Prayer

'Never, No Never, No Never'

Hebrews 13:5

… Some measure of trembling comes over you and you have been breathing this prayer to God, "O Lord, lead me in the way in which You would have …

Christ the Overcomer of the World

John 16:33

… He leaves their acclamations and applause to refresh Himself by prayer upon the cold mountains, in the midnight air. He communed with God and so lived above the …

Faith Essential to Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:6

… You not only come to Him and go away from Him, as in acts of prayer and praise, but you are always coming. Your life is a march …

Hold Fast Your Shield

Hebrews 10:35

… When you talk to them about God's hearing prayer, they open their eyes at you. You tell them some cases in which He has answered you, and …

Who Should Be Baptized?

Acts 8:37

… No lips but your own can breathe the penitential prayer on your behalf, "God be mer- ciful to me, a sinner." You must be brought to feel your …

The Tender Pity of the Lord

Psalm 103:13

… My Brother, I know that prayer of yours was not what it should be—try again. He will accept the prayer, despite the fault. I know, my dear …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… Well, then you find him pretty pious for another half-hour, for there is family prayer; but when the business begins, and he is talking to his men …

Patience, Comfort and Hope From the Scriptures

Romans 15:4

… You shall find that feeding upon the patience of the Scriptures in meditation and prayer, you will find reproduced in you the patience of the Scriptures! If you …

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… As I said in prayer, so I say now—I do not know for which I would bless God most—for my sorrows or for my joys. The …

God's Will About the Future

James 4:13-17

… through a thick fog and found it even here in the House of Prayer. But while we worshipped, there came a breath of wind and on our way …

Mr. Spurgeon’s Opinions on Subjects of General Interest

… Gabriel's Church, while the congregation at the Tabernacle is engaged in prayer. I reminded your predecessor that no right of bell-ringing belongs to any but a …

Sweet Stimulants for the Fainting Soul

Psalm 42:6

… I commend this verse to each servant of the Lord as a prayer that may be continually presented to Him. 18. Open You my eyes, that I may …

The First Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22

… Do you live without prayer? Do you very seldom read God's Word? Are you getting indifferent as to whether you go and worship with His people? Ah …

The Throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:3

… And oh, what a prayer it was! It was such surely as Heaven never heard before or since. In an agony He prayed more earnestly and yet more …

Jehovah-Shammah

Ezekiel 35:10

… good work, a prayer—and the Lord is not in it—away with it! Away with it! But if you have the feeblest prayer that ever was prayed …

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… our eyes to the risen Savior, and with all the saints we offer prayer to God through him. Through him both Jews and Gentiles have access by one …

"Glory Be Unto the Father"

Ephesians 1:3

… How frequently Jesus drew near to God in prayer! How constantly He rendered obedience to Him! Our Lord also says of Himself in the 22nd Psalm—"I will …

The Meek and Lowly One

Matthew 11:28-30

… Ye may say your little prayer, “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look on me, a little Child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.” He will …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… Forgiveness for the first action, with prayer and kindly rebuke, might have won him to a life of virtue, or (who knows?) to a life of piety. It …

A High Day in Heaven

Luke 15:10

… But the father—Stopping him short and forever obliterating the rest of the prayer, so that he never had time to utter it, seeing that it was too …

Friendship's Guide

John 15:14

… Bible—not the Bible, and the Bible only, but the Book of Common Prayer! And with other denominations—dissenting denominations—there is too much of the same sort …

Earthquake But Not Heartquake

Psalm 46:1-3

… But if he can step aside a minute or two and breathe a prayer to God, he will pull himself together, and when he comes back he will …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… Breathe the prayer, "Good Shepherd, You have given me life—give it to me more abundantly! May I know You more, love You more, trust You more, serve …

The Unbroken Line Of True Nobles

Psalm 45:16

… But this is the beginning of the week set apart for prayer for the young, and I have felt duty bound to take a part in the celebration …

The Teaching of the Holy Ghost

John 14:26

… He would not stand still, he said, in the prayer-meeting, and not have a word to say for his Master. He began to read his Bible much …

Spring

Isaiah 61:11

… And He is awakening the young germs of hope, prayer and desire, just as the warm sunlight is calling up the green blades and the flowers. The Spirit …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… But my song is followed by the prayer—Lord, enable me to conquer all evils, even those which as yet I know not. Thus joy and fear hang …

Love's Birth and Parentage

1 John 4:19

… I think I might say of this sentence what the poet says of prayer—it is "the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try"—and yet …

The Great Cross-bearer and His Followers

Mark 15:20

… And so he at once went to the Lord in prayer, and said, "Lord Jesus I am resting in You, alone. You did give me the honor to …

Heart-Knowledge of God

Jeremiah 24:7

… His first cry is, "Father, I have sinned," and all his life he cries, "Abba Father." Prayer is his breath, but he cannot truly pray to an unknown …

Jesus and the Lambs

Isaiah 40:11

… A faint prayer, a sigh, a tear—He will receive all these as much as the most eloquent pleadings of an Elijah. The broken alabaster box and the …

Binding Up Broken Hearts

Isaiah 61:1

… God still left in them, so that they cannot quite give up private prayer and the reading of the Word—they have fallen very low. I do not …

Think Well And Do Well

Psalm 26:3

… His agonizing prayer is, "Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men." In urging reasons before the Throne of Grace why he should not …

Saving Faith

Luke 7:50

… Hush! How darest thou spoil his discourse?’ But over and above them all went up the importunate prayer, ‘Son of David, have mercy upon me,’ and he prevailed …

Nonconformity

From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 7

… They have popularised preaching in unconsecrated places; they have reared altars of faith and prayer in fields, streets, cottages, barns, halls, and theatres. And you, my lords and …

God-Guided Men

Galatians 1:16

… Sometimes to put your trouble down in black and white is a quick way to get rid of it—but to bring it to your Lord in prayer …

Life More Abundant

John 10:10

… Brethren, we must hold Death down, we must grip him as with bands of iron and hold him down—and plant the knee of prayer upon his bosom …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… Matthew was not engaged in prayer when Christ called him. He was in a degrading business—"sitting at the receipt of custom." He was not listening to the …

The Faculty of Impromptu Speech

… All sermons ought to be well considered and prepared by the preacher; and, as much as possible, every minister should, with much prayer for heavenly guidance, enter fully …

An Earnest Warning Against Unbelief

Hebrews 8:18

… Moses, himself, I think, in the greatest agony of his prayer, could only have said, "Lord, give them 12 months in which they may mend their ways." That …