Prayer

God's Advocates Breaking Silence

Job 36:2

… It may well be a matter of prayer with us that all who speak for Jesus may feel the weight of their engagement and go about it in …

A New Leaf for the New Year

Genesis 42:21

… by it to a holy ardor which has expended itself, first, in agonizing prayer, and next in earnest, self-sacrificing effort that you might win the souls of …

Concerning Death

Job 30:23

… From the lips of Elijah, who was to be caught up by a whirlwind into Heaven, it was a strange prayer—"Take away my life; for I am …

Saving Knowledge

John 4:10

… Faith would be sure to be followed by prayer—we should cry to Him whom we now know—and prayer would be followed by His blessing. At the …

"Persecuted, But Not Forsaken"

… We who are the sons of God, really born into His family, feel within us a something that makes us call God, "Father," not only in prayer, saying …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… Watch unto prayer and guard against the beginnings of sin lest your bones wax old through your roaring and your moisture be turned into the drought of summer …

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… and wishing you could get to your chamber and bow your knees in prayer! You were on the borders of Immanuel's land and there was only a …

Peter'S Three Calls

John 1:37

… You are a mother with little children, and it is probably your duty to be at home rather than to be at the Prayer Meeting. It may sometimes …

Moses' Dying Charge to Israel

Deuteronomy 8:2

… Now, in looking back, do not your prayers humble you? Is there one prayer you have prayed of which you dare to be proud? Do not your sweetest …

The Prodigal's Climax

Luke 15:17

… He was careless, godless, but he had a mother who often prayed for him, and he had a brother who is, I believe, here, tonight, whose prayer has …

The Divine Call for Missionaries

Isaiah 6:8

… Nothing short of "dominion from sea to sea" dare we ask in prayer or seek in service for our Lord Jesus! The idols must be utterly abolished! Error …

Seeing and Testifying

1 John 4:14

… Even when wicked men had nailed Him to the tree, He breathed a prayer for them! In every way, He was not a destroyer, but a Savior. These …

Freedom At Once and Forever

Isaiah 61:1

… Though it may seem as if you hung your prayer upon a poor bird's neck, send it flying! Pile up the stones with the flag on the …

Hopeful, Yet Doubtful

Matthew 8:19

… But a prayer—ah, God hearing it, you have girded yourself with Omnipotence and you are, indeed, strong! Now for another question. Is Jesus worth the price? Is …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… It is true that their prayer is scarcely spiritual, but yet it has a kind of earnestness about it not to be despised. They have been to a …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… We may say that we pray, and yet never a prayer may come from our hearts. We may say to our fellow men that we are Christians, and …

What We Would Be*

… The prayer of a certain minister before his sermon was, that God would bless souls by his discourse. After hearing that discourse, I wondered at the prayer. How …

The Secret Spot

Deuteronomy 32:5

… Sometimes at the Prayer Meeting we get so happy and excited we hardly know what to do! And when we sing those delightful revival tunes we feel so …

Faith Versus Sight

2 Corinthians 5:7

… We do, "continue in prayer," but we are also engaged in showing forth to others the blessings which we have received, and in exhibiting in our daily actions …

Prayer 17 — To Be Like Christ

Blessed art Thou, O God, teach us Thy statutes! Because Thou art the infinitely blessed One, Thou canst impart blessing, and Thou art infinitely willing to do so …

The God of Bethel

Genesis 31:13

… I breathed a prayer to God that He would help me. And I promised that that Brother should be taken. He was one of my earliest students and …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… If your service is to be successful, bringing glory to God, there must be in it, first, prayer, and then, blessing. You must go forth with prayer. You …

The Two Yokes

Jeremiah 28:13

… My father, whose prayer you heard just now'how often have I heard him pray for his children; and I can truly say the prayer that is nearest …

A Sermon For Gleaners

Ruth 2:15

… One can hardly live where the operations of farming are carried on without often looking up to the God of Providence in anxious prayer and later, lilting up …

The Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

… Oh, that He would come and show us, this morning, how He can thrust and cleave with it! In this house of prayer we have often seen Him …

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… The communion necessary to prevailing prayer renders it absolutely essential that we should first set ourselves to hear the voice of God and then, again, it shall be …

A Feast for the Upright

Psalm 84:11

… He evidently loves the place of godly assembly, the place where prayer and praise were offered by the united tribes of his people. But, Brothers and Sisters, there …

The Spur

John 9:4

… The indwelling power of God is put forth in reply to faith and prayer—shall we not labor to obtain it? The fact that the Church's work …

Loosening The Sandal Strap

Luke 3:16

… To visit a poor sick woman, teach a little child, reclaim a street Arab, breathe a prayer for enemies or whisper a promise in the ear of a …

An Infallible Sign Of Revival

Isaiah 2:11

… Return, Oholy Dove! Return, Sweet messengers of rest! I hate the sins that made You mourn And drove You from my breast" Ah, when you get your prayer …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… Let the prayer be breathed, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there is any wicked way in …

Welcome! Welcome!

Luke 9:11

… Perhaps He willed to set apart a season for special prayer with them. Before any great effort, we always read that He retired to pray and so, depend …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

O Thou blessed God, we must be helped of Thy Spirit or we cannot worship Thee aright. Behold the holy angels adore Thee and the hosts redeemed by …

How To Meet the Doctrine of Election

Matthew 15:24

… If a great mystery meddles with you, then fly to Jesus Christ for relief from it—with this prayer in your mouth—"Lord, help me. I am in …

Prayer 14 — "Bless The Lord, O My Soul!"

Lord, we are longing to draw near, may Thy Spirit draw us near. We come by the way of Christ our Mediator. We could not approach Thee, O …

Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

Mark 14:14

… But if you come here breathing the prayer, "Lord, meet with me. Jesus, save me today," I do not doubt that whoever the preacher may be, God will …

The Believer in the Body and Out of the Body

2 Corinthians 5:5-10

… It is the Lord's own prayer—"I will that they, also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, that they may behold My …

Turning Back in the Day of Battle

Psalm 78:9

… And some of you pray very sweetly at prayer-meeting. Ah! beloved, what I said about myself may well apply to you. Some of you are Sunday-school …

Who Are The Elect?

1 Samuel 16:12

… We have heard those persons pray and have admired their great gift in prayer. They have addressed religious assemblies and spoken with a high degree of fluency and …

One Lion, Two Lions, No Lion at All!

Proverbs 22:13

… I will now trust my Savior and hasten to Him and seek Him on my knees in prayer." May the Spirit of God sweetly lead you to do …