Prayer

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… These varying lengths of the sacred poems should teach us not to lay down any law either of brevity or prolixity in either prayer or praise. Short petitions …

Psalm 8

Psalm 8

… For thy help against wandering thoughts in prayer. . . . . . labour to keep thy distance to the world, and that sovereignty which God hath given thee over it in its …

Preparation for Heaven

2 Corinthians 5:5

… of God." Be much in hearing the Word and be much in earnest prayer that the hearing may be blessed to your soul. Above all, give diligence to …

The Old, Old Story

Romans 5:6

… Delay not; you need not even stay to go home to offer a prayer. Trust Christ with you soul now. You have nothing else to trust to; hang …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… Else, how is it that our prayer-meetings are so badly attended? Where is the zeal or the energy shown by the apostles? Where is the Spirit of …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… nihil timendum video (saith one), timeo tamen. (Seneca.) It is a sweet prayer of our church in the Litany, "Good Lord, deliver us in all time of our …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… thou wilt believe on him, thou shalt go out of this house of prayer, shriven, absolved, without a sin; forgiven, pardoned, washed, without a stain, accepted in the …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… And that there are now hundreds throughout the whole earth who have no visible means of support but who, by faith and prayer, depending simply upon God, find …

Psalm 15

Psalm 15

… Our Lord spake evil of no man, but breathed a prayer for his foes; we must be like him, or we shall never be with him. Verse 4 …

The Truly Blessed Man

Psalm 1:1-3

… When he tried to pray, it was a dried-up prayer. He tried to make a Psalm but it was a dried-up song. He tried to do …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… head to foot; I left with the intention of bending the knee in prayer, and seeking God in Christ; but do you remember going to such-and-such …

A Vision of the Latter-Day Glories

Isaiah 2:2

… the wandering Arab and make him prostrate his knee at the hour of prayer, when the voice of the minister of Christ shall be as mighty as that …

The Tabernacle of the Most High

Ephesians 2:22

… Now, is he love and kindness and sweetness, ready to hear the prattle of his children’s prayer, and the disjointed notes of his children’s song. Oh …

Canaan on Earth

Deuteronomy 11:10-12

… Lord’s table! What precious moments we have had at the Monday evening prayer meetings! And how glorious it has been when we have recognized brother after brother …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… Here is a prayer for every man and woman that has to speak for Jesus—"Open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise." And look …

The Angelic Life

Matthew 22:30

… Many fathers have seen their posthumous spiritual children born to them through prayers they offered on earth, but not fulfilled until after the prayer had been exchanged for …

Justice Satisfied

Romans 3:26

… Expect not that God will forgive you until you confess; not in the general confession of a prayer book, but in the particular confession of your own inmost …

The Great Need—Or, The Great Salvation

Isaiah 48:18

… We have sins in private prayer—but the cold mountaintops witnessed the fervor of His supplications. We have sinned against our fellow men. But He loved His neighbor …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… it! What is there to make the people rush to your houses of prayer and crowd them, if there is no preaching of the Election of Grace—no …

Christ—Our Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21

… He prays, but heaven shuts out his prayer; he cries for water, but heaven and earth refuse to wet his lips except with vinegar. He turns his eye …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… The sword will not return to the scabbard through the force of prayer. Not the pleadings of David combined with the humiliation of the elders of Israel, though …

A Song, A solace, A Sermon and a Summons

Psalm 136:1

… You may be out at sea, or in Australia, but the communication of prayer is always open between your soul and God! And if you are commanded to …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… answers, and that could not have been—for he could not heal the prayer of the wicked; he could not have heard us—if it had not been …

A Serious Reprimand

2 Kings 5:13

… There were no rounds of prayer, no performances, nothing else than a look. If the eye was filled with tears and the force of the venom had half …

Regeneration

John 3:3

… To see the kingdom of heaven means to have power in prayer, to have communion with Christ, to have fellowship with the Holy Ghost; and to bring forth …

Illustrations in Preaching

… by the open lattice or,— better yet, beneath the grand dome—bows in prayer, and holds communion with the possibilities that stand beyond this life, like unfilled thrones …

The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church

Isaiah 52:12

… that Jehovah goes before him to help him if he goes in earnest prayer and constant faith. If I were a poet I think I have a subject …

What Are the Clouds?

Nahum 1:3

… earnest minister; here and there an increasing church; here and there a good prayer-meeting; but these are only like green spots. Wherever I have gone through England …

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… cursed; and until that man should come and speak to him, and offer prayer, he could not even indulge a hope—though, alas, poor soul, I fear he …

Safe Shelter

Psalm 91:4

… And when those who were prone to jeer at religion and laugh at prayer have uttered pious ejaculations and said, "This is no doubt a visitation of God …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… THE PRAYER OF PAULINUS.--It was the speech of Paulinus when his city was taken by the barbarians, "_Domine, ne excrucier ob aurum et argentum_" ("Lord, let me …

Psalm 48

Psalm 48

… From "A Plain Commentary on the Book of Psalms (The Prayer Book Version), chiefly founded on the Fathers, " 1859. Verse 7. With an east wind, which, in Judea …

Now, and Then

1 Corinthians 13:12

… Oh! that God would open thy eyes now in this very house of prayer. Blessed for thee to know in part. Thrice blessed, I say; for as surely …

Predestination and Calling

Romans 8:30

… tenor of your life, so that you spend your life with God in prayer, in praise, and in thanksgiving, and can no longer be satisfied with the low …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… would to God I might attain unto it! I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to …

Deliverance From the Power of Darkness

Colossians 1:13

… When I hear some people talk about fox-hunting Christians, card-playing Christians, Christians who are never at Prayer Meeting, Christians who have no zeal for souls, it …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… Now you, in like manner, act upon your present crisis and fit your prayer to the present opportunity. The doctrine of decrees never operates upon a man's …

"Two Immutable Things"

Ezekiel 16:8

… Once a sinner near despair Sought Your Mercy Seat by prayer. Mercy heard and set him free Lord, that mercy came to me. Many days have passed since …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 2:12

… he urged of being decided for Christ before leaving, and especially the earnest prayer with which he concluded the evening—these things have been remembered by scores of …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… Abound in prayer, abide in communion with Christ and let not the prospect of the most glittering life tempt you to turn away even an inch from your …