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SERMON • SERMON 588

The Prodigal'S Reception

Luke 15:20

… O poor Sinner, there is no need for you to give information to your God for He knows it already! You need not pick your words in prayer

SERMON • SERMON 2757

Victorious Faith

1 John 5:4

… up to die, His dying pangs could extort from Him nothing but a prayer, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And thus He conquered …

SERMON • SERMON 3457

All Are Guilty

Matthew 27:22

… from the oracle for him! And when he even bows the knee in prayer, but gets no answer. The silence of the Christ of God is very terrible …

SERMON • SERMON 1105

The Heart Of Jesus

Matthew 11:29

… And His prayer for His murderers was His meekness. While "despised and rejected of men," He was evermore their friend and lover, returning good for all their ill …

SERMON • SERMON 2962

Diamond Hinges - 'as' and 'so'

Isaiah 54:9

… that it may be so! Will you not yourselves all pray the same prayer? God will hear you if you do, for He waits to be gracious! There …

SERMON • SERMON 3392

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… Here have I been constant in the House of Prayer, regular at my Sunday school class—and yet I get little or no joy from it. I go …

SERMON • SERMON 2806

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… she salutes Him as Lord! She did so in the dying thief's prayer, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And she has done it …

SERMON • SERMON 381

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… as much as ours; it is his law as much as ours! His prayer book tells him we are right; the large fonts, three feet in diameter, which …

SERMON • SERMON 2017

'David's Spoil'

1 Samuel 30:20

… But, still I will reserve a special season and wall it in, like a private garden, in which, with prayer and praise and meditation, I will commune with …

SERMON • SERMON 1652

The Singing Pilgrim

Psalm 119:54

… The restless pulse of care And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. And the night shall be filled with music And the cares that infest the …

SERMON • SERMON 2697

Angelic Interest in the Gospel

1 Peter 1:12

… You and I, perhaps, suppose that we know all about the Gospel and that we do not need to have hours of study, and thought, and prayer, and …

SERMON • SERMON 1176

The Eternal Day

Isaiah 60:20

… What delights there will be in such close fellowship! When we have drawn near to God in prayer we have been so happy we could scarcely have been …

SERMON • SERMON 502

A Jealous God

Exodus 34:14

… adore the wafer, hundreds bow before the image of the Virgin, scores at prayer before a crucifix, and companies of men and women adoring a rotten bone or …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 114

Psalm 114

… or, his sanctuary , both actually, because sanctifying him; and passively, because sanctified of him...This one verse expounds and exemplifies two prime petitions of the Lord's Prayer

SERMON • SERMON 3420

Could He Not? Ah! But He Would Not

John 11:37

… It is a feeble word—a most expressive prayer. "Make me go, for therein do I delight." When a man delights in God's way, he will be …

SERMON • SERMON 3433

Love's Reward

Psalm 91:14

… God is willing to hear prayer, and when He compels you to pray, He will surely give the answer. "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall …

SERMON • SERMON 3330

Two Choice Assurances

Genesis 15:1

… with me that verse of the beloved singer Toplady— "Inquirer and Hearer of prayer, You Shepherd and Guardian of Thine, My all to Your Covenant care, I sleeping …

SERMON • SERMON 3022

God's Innumerable Mercies

Psalm 71:15

… Incline Your ear unto me, and save me. "My prayer is weak. Therefore, O Lord, bend Your ear down to my lips, that You may catch my faintest …

SERMON • SERMON 63

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

… Many a time have we seen coming to our church, a fine strutting fellow, with long feathers of prayer behind him. He could pray gloriously; and he has …

SERMON • SERMON 887

A Door Opened In Heaven

Revelation 4:1

… if it is sweet, today, to mingle with Christians in their praise and prayer, when we are so soon to separate and go our way—how passing sweet …

SERMON • SERMON 2006

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… Hear him as he wrestles in prayer. Stand outside the door and you will soon perceive that an invisible One is with him. This unseen Somebody is Everybody …

SERMON • SERMON 2554

The Spiritual Resurrection

John 11:43

… you have." Ah, Beloved, when God brought us to Himself we wrestled in prayer and pleaded with him—and we were taught, after all, that the power for …

SERMON • SERMON 844

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… Turn to the annals of the Redeemer’s sufferings given us in the Evangelists; bow yourself in prayer before the Lamb of God, blush to think you should …

SERMON • SERMON 1034

The Only Atoning Priest

Hebrews 10:11-14

… What is there in prayer itself that can have merit in it to make atonement for sin? You have read the Scriptures regularly, for which I am most …

SERMON • SERMON 1374

"Forever With The Lord"

1 Thessalonians 4:17

… What did our Master say in His blessed prayer? "I will that they, also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may …

SERMON • SERMON 2074

Intimate Knowledge of the Holy Spirit

John 14:17

… Even in the prayer in which you seek strength, ask that the Spirit may help your infirmities. Even for the faith which brings you all Divine Grace ask …

SERMON • SERMON 2306

Servitude Or Service—Which?

2 Chronicles 12:8

… Egypt, came against them, and though the Lord had respect to their humble prayer and would not suffer Shishak to destroy Jerusalem, yet He brought them into subjection …

SERMON • SERMON 662

Consolation In The Furnace

Daniel 3:25

… When money vanishes and business all goes wrong, we frequent the Prayer Meeting more and the closet more and read the Bible more—we are driven by all …

SERMON • SERMON 678

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… We have had many Prayer Meetings, but few, very few, Praise Meetings—as if the Church could cry loud enough when her own ends were to be answered …

SERMON • SERMON 166

The Destroyer Destroyed

Hebrews 2:14

… finds a poor saint upon his knees, exercising but very little power in prayer. “Oh!” says the devil, “I shant have this creature at last; I’ll howl …

SERMON • SERMON 2259

The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation

John 1:11-13

… I think that, oftentimes, a roaring devil keeps us awake—and the troubles of this life stir us up to go to God in prayer—and that which …

SERMON • SERMON 2565

Ruins

2 Chronicles 28:23

… As for themselves, they never darken the doors of any House of Prayer—you never see them there, any more, and they say, "We have got rid of …

SERMON • SERMON 1140

Let Him Alone

Hosea 4:17

… Not many Monday nights ago, there came a beloved Christian Sister, here, who joined with us in prayer. She was taken ill. She did not leave this house …

SERMON • SERMON 1166

Marrow and Fatness

2 Samuel 7:18-22

… No weapon in his hand but that of All-Prayer, which he found to be equal to the emergency. And when he had gone through it, and the …

SERMON • SERMON 3338

The Witness of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… There must be the spirit of prayer and supplication poured out first. We shall see Israel restored to her land when Israel is restored to the Mercy Seat …

SERMON • SERMON 2271

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… And though we are honestly trusting in Christ, tonight, let each one cry, "Hold You me up and I shall be safe." Let the prayer go up from …

SERMON • SERMON 691

An Immovable Foundation

Psalm 11:3

… His prayer was, "not My will, O Father, but Yours be done." So may we hold our peace, if God has done it. Never charge God foolishly, but …

SERMON • SERMON 2407

Feeding on a Whole Christ

Numbers 9:11

… Well, then, my Brother, what about the members of your family? Are they all converted yet? Are they all saved? If not, breathe a prayer that the Lord …

SERMON • SERMON 2285

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… tonight, if you have lost the light of God's Countenance, here are words for you to use in prayer to God. 16. Doubtless You are our Father …

SERMON • SERMON 2726

Fourfold Satisfaction

Jeremiah 31:14

… Every man who is a Christian is a priest unto God and he daily offers unto God the acceptable sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving. In fact, his whole …