Prayer

Sin Condemned And Executed By Christ Jesus

Romans 8:3

… Those of you who trade dishonestly, privately serve the devil, neglect prayer and act as sinners do, and yet all the while pretend to be among the living …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… But it must be by work, by testimony-bearing, by the preaching of the Gospel, by continual prayer, by encompassing the city, perpetually serving God and walking in …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… How you wish it were otherwise! It is your daily prayer that all your kindred may be followers of Christ, but they are not so. Perhaps they openly …

Preparation for the Coming of the Lord

1 John 2:28

… Has He not prayed for us that we may be with Him, and behold His Glory? And can we be afraid of the answer to His loving prayer …

The Peace of the Devil and the Peace of God

Luke 11:21

… God forgive that we should prophesy smooth things for ourselves while the pen of justice is signing our death warrant! One prayer I often pray—"Lord, let me …

Impotence and Omnipotence

John 5:5-9

… I have been to Prayer Meetings, I have read my Bible in secret and I have sometimes hoped—it was but a little hope, but still I hoped …

Proclamation of Acceptance and Vengeance

Isaiah 61:2

… interesting, much less of doing any good, to any in this House of Prayer who do not come under the description of mourners. The sower's duty is …

Heedlessness In Religion

2 Kings 10:31

… And we shall close by endeavoring to exhort you to practice that heedfulness before you leave this House of Prayer. I. First, may the Holy Spirit enable us …

A Monument for the Dead, and a Voice to the Living

Romans 10:5-9

… it should be the only thing visible, namely, your calling upon God in prayer, it must and shall save you. IV. Now, I hope I have put it …

The Singular Origin of a Christian

Ephesians 2:10

… All our works should be good works and we may make them so by sanctifying them with the Word of God and prayer, according to that precept, "Whether …

The Unknown Ways of Love

John 13:7

… And my prayer has been that the Holy Spirit would bless to your conversion the messages of my Brothers who have kindly occupied this pulpit. If you still …

Climbing the Mountain

Psalm 24:3

… No need to toil at a labor which fags my body, and thus puts my soul into an in state for prayer; no need to mix with worldly …

An Astounding Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

… not the voice of supplication! It was distinctly the reverse—it was a prayer not for mercy, but against mercy! The translation is, however, quite good if we …

A Business-Like Account

Philippians 3:7-9

… the regularity of your attendance at the means of Grace, upon your private prayer, upon what you have given, or upon your preaching or anything else? Ah, it …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… It was not at all a bad prayer, for it was a petition that He would give to His servants the right subject, the right spirit and the …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death." Peter remembered how, when the Master rose from prayer, and said, "He is at hand that does betray Me," he was there and …

Examination Before Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… a word, do I really know Christ? Do I speak with Him in prayer? Do I commune with Him and tell Him my griefs and sorrows? Or, am …

Life Eternal

John 10:28

… At the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, a Brother asked for the prayers of Believers because he felt so much the corruption of his own heart, the temptations of …

God the Wonder-Worker

Psalm 136:4

… s desire is that all of you who come to this house of prayer may become similar wonders of divine grace. The Lord grant that the wonders may …

Seeing Christ's Day

John 8:56

… At such seasons I have no doubt that Abraham was in his chosen place of prayer, waiting and watching—looking into the far-distant future and seeing with …

Fountains of Repentant Tears

Mark 14:72

… Lord would cause you to remember the sermons that you have heard, the Prayer Meetings you have attended, the revival services you have passed through—and the resistance …

Urging Lot

Genesis 19:15

… it only comes to that?" Here is a man who goes to a Prayer Meeting, perhaps, once in seven years, gives a four-penny piece to the collection …

How God Comes to Man

Genesis 3:8

… Then, through the awful gloom, there came the sound of such questions as these, "Where are you, Sinner? You were in a House of Prayer a few weeks …

Jesus and His Forerunner

John 10:39-42

… Hence, we delight to see the House of Prayer crowded. We are glad that when we cast the net we cast it among multitudes of fish. If a …

"God, and Not Man"—What Does It Mean?

Hosea 11:9

… sing, again, the last verse of that grand hymn that we sang before prayer, and roll out the refrain in full thunder of grateful thanksgiving— "'Oh may this …

The Lamb—The Light

Revelation 21:23

… at night, when you come home jaded and weary, if there were no prayer, no door of access between you and Christ? What should we do without Christ …

Dei Gratia

Ephesians 1:6

… Why should I not go to God in prayer and ask to be made a trophy of His Grace? And if any should say, "But if we are …

Good Reasons for a Good Resolution

Isaiah 61:10

… And God has covered up His people in Christ, as we express it in the prayer we sometimes sing— "Him and then the sinner see. Look through Jesus …

An Objection and an Answer

Galatians 5:6

… he, somehow or other, gets absolution! At our Agricultural Hall services and noonday Prayer Meetings they will sneer because, they say, it is encouraging hypocrisy instead of putting …

Household Sin and Sorrow

… Oh, for a family in which there is constant prayer—family in which every child may safely follow the father's example—a family in which the parent …

The Dream of Pilate's Wife

Matthew 27:19

… They have too much conscience to neglect the Sabbath and to forego attendance at the House of Prayer—too much conscience to be utterly irreligious, to be honestly …

The Secret Food And The Public Name

Jeremiah 15:16

… As the habit of having a time for prayer is good, so also is the habit of reading the Scriptures. Yet it is a mischievous practice to read …

The Lamentations of Jesus

Luke 19:41

… but how shall I come?" The answer is—come with sorrow and with prayer, even as it is written, "they shall come with weeping and with supplications will …

Trial by the Word

Psalm 105:19

… Agur's prayer is a wise one: "Give me neither poverty nor riches." Joseph was in great peril when he came to be lord over the land of …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… Even prayer seemed but to excite him to more fearful despondency. In the Providence of God I was called to preach the Word in his neighborhood. He was …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… I have often prayed this prayer—"Lord, let me know the very worst of my case," for I do not wish to entertain a hope that will, at …

Barriers Obliterated

Isaiah 44:22

… Ah, then you were the people who loved the Prayer Meeting! How sweet the gatherings of the saints were to you! Do you not also remember your little …

The Greatest Exhibition of the Age

1 Corinthians 11:26

… We cover our eyes in prayer, but we do not always pray. There is such a thing as preaching from the mouth outward, instead of speaking from the …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… Or perhaps you have a larger room, and might get up a weekly Prayer Meeting, or hold a little service. There are very many who will never enter …

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… But, do another thing, try the Lord Jesus for yourself! God hears prayer—go and see if He does. God accepts penitent hearts and He has regard to …