Sermons and Biblical Studies

First Thoughts Let God have your first awaking thoughts; lift up your hearts to Him reverently and thankfully for the rest enjoyed the night before and cast yourself upon Him for the day which follows. Familiarize yourself so consistently to this that your conscience may check you when common thoughts shall first intrude. Think of … Continue reading “PRAYER,
MORNING”

Enter into the inner chamber of your mind. Shut out all things save God and whatever may aid you in seeking God; and having barred the door of your chamber, seek him. Anselm We must understand that the only ones who prepare themselves for prayer adequately are those who are so impressed with God’s majesty … Continue reading “PRAYER,
METHOD OF”

If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer. Martin Luther I suspect I have been allotting habitually too little time to religious exercises, as private devotion and religious … Continue reading “PRAYER,
LENGTH OF”

Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people, that will not pray for them. Richard Baxter To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. John Calvin

All prayer is hidden. It is behind a closed door. The best spade diggers go down into deep ditches out of sight. There are numbers of surface workers, but few who in self-obliteration toil alone with God. Seth Joshua There is a sense in which every man when he begins to pray to God should … Continue reading “PRAYER,
HIDDEN”

Prayer is not a collection of balanced phrases; it is the pouring out of the soul. What is love if it be not fiery? What are prayers if the heart be not ablaze? They are the battles of the soul. In them men wrestle with principalities and powers. Samuel Chadwick

Though our private desires are ever so confused, though our private requests are ever so broken, and though our private groanings are ever so hidden from men, yet God eyes them, records them, and puts them upon the file of heaven, and will one day crown them with glorious answers and returns. Thomas Brooks

We pray without a prompter because from the heart. Tertullian

Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, “above all that we ask or think.” Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and … Continue reading “PRAYER,
EXPECTANT”

The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationships. Dr Alex Carrel