in the New Creation
Genesis 1:2
… I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me. [See Sermons #1505, Volume 25— PRAYER TO GOD IN TROUBLE AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE and #1876, Volume 31—ROBINSON CRUSOE …