Prayer and Worship
Keys to Enjoying Fellowship with God (33 min)
Dan Shutt preaches on how to enjoy deeper fellowship with God, outlining biblical, practical keys to maintaining a close ongoing relationship with Him. Readings: 1 Cor 1.9, 1 John 1.3. (Recorded at the Toronto Easter Conference, March 2024)
Prayer Changes Things (48 min)
David Vallance preaches on the value of both private and corporate prayer, in an insightful and challenging sermon. Readings: Matt 6:5-13, 1 Tim 2:1-9. (Recorded at Helions Conference, UK, 30th Mar 2018)
Do You Have a Heart for Worship? (40 min)
John Dennison preaches on the topic of worship, from the life of Abraham, the man of God, in Genesis. Headings: the call, catalyst, consistency, control and consequences of worship. Readings: Gen 11:31-32, 12:1-2a, 4-10a, 13:1-7, 17-18, 21:33-34, 22:1-3, 8-12a, 14. (Recorded at the Belfast Easter Conference, April 2012)
Staleness or Freshness in Worship? (23 min)
Michael Penfold preaches on freshness in worship when the church is gathered to break bread. Worship should be marked by preparation, devotion, appreciation, variation, perception and continuation. Reading: Lev 1:1-17, 6:8-13. (Recorded in Chalfont St Peter, 13th Aug 2023)
Priesthood, Sacrifice and Worship (55 min)
Phil Coulson preaches on the three related topics of priesthood, sacrifice and worship. He outlines the biblical teaching of “the priesthood of all believers” and opens up various important principles connected with our approach to God. (Recorded in Ballymena on 7th Dec 2019)
How I Learned to Pray (5 min)
Mr Robert McPheat (1933-1990) was converted at the age of 14 in 1947. Baptised and received into the assembly in Plains, Scotland, young Robert was greatly helped in his early days by his spiritual father, Mr John King. In a message on the life of Abraham’s wife Sarah, given in Crowle Gospel Hall in April 1984, Mr McPheat told the story of how he learned to pray in the days soon after he was saved, while working as a coal…
The Assembly Prayer Meeting (44 min)
You will go a long way before you hear a more practical message than this! Peter Orasuk preaches on the local assembly prayer meeting under 5 headings: the conviction of it, the conditions of it, the care found in it, the consideration needed in it, and the contribution to it by the sisters. Stirring stuff! Readings: 1 Cor 1:2, 1 Tim 2:1-12 (Message given in Ontario, Canada)
The Landmark of the Prayer Meeting (18 min)
Jon Procopio preaches a rousing message about the importance of the assembly prayer meeting. In the first 8 minutes of his message he speaks about the prohibitions in Prov 22:28 and 23:10 against “removing the landmarks” and makes the point that the first landmark many Christians remove in their lives is attendance at the assembly prayer meeting. The vital part that the assembly prayer meeting plays in the life of the Christian and the local assembly is highlighted powerfully in…
Jimmy Paton – Lessons on Prayer (37 min)
Jimmy Paton (1914-1999) from Ayrshire, Scotland, was converted to Christ at the age of 15. A slater and plasterer by trade, Jimmy was a big man with a soft heart who had a unique gift in the ministry of the Word. Encouraged and greatly helped by men like John Douglas and Willie Trew, Jimmy was much used in instructing the Lord’s people through devotional and practical Bible teaching. When he spoke on the person of Christ, he was especially choice,…
The Prison Prayers of Paul (38 min)
Michael Penfold looks at the prayer life and the 4 “prison prayers” of Paul – a prayer for enlightenment (Eph 1:15-23); a prayer for enablement (Eph 3:14-21); a prayer for enlargement (Phil 1:9-11); and a prayer for enrichment (Col 1:9-14). (Message preached 21st July 2019)
The Lord’s Prayer (45 min)
Mervyn Hall preaches on “the Lord’s prayer” under 6 headings. Its scope, setting, shortness (66 words), simplicity, structure and substance. His examination of the Lord’s prayer reveals essential features for all prayer: adoration, submission, petition and confession (Readings: Matt 6:1-8 and Luke 11:2-4) (Message preached 14th July 2019)
The Prayers of Hannah (37 min)
Michael Penfold takes a look at the two prayers of Hannah – her supplication in 1 Samuel Ch 1 and her thanksgiving in Ch 2. Her first prayer was heartfelt, intelligent, reverent and selfless, while her second revealed her appreciation of God’s salvation, His attributes, His sovereignty and His purposes. (Message preached 19th May 2019)
The Prayers of Abraham and Eliezer (44 min)
Mervvn Hall draws out “principles of prayer” from Gen Chs. 18 and 24. Abraham and Eliezer’s prayers teach us 6 features of prayer: that we should pray with priority, comprehensively, confidently, expectantly, continually and Biblically. At the end of his message, in reference to Eliezer’s experience, Mervyn distinguishes between what we need to pray about, and what we don’t (Message preached 12th May 2019)
Pray Without Ceasing (42 min)
From 1 Thess 5:17, “Pray without ceasing”, Ian Jackson preaches on the need for private, fervent, believing prayer in the life of every Christian, and gives guidance on how to address God in prayer. “The secret of failure, is failure in secret”. (Recorded Apr 20th 2019)