DISCOURSE: 332 GOOD INTENTIONS APPROVED 1 Kings 8:18. _Thou didst well that it was in thine heart._ THE sovereignty of God is a subject from which the minds of men in general revolt. But this arises from their considering it almost exclusively in relation to things which have an arbitrary and painf... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 333 FOR THE OPENING OF TRINITY CHURCH AT CHELTENHAM 1 Kings 8:28. _Have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day: that thine eyes may be open toward this ho... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 334 THE REQUISITES FOR ACCEPTABLE PRAYER 1 Kings 8:38. _What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth hit hands toward this house: then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 335 SOLOMON’S THANKSGIVING PRAYER 1 Kings 8:54. And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord) he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. And he stood, and blessed... [ Continue Reading ]