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Joshua's Obedience
Joshua 1:7
… They are at a sermon when they ought to be behind the counter, or they are enjoying a Prayer Meeting when they ought to be mending their husbands …
SERMON • SERMON 837“All These Things”—A Sermon with Three Texts
Genesis 42:36
… things is the life of my spirit." The passage is taken from the prayer of Hezekiah after he was raised from his sick bed. He describes the bitterness …
SERMON • SERMON 2876Christ's Crowning Glory
Psalm 21:5
… My Brother, in that very sweet prayer before the sermon, to which I assented with all my heart, pleaded that we might get a view of Jesus Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 1231The Sure Triumph Of The Crucified One
Isaiah 52:13-15
… The Church has been foiled and humbled till at last, in sheer despair, she has fallen upon her face in prayer and lifted up her heart to the …
SERMON • SERMON 1160The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit
Hebrews 3:7
… Their prayer has been, "Today, good Lord, answer our entreaties and lead our fellow men to hear Your voice that they may be saved." I appeal to the …
SERMON • SERMON 2219A Harp of Ten Strings
Luke 1:46
… Oh, what a precious thing it would be to be able to have access to God in prayer! I would give my eyes to be able to know …
SERMON • SERMON 3156The First Beatitude
Matthew 5:3
… minted by Truth is in his hand! For my own part, my constant prayer is that I may know the worst of my case, whatever the knowledge may …
SERMON • SERMON 3115Sin and Grace
Romans 5:20
… our own vision—we see it in every hymn we sing, in every prayer we pray, in every sermon we preach! Not only do we see sin in …
SERMON • SERMON 2188Entangled in the Land
Exodus 14:3
… Can I take up my cross?" When, after hours of anguish and prayer, you have come out of every entanglement pure and free, from that time forth the …
SERMON • SERMON 2108Perseverance in Holiness
Jeremiah 32:40
… Be much in private prayer; for that stirs up the fire, and makes it burn more brilliantly. In fine, seek to live near to God, to abide in …
SERMON • SERMON 2202"Lo, I Come"—Exposition
Psalm 40:6-8
… He seeks spiritual worship, obedient thought, holy living, grateful praise, devout prayer—these are the requirements of the Creator and Benefactor of men. Ritualistic matters were so far …
SERMON • SERMON 3005Silken Cords
Hosea 11:4
… It is God's work to pull them—and they will be pulled if the saints will join in earnest prayer, invoking a blessing upon sinners. The Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 3058The Joy of Harvest
Isaiah 9:3
… Here are sisters and brothers who have watched over brothers and sisters with the most sedulous attention and importunate prayer and, at last, they see them relent the …
SERMON • SERMON 953Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever
Zechariah 3:9
… I wonder why it is people cannot quote Scripture rightly in prayer, but there are very few who ever do. How often have I heard, "They shall sit …
SERMON • SERMON 1957The Lord's Own View of His Church and People
Solomon 4:12
… name whenever she draws near to the Throne of the heavenly Grace in prayer. "In His name"—this is to be her great plea whenever she intercedes with …
SERMON • SERMON 1375"Now Then, Do It"
2 Samuel 3:17
… length of mending their ways in many points! They have begun to frequent Prayer Meetings and, for a while, it did seem as if Jesus would be King …
SERMON • SERMON 3123'The King of the Jews'
John 19:19
… that hang their ivory crosses about their necks and put them on their prayer books and fix them on their walls! They would cry, as their predecessor did …
SERMON • SERMON 419The Roaring Lion
1 Peter 5:8
… I know that you will sometimes, when in prayer, be troubled with the snatch of an old song which you once used to sing. And perhaps, when you …
SERMON • SERMON 1111Motives for Steadfastness
1 Corinthians 15:58
… the fire of their love burns dimly, its coal is all but quenched. Prayer was their delight, but now it wearies them. The praises of God were perpetually …
SERMON • SERMON 2666The Sorrowful Man's Question
Job 3:23
… be car- ried down to Hell "on flowery beds of ease." Pray this prayer, "O Lord, let me enter into life with one eye and one hand, halt …
SERMON • SERMON 2011Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way
Genesis 11:31
… How great a wonder was asked by our Savior's prayer—"I pray not that You should take them out of the world but that You should keep …
SERMON • SERMON 2849Remembering God's Works
Psalm 111:4
… you—tell them that you know that there is a God that hears prayer! Tell them, you who are rejoicing in God with unspeakable joy and who often …
SERMON • SERMON 1415Great Difference
Malachi 2:17
… When the Apostle had received great kindness from a friend whom he had valued, he offered a prayer for him which you may be sure would be a …
SERMON • SERMON 54Christ Our Passover
1 Corinthians 5:7
… There you will find that chapter, “Let not your hearts be troubled;” there also, his great prayer, “Father, I will;” and so on. The greatest things he did …
SERMON • SERMON 204The Mission of the Son of Man
Luke 19:10
… worship of God, the ministry of the gospel is neglected, the house of prayer is forsaken, and the church tolls its bell and says of such an one …
SERMON • SERMON 1417"Your Salvation"
Luke 2:28-30
… which have no understanding, but gladly follow where He draws, according to the prayer of the spouse in the song, "Draw me, we will run after You." All …
SERMON • SERMON 2932False Justification and True
Job 9:20
… Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. Paul is writing concerning the Jews—the very people who had …
SERMON • SERMON 2045Further Afield
Acts 13:46-48
… I saw last Wednesday the Prayer Book which Bishop Juxon held in his hand as he stood by the side of Charles I on the scaffold at Whitehall …
SERMON • SERMON 957Jesus No Phantom
Matthew 14:26
… We cannot preach a sermon, or offer prayer, or give alms, or do any service for our Lord but what we feel, when all is done, that we …
SERMON • SERMON 397Fire! Fire! Fire!
Isaiah 43:2
… Young men who love Christ, and as soon as they get home after attending the house of prayer, the taunting enquiry made by their fellow-workmen is—“You …
SERMON • SERMON 1795Pleading and Encouragement
Ezekiel 18:23
… When at last you come to prayer, and begin to cry, "God be merciful to me a sinner," God is well pleased; for here he sees clear signs …
SERMON • SERMON 1721Glory!
1 Peter 5:10
… the time of our sojourning here in fear, and let us watch unto prayer and strive to enter in at the strait gate. God grant we may be …
SERMON • SERMON 2084The Bible Tried and Proved
Psalm 12:6
… Was not that the promise, "When you awake, it shall talk with you"? We open the Book with this prayer, "Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears." And we …
SERMON • SERMON 2727Bitter Herbs
Exodus 12:8
… Let us never rush to prayer or hasten to praise, but let us pause awhile, and think what we are about to do, lest we offer the sacrifice …
SERMON • SERMON 647Heart'S Ease
Psalm 112:7
… Popish party in the Establishment, supported by the undoubted superstition of the National Prayer Book, now seeks to regain its ancient prominence while its allies without are moving …
SERMON • SERMON 1878A TRAITOR SUSPECTED AND CONVICTED
Romans 8:7
… I would, therefore, be glad to convince you of your wrong state of mind until you become ashamed of it and turn to God! Is prayer neglected by …
SERMON • SERMON 1190A Song Among the Lilies
Solomon 2:16
… Let George Herbert’s prayer be ours. ‘Oh, be mine still, still make me thine, Or rather make nor mine nor thine.’ Let mine melt into thine. Oh …
SERMON • SERMON 1877Our Own Dear Shepherd
John 10:14
… I could not help saying, just now, to our friends at our little Prayer Meeting, "There is a passage in the Psalms which makes the Lord do for …
SERMON • SERMON 828Dying Daily
1 Corinthians 15:31
… put into the sieve and to be tried even as by fire! Your prayer will be, "Cleanse me, O God, from secret faults! Search me and try me …
SERMON • SERMON 400Our Miseries, Messengers of Mercy
Hosea 6:1-2
… Ships sink whether men are at prayer, or whether they are cursing God. Providence here is not ordered according to the rule by which God shall dispense his …