Prayer

Faith, What Is It?

… The sacred records further tell us that He "rose again from the dead," that He "ever liveth to make intercession for us," that He has gone up into …

The Reward Of The Righteous

Matthew 25:31-36

… The Bride said it in intercession. "Let him that hears" say it by constantly, laboriously endeavoring to spread abroad the good news! Since Jesus said, "Come," we learn …

The Chief Physician and the Centurion's Servant

Matthew 8:7

… answering his master's prayer. Come, then, dear Friends, we may be quite sure of our Lord's sympathy, though we are not praying about a sick boy …

Barabbas Preferred To Jesus

John 18:40

… Oh, what condescension is here! The Just One dies for the unjust! He bears the sin of many and makes intercession for the transgressors. Yet, again, there seems …

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… Six young men were expelled from Oxford for the egregious crime of praying! Among those young men were three destined to carve their names in everlasting rock—the …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… It is evident, therefore, that the Cardinal's soul went somewhere where it needs praying for and to some place where it is not in repose. Now if …

Prayer 5 — To The King Eternal

… Let the holy service of prayer never cease and let the intercession be accepted of God, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Published 1905

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… As an old Prussian officer was wont in prayer to invoke the aid of "his Majesty's August Ally", so does David appeal to his God and set …

'Let Us Pray'

Psalm 73:23

… by mighty prayer we shall bring down a great blessing from high; for prayer is never lost; preaching may be, but prayer never is. Praying breath can never …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… regularity; but the spirit of prayer is even better than the habit of prayer: to pray without ceasing is better than praying at intervals. It will be a …

Christ a Sanctuary

Isaiah 8:14

… See there, in the Person of your Lord Jesus Christ, a golden censor, representing the sweet merit of His prevalent intercession by which you are accepted. When the …

The New Wine of the Kingdom

Matthew 26:29

… but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groans which cannot be uttered. Groans, then, are prayers, yes, and prayers which the Spirit of God most certainly …

Believing With The Heart

Romans 10:10

… And expecting until His enemies are made His footstool, Faith builds upon His intercession and dominion, as well as upon His death and resurrection. He is able also …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… There was a specialty about Christ's benediction even as there was about His intercession. He said to His Father concerning His disciples, "I pray for them. I …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… Take me from this night forth and let me not offer this prayer as a mere matter of form or hypocrisy, but may I offer it heartily and …

Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinners

Luke 23:34

… there is no prayer against them in the words that Jesus utters. It was written of old, by the Prophet Isaiah, "He made intercession for the transgressors"—and …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… It gives no countenance to the idea of intercession on the part of deceased saints; for it is not a prayer to David, but a pleading with God …

Our Hiding Place

Isaiah 32:2

… But there was one man, named Hezekiah, who, though he had not a great army, had great faith in the power of prayer to God. And so he …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… is constantly making intercession for us. But this does not exhaust the idea, "I am prayer." He not merely prayed and is now praying, he not merely teaches …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… Now, Soul, have you ever come to God through the intercession of the blood? You have said prayers, you have repeated forms of devotion, you have gone to …

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… And could we behold the Father, we should not see him a listless and idle spectator of the intercession of the Son, but we should see him with …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… Even the public Prayer Meetings should be second to private intercessions. "This ought you to have done," I would say of the Prayer Meeting, "not to have left …

Christ Made Sin

2 Corinthians 5:21

… He who always lives to make intercession for us—"He has made Him to be sin for us." Oh, love Him, Sinner, and let your heart join in …

Ebenezer!

1 Samuel 7:12

… there was prayer and sacrifice, you must remember that in answer to the sweet savor of the lamb and the sweet perfume of Samuel’s intercession, Jehovah came …

The Approachableness of Jesus

Luke 15:1

… Moreover, "he ever liveth to make intercession for us." His occupation in the skies is to plead for those sinners whom he redeemed with his blood, and hence …

Preaching Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

… Beginning at the Incarnation, going on to the great work of Redemption, telling of Christ's burial, Resurrection, Ascension, intercession before His Father's Throne and glorious Second …

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… WILLIAM ROBINSON, of York Road Chapel, offered prayer. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said two days ago that magnificent edifice for the first time resounded with the …

Unseasonable Prayer

Exodus 14:15

… Cease praying about them—practice them! You feel that you ought to have family prayer, yet you say that you have been praying about it! Praying about it …

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… Now, while I am preaching to you and driving at the same point, am I not praying? Is not my sermon the continuation of my prayer, for I …

A View of God's Glory

Exodus 33:18

… It was great faith which made Abraham go into the plain to offer up intercession for a guilty city like Sodom. It was vast faith which enabled Jacob …

Christ, the Glory of His People

Luke 2:32

… It is one mark of the heir of Heaven that he understands the value of secret prayer, and that he exercises himself in it—that is to him …

The Savior You Need

Hebrews 5:9

… Look into His face and see if love has departed! He is in Heaven at this day, ever living to make intercession for sinners—and I ask you …

Christ's Resurrection and Our Newness Of Life

Romans 6:4

… What a glory there is in our Lord's Resurrection, when we further remember that He always lives to make intercession for us and, therefore, He is able …

Christ with the Keys of Death and Hell

Revelation 1:18

… It is the intercession and the interposition of Jesus that keeps breath even in the swearer's nostrils. Long since had you been consumed in the fire of …

The Everlasting Counselor

Micah 4:9

… So does He open the Scriptures to our understanding and He opens our understanding to understand the Scriptures! The blessed Spirit also makes intercession for us on earth …

The Greatest Gift in Time or Eternity

Isaiah 55:4-6

… That is just what we need! Men in any country where they are greatly oppressed, sigh for a leader. "Grant a leader bold and brave," is the prayer …

Laying the Hand on the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:29

… Blessed Intercessor, let Your almighty intercession avail for each one of us, for Your own name's sake! Amen.

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… Let us rejoice that He is not dead, but ever lives to make intercession for us. This is the Gospel to us—because He lives we shall live …

Pleading, Not Contradicting

Matthew 15:27

… By Your intercession for the guilty at the right hand of God, O Christ, I feel that I can repose in You! May you come to this point …

Evening, October 8

Jude 20

Evening, October 8 Go To Morning Reading “Praying in the Holy Ghost.” Jude 20 Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer—“ In the Holy Ghost .” The seed of …