Wonders of Prayer
Illustration★★★★Rebekah appears. Jacob wrestles and prays, and prevails with Christ; Esau’s mind is wonderfully turned from the revengeful purpose he had harbored for twenty years. Moses prays, Amalek is discomfited. Joshua prays, Achan is discovered.
Hannah prays, Samuel is born. David prays, Ahithophel hangs himself. Asa prays, a victory is gained. Jehoshaphat cries to God, God turns away his foes.
Isaiah and Hezekiah pray, 185,000 Assyrians are dead in twelve hours. Daniel prays, the lions are muzzled. Daniel prays, the seventy weeks were revealed. Mordecai and Esther fast, Haman is hanged on his own gallows in three days.
Ezra prays, the king’s heart is softened in a minute. Elijah prays, rain descends apace. Elisha prays, Jordan is divided. Elisha prays, a child’s soul comes back.
SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS 131 Prive, Checks to. What is the man proud of? Money? It will not procure for him one night’s sleep.
It will not buy back a lost friend. It will not bribe off approaching death. Land? A very little bit of it will serve him soon.
Learning? If he be equal to Newton, he has gathered one little pebble on the ocean’s shore, and even that one he must soon lay down again. —Teacher’s Treasury.
Found in five hundred and one sermon illustrations, w.g. heslop, d.d., litt. s.d. · topic: PrayEeR
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Extensive list of Biblical examples of prayer's power: Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Hannah, David, and many others who prayed and saw God's miraculous intervention.