Sermon Illustrations on Prayer

Historical

Fruitless Supplications: When Prayer Becomes Empty Ritual

Isaiah records a sobering scene: "He shall come to his sanctuary to pray." Yet this prayer proves fruitless. The Victorian preacher W. F. Manning observed a pattern repeating across centuries—people who recognize idolatry's folly still approach Elohim's altar with hollow...

Isaiah 15:12Universalinsincerity in worshipconditions for answered prayer

Historical Examples — Prayer

The Soul's Nighttime Hunger for God's Presence

Ask, and It Shall Be Given: Prayer as Duty and Privilege

The Endless Increase of Messiah's Kingdom and Peace

The Universal Power of Sleep Over Human Will

Christ in the Sick Room: Hezekiah's Affliction and Recovery

Scripture as God's Gift of Light for Our Learning

Christ's Compassion for the Spiritually Scattered and Leaderless

The Path of Life: Divine Direction to Eternal Glory

The Ensign Lifted: God's Providence in Missionary Hope

Help in God When All Seems Lost

Faith Visible: The Bearers' Intercession for the Paralyzed

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees: The Anatomy of Spiritual Exhaustion

Perseverance in Prayer: Speaking the Same Words Again

God's Numbered Hairs: Divine Attention to Life's Minutiae

The Master Key: Access to God's Treasuries Through Christ

When God Hears and When He Does Not

Waiting Upon the Lord: Four Dimensions of Trust

Fruitless Supplications: When Prayer Becomes Empty Ritual

The Perilous Boundary Between Faith and Presumption

Jesus Withdrew to the Mount of Olives for Prayer

God's Waiting: Delay as an Act of Grace

Prayer, Remembrance, and Divine Mercy in Distress

Who Will Show Us Any Good? The True Source of Blessedness

Daily Bread: Dependence, Provision, and Contentment