Prayer

Love's Climax

1 John 4:10

… Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Have no care, but much prayer. Prayer …

The Philosophy and Propriety of Abundant Praise

Psalm 145:7

… The power of prayer! What of that? Did you ever receive an answer to prayer? Did you ever wrestle with the angel and come away victorious? What do …

Simple But Sound

John 9:25

… That when you thought of prayer, it was a dreary piece of work. Say that now the Bible seems to you a honeycomb full of honey and that …

North and South

Isaiah 43:6

… We must get that by prayer: we must wait upon him with importunity. If there be only two or three whose hearts break over the desolations of the …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… He would have us love one another even as He has loved us! And His prayer is that we may be one. May the Lord hear that prayer …

Divine Interpositions

Psalm 18:16

… In answer to prayer God worketh in his own way for the good of his people without stopping one single wheel of providence: without violating one single law …

Amazing Grace

Isaiah 57:18

… I heard a man pray once at a Prayer Meeting, and he did shout and hallow at such an awful rate that I did not enjoy his prayer …

"I Would, But You Would Not"

Matthew 23:37

… Your prayer will never be heard for me, I am already damned!" And the poor wretch spoke as though he really were so, and were realizing it in …

Prayer 6 — The Wonders of Calvary

Great God, there was a time when we dreaded the thought of coming near to Thee, for we were guilty and Thou wast angry with us, but now …

Contention Ended and Grace Reigning

Isaiah 57:16-18

… When private prayer becomes rather a task than a pleasure and communion with God seems to be little more than looking up to an angry Father who only …

David Dancing Before the Ark Because of His Election

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… What a turning aside from God to the tailor! Often people sit in the House of Prayer and profess to worship but they are noticing who is there …

Joy, a Duty

Philippians 4:4

… For nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. See how the Apostle would bid us throw anxiety …

Neither Forsaken Nor Forgotten

Isaiah 49:16

… There are some of God's children who have little power with Him in prayer—some who walk so disorderly that since they do not listen to God …

The Holy Ghost—The Great Teacher

John 16:13

… If prayer does not explain it, it is one of the things God did not intend you to know, and you may be content to be ignorant of …

A Cure For Care

1 Peter 5:7

… For you will want both hands to honor your Master—with the hand of prayer, "In everything by prayer and supplication, making known your wants unto God." And …

A Grateful Summary of Twenty Volumes

Ephesians 3:8

… I do not know how my soul would have been kept alive if it had not been for the searching of Scripture, the prayer, the faith and the …

The First Note of My Song

Psalm 103:3

… Our Lord said, "After this manner also pray you," and a part of that prayer is, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us …

Sowing and Reaping

Galatians 6:7

… They appear to imagine that if they only compliment their Maker with an occasional "Thank God!" and utter a few words of mere formal prayer, and are not …

Mistaken Notions About Repentance

Ezekiel 36:31

… I can distinctly recollect one of the first answers I ever had to prayer. And when I woke to the consciousness that God did really hear and answer …

Believers as Blessed as the Blessed Virgin

Luke 11:27

… My prayer shall be—and I hope yours will be the same—that we may enjoy that blessedness this very morning and throughout all the rest of our …

The Proof of Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:3

… He always had in his mind's eye the account which he would have to give at the last—and his prayer was that he might render that …

God's Handwriting Upon David

1 Chronicles 28:19

… God grant that you may know, by daily experience, the power of prayer at the place of the Mercy Seat! Then go and tell poor sinners about it …

The True Position of the Witness Within

1 John 5:10

… He still regenerates; He still enlightens; He still consoles; He is still the help of our infirmity in prayer. He is still our Comforter and Guide. In many …

The Great Sin Of Doing Nothing

Numbers 32:23

… We never went to early morning Prayer Meetings, nor to any Prayer Meetings, to pray for a blessing. We never spoke a word or even gave a tract …

No Compromise

Genesis 24:5-8

… he communes with him; he hears his prayer, he accepts his praise; he works in him and with him, and glorifies himself in him. He makes the believing …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… Let our prayer be that we, may enjoy this marvellous portion of the sacred word, and take intense delight in it. As God rests in his love, so …

The Principal Wheat

… This is a good prayer. It should be our desire to rise to the highest form of spiritual life. If you sow this principal wheat, get the best …

Who Can Tell?

Jonah 3:9

… Now may the Spirit of God bring you to your knees, now drive you to prayer, now lead you to faith in the sprinkled blood of the Lamb …

Ploughing the Rock

… He has no time for prayer, he must get down to the counting-house. He has no time for reading his Bible, his ledger wants him. You may …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… Our prayer is like that of quaint old Quarles:— Great ALL IN ALL, that art my rest, my home; My way is tedious, and my steps are slow …

Good Cheer For Outcasts

Psalm 147:2

… lifted up the bronze serpent in the wilderness, it was not with this prayer—"Lord, grant that one or two of those who are bitten by the serpent …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… Fletcher then read the 100th Psalm, and offered the following prayer: — “Father of mercies, our God and Father in Christ Jesus, we approach Thy throne in the Name …

The Talking Book

Proverbs 6:22

… You have questioned, and you have puzzled, and you have tried to elucidate the problem, and lo! In the chapter read at morning prayer, or in a passage …

Witnessing Better Than Knowing the Future

Acts 1:6-8

… Your prayer is to be, "Your Kingdom come. Your will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven." You are told to look for the coming of …

The Known and the Unknown

Ecclesiastes 6:12

… Prayer is refreshing, but praise is even more so, for there may be and there often is, in prayer, the element of selfishness—but praise rises to a …

Without Christ—Nothing

John 15:5

… produce nothing! Brothers and Sisters, let us have much more prayer than has been usual among us. Prayer is appointed to convey the blessings God ordains to give …

Ziklag—or David Encouraging Himself In God

1 Samuel 30:6

… Brother, you will have to work and labor to extricate yourself from debt and difficulty and so the Lord will hear your prayer. The rule is to trust …

Filling the Empty Vessels

Philippians 4:19

… You still pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," but the one loaf which was a large answer to the prayer when you were single, would not …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… You are never seen at Prayer Meetings anymore. You do not care much about an extra service in the week. You are so busy now, although you are …

Overcome Evil With Good

Romans 12:21

… There will be no need to wrestle in prayer that you may be graciously enabled to take vengeance on your adversaries and stand up for your rights! You …