Why is there so little anxiety to get time to pray? Why is there so little forethought in the laying out of time and employments, so as to secure a large portion of each day for prayer? Why is there so much speaking yet so little prayer? Why is there so much running to and fro, yet so little prayer? Why so much bustle and business, yet so little prayer? Why so many meetings with our fellow men, yet so few meetings with God?
– William Reid –
Prayer is the first thing, the second thing, and the third thing necessary for a minister, especially if he have revivals. Pray, then, my dear brother, pray, pray, pray.
– Edward Payson –
We are weak in the pulpit because weak in the closet.
– John Angel James –
Do we know a prayerfulness like that of Luther, who once said, “I have so much business to do today that I shall not be able to get through it with less than three hours [of] prayer.”
– Henry Fish –
I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe.
– Mary, Queen of Scots –
The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.
– AW Tozer –
AW Tozer’s Rules for Self-Discovery:
1. What we want most
2. What we think about most
3. How we use our money
4. What we do with our leisure time
5. The company we enjoy
6. Who and what we admire
7. What we laugh at
– AW Tozer –
It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.
– AW Tozer –
God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.
– AW Tozer –