Prayer

A Traveller’s Letters Home (Continued)

… Bennet came up, and I was amused to hear Müller teaching him the power of prayer, and recommending him to pray about one of the terraces which he …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… Have you ever felt it? You sat down an hour ago and wept as if your heart would break, and then you bowed your knee in solemn prayer …

Suffering And Reigning With Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

… You cannot live in my cottage if you have a Prayer Meeting in it. I will have no religious people on my farm." We who live in more …

The Unsearchable Riches Of christ

Ephesians 3:8

… He was seized by His enemies one night when wrestling in prayer. He was betrayed by the man who had eaten bread with Him. He was dragged before …

Eternal Life Within Present Grasp

1 Timothy 6:12

… Let your life be one of prayer and praise, for these are the breath of the new life. We still live the animal and mental life, but these …

The Friends Of Jesus

John 15:14

… Some of us prefer to have our religious services each day in our own homes and it will be a dreadful thing when family prayer is given up …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… They are most careful to respect the Sabbath, they venerate the Book of God, they use a form of prayer, they join in the songs of the Sanctuary …

Jesus, the Judge

Acts 10:42

… I face eternity?" And so that night was turned to weeping and to prayer. I could wish the same might happen, now, to many of you. The Judge …

A Discourse Upon True Blessedness Here and Hereafter

James 1:12

… has gone to God with a promise and received an answer to his prayer. He is blessed who has had his faith tried—who, having been put into …

The Silken Fetter

Hosea 3:5

… Surely the Lord will take care of your soul if you seek His face! Let your prayer be, "My God, my Father, be my Guide. Since You have …

The Blessing of Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… We need workshop faith, as well as prayer-meeting faith. We need faith as to the common things of life, and the trying things of death. We could …

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… They have come up to this House of Prayer, not that they might know Christ, but that they might see a vast congregation and amuse themselves by novelty …

How They Conquered the Dragon

Revelation 12:11

… We must watch, and pray, and strive and agonise, and press forward; "this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." Salvation is not by works, but …

Disobedience to the Gospel

Romans 10:16

… It is true of many who meet with us, in this House of Prayer, as it is of those who assemble elsewhere, that though they have often heard …

"The Offense of the Cross"

Galatians 5:11

… What he did there, we do not know, but probably he had a time of quiet meditation and prayer, all alone. "I went into Arabia." The best thing …

Thought Condemned, Yet Commanded

Matthew 6:31-33

… Having done all that we can do by honest labor and earnest prayer, let us leave the rest with God, for He would not have His children cumbered …

Life In Christ

John 14:19

… Begin this year with the prayer, “Nearer to thee, my Lord, nearer to thee.” Think much of the spiritual life and less of this poor carnal life, which …

The Watchword For Today—"Stand Fast"

Philippians 3:20

… Concerning your inward life, your secret prayer, your walk with God, here is the watchword of the day—"Stand fast." To put it very plainly, "Stand fast in …

The Search Warrant

John 6:64

… You may have a great gift in prayer and yet not have faith. You may be an acceptable preacher and yet not have faith. You may walk uprightly …

Grace Abounding

Hosea 14:4

… You may have left off attending to the means of grace; you may have been very slack at private prayer, but if you ever were a child of …

The Plumb Line

Amos 7:7

… But instead of using the plumb line of the Bible, many people have a newly-invented test—the Book of Common Prayer, or Minutes of the Conference, or …

A Persuasive to Steadfastness

Hebrews 3:14

… away.' I remember one whose voice I, and many of your heard in prayer, and we enjoyed the exercise of his gifts. The man had been reclaimed from …

Choice Portions

Deuteronomy 32:9

… We have had delight in this House of Prayer. We have delight in one another, in sweet companionship and communion. But if you have ever tasted delight in …

A Little Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:16

… We say, "Well, I did so enjoy that little prayer-meeting; but when it grew so much in numbers I seemed lost in it." It is to me …

The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith

Genesis 17:1

… Never pray a formalistic prayer or sing a heartless hymn, or prattle out an experience you never felt. Shun first and foremost the leaven of the Pharisees which …

Place for the Word

John 8:37

… I have found his teaching in the Word of God. "Oh, but the Prayer Book says such-and-such!" It may do so, but, I pray you, believe …

Abraham's Prompt Obedience to the Call of God

Hebrews 11:8

… for ever shall the tenderness and mercy of God be thus despised? Our prayer is that God of his grace may give you to imitate the example of …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… These disciples in Jerusalem "were all with one accord in one place," "in prayer and supplication," as the 14th verse of the previous chapter tells us. 2-6 …

The Sojourn in Mesech

Psalm 120:5

… without being overheard and laughed at and, if you have a meeting for prayer and friends join you in singing the songs of Zion, a crowd soon gathers …

The Church a Mother

Isaiah 49:20

… and Sisters, pray more than you have ever done! Wrestle with God in prayer. Plead with Him that this may come true. For though He gives the promise …

The King's Weighings

1 Samuel 2:3

… How stupid is a hypocrite if he believes that he has never once deceived God! He knelt in prayer, but he did not pray. God knew that he …

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… Jesus is and behold His Glory according to our Lord's own memorable prayer. We know but very little of the disembodied state, but we know quite enough …

A Great Mistake and the Way to Rectify It

Revelation 3:17

… so correct and vigorous, therefore no attempt is made for improvement, no special prayer, no cries to Heaven, no repentance because of backsliding—and so when there comes …

The Sinner's Savior

Luke 19:7

… How he woke everybody up the first time he opened his mouth at the Prayer Meeting! The little Church had quite a revival, for their old jog-trot …

Idols Found Wanting, But Jehovah Found Faithful

Isaiah 46:1-4

… We shall see better days and brighter times yet, if we have but faith in God and importunity in prayer. Let us not be afraid, though clouds should …

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… Here is love! Let us infer from that gift His willingness to answer prayer. "He that spared not His own Son but freely delivered Him up for us …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… though they have no secret piety, no real love to Christ, no private prayer and, therefore, there is all the more danger. Now, dear Friends, what we cannot …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… blood? Did I not on earth, with cries and groans, offer up My prayer before My Father and do I not now plead, not with less vigor but …

The Woman Which Was a Sinner

Luke 7:37-38

… O for more of this love! If I might only pray one prayer this morning, I think it should be that the flaming torch of the love of …

A Delicious Experience

Hebrews 4:3

… In that sight, alone, will he find a window opened in Heaven through which a backslider's prayer may enter. It is the eye of Jesus which makes …