Prayer

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… He has as much business as any man in the city, and yet family prayer is never neglected. And perhaps you find him serving the office of civic …

'Where Are the Nine?' Where?

Luke 17:17

… A little further on, "a Prayer Meeting held here twice a week." I could hardly see a street, however low, that seemed to be without some traces of …

Good News For You

Luke 10:33

… He was a clerk in the church, and he was somewhat in a hurry, but still he could get in after the opening prayer, so he indulged himself …

A Challenge and War Cry

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

… Amen So with great courtesy and a comprehensive prayer he finishes his letter.

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Jeremiah 47:5

… He offers a remarkable prayer in the one hundred and nineteenth Psalm when he says, "Let those that fear You turn unto me" (v. 79). I think they …

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… To go from prayer to robbery, from reading the Word to fellowship with ungodly men—this must be terribly provoking to the thrice holy Jehovah! It is as …

Resistance to Salvation

Mark 5:7

… May God bless it to you, dear Friends! May His gracious Spirit put into the hearts of His people the prayer that if any sinners want to be …

Universal Fatherhood—a Lie!

John 8:38

… Men squeezed the Lord's prayer very hard when they made it read, "Deliver us from evil," for it is pretty clear that it ought to be, "Deliver …

The Cedars Of Lebanon

Psalm 104:16

… But our Bristol Brother, by prayer and faith makes known his wants unto God and when does he lack any good thing? When needs he issue a begging …

Altogether Lovely

Solomon 5:16

… Meditation is of all things the most soul-fattening when combined with prayer. The spouse had meditated much in this chapter, for otherwise she had not been able …

With or Without Shedding of Blood

Hebrews 9:22

… Attend the House of Prayer, join in the petitions of the saints as far as you can, sing with them, but, all the while mind what you are …

The Shortest of the Seven Cries

John 19:28

… Come to him in prayer, come to him in fellowship, come to him by perfect consecration, come to him by surrendering your whole being to the sweet mysterious …

Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin

Psalm 4:4

… David first made his appeal to God in prayer. Herein he showed his wisdom. You can drive a better business at the Mercy Seat than in the world …

The Touch

Mark 5:28

… with Him and you are saved! Yes, though it is but a believing prayer, a believing sigh, a believing tear—you have really reached Him and you are …

Am I Sought Out?

Isaiah 62:12

… And if every one of you shall register a vow in this House of Prayer—"I will seek out some family today and continue my work tomorrow. And …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… They go to church or to some place of worship regularly, and sing psalms and hymns, and they may even have family-prayer at home; but their heart …

Love at Leisure

Luke 10:39

… Your Throne of Grace accuses me of slackness in prayer. The assemblies of Your people accuse me that I have not been hearty in worshipping. There is nothing …

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… That temptation passed away; but ere many days it was renewed again; and when I was in prayer, or when I was reading the Bible, these blasphemous thought …

The Fullness of Christ the Treasury of the Saints

Colossians 1:19

… My prayer is that we may reach deep waters and have so much Grace that we may sail like a gallant ship on the broad ocean with a …

Rest As a Test

Jeremiah 6:16

… Bring everything to God by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving. It is wonderful how differently the days roll round when they are prayed over, to what they do …

Idols Abolished

Hosea 14:8

… If you have never undergone such a renewing, let the prayer be breathed that the Holy Spirit may now renew you in the spirit of your mind. And …

Sham Conversion

2 Kings 17:25

… There is a man who can sing a hymn most beautifully and he can pray in the Prayer Meeting. But he can prey upon you as well. His …

Love's Competition

Luke 7:42

… Give us a Church that loves Christ Jesus much—you will have mighty Prayer Meetings! You will have a holy membership! You will have liberal giving to the …

A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!

John 11:14-15

… God was gracious to them in their distress; His mercy listened to their prayer; the blessing came, and the result is, that they cry unto Him, and will …

"Straightway"

Matthew 4:20

… The moment you feel that you have not the power in prayer that you once had, go "straightway" to Jesus! The instant you realize that you have not …

The Certainty And Freeness Of Divine Grace

John 6:37

… But if they do but come, they shall not be cast out! One man comes with a long prayer. Another comes with nothing but two words. One comes …

God's Glory in Hiding Sin

Proverbs 25:2

… wash me, and Ishall be whiter than snow." And that is the prayer for you to present. You believe that if God were to wash another man in …

A Greater Than Solomon

Luke 11:31

… on your heart tonight, do but resort to the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer, and search His word, and you shall hear a voice as from the sacred …

A Home Question and a Right Answer

John 6:66-69

… The Bible is put away; prayer is a thing neglected and, perhaps, despised! They walk no more with Christ, for they prefer a broader or a smoother road …

The Mission of Affliction

2 Samuel 16:11

… As soon as ever a child learns to say, "Our Father, which are in Heaven," which is a little infant's prayer—he is taught to say, "forgive …

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… Spurgeon, read at the Tabernacle on Lord’s-day, June 18th:— MY BELOVED FRIENDS,— As soon as the church had resolved to meet for special prayer for me …

The Indwelling and Outflowing of the Holy Spirit

John 7:38

… They neither work for God nor come out to the Prayer Meetings! They do not give of their substance to spread the Gospel. If the flood would come …

Walking In The Light And Washed In The Blood

1 John 1:7

… Veiled in ignorance, guided by passion, controlled by error, led astray by falsehood—how can you aspire to talk with your God? Your prayer is but a chattering …

The Modern Dead Sea and the Living Waters

Ezekiel 47:8

… Our daily prayer shall not go up to Heaven in vain. Let us again cry—"Your will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. For Yours …

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… and the faintest and most trembling child of His that ever whispered a prayer—He can make to bear the greatest griefs and the heaviest trials without the …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… I myself will awake right early." If they pray, it is the wrestling prayer of Jacob at the brook Jabbok. And if they serve their God, they carry …

The Unwearied Runner

Isaiah 40:31

… For them the occasional feeble prayer must give way to long wrestlings with the angel—for they have learned that there is something higher to live for than …

Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

Deuteronomy 32:36

… But, in the day of your calamity, it may be that before you shall have even time to present one prayer to God, your foot shall slide, you …

Secret Drawings Graciously Explained

Jeremiah 31:3

… The prayer of many has been, "Create in me a clean heart, O God," and they have been charmed by hearing that whoever believes in Jesus is born …

Wheat in the Barn

Matthew 13:30

… Then, indeed, shall the Master' s prayer have a glorious answer—"That they all may be one." All our errors removed and our mistakes corrected and forgiven, the …