Grant that I may worship and pray unto Thee with as much reverence and godly fear, as if I saw the heavens open and all the angels that stand around Thy throne. Amen.
– William Law –
from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Christian Life
Are You Praying Without Ceasing? – EM Bounds
Pray without ceasing. –Thes 5:17
Are you praying in everything without ceasing, in the closet, hidden from men, and praying always and everywhere? That is the personal, pertinent, and all-important question for every person.
– EM Bounds –
May Jesus Always Be in the Thoughts – Henry Scougal
Oh! that the holy life of the blessed Jesus may be always in my thoughts, and before mine eyes, till I receive a deep sense and impression of those excellent graces that shined so eminently in him; and let me never cease my endeavours, till that new and divine nature prevail in my soul, and Christ be formed within me.
– Henry Scougal –
from The Life of God in the Soul of Man
What Keeps You From the Peacefulness of Devotion? – Austen Phelps
Even a doubtful principle of life, harbored in the heart, is perilous to the peacefulness of devotion. May not many of us find the cause of our joylessness in prayer, in the fact that we are living upon some unsettled principles of conduct?
– Austen Phelps –
from The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer, 1859
Pray For Your Pastor – Charles Spurgeon
Ye who love God, of every place and every denomination, wrestle for your ministers; pray for them; for why should not God even now pour out his Spirit? What is the reason why we are to be denied Pentecostal seasons? Why not this hour, as one mighty band, fall down before him and entreat him, for his Sons’ sake, to revive his drooping church? Then would all men discern that we are verily the disciples of Christ.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Your Support and Comfort for Affliction – Brother Lawrence
Continue, then, always with God; it is the only support and comfort for your affliction.
– Brother Lawrence –
from The Practice of the Presence of God
How to Measure Your Growth in Grace – Oswald Chambers
Measure your growth in grace by your sensitivity to sin.
– Oswald Chambers –
Use Duty But Trust Christ – Thomas Watson
Use duty, but trust to Christ and free grace for acceptance. Be like Noah’s dove: she made use of her wings to fly, but trusted to the ark for safety.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Lords Supper, 1665
Prayer Develops the Life of God In Us – Oswald Chambers
Prayer is not meant to develop us, but to develop the life of God in us after the new birth.
– Oswald Chambers –