Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life.
– O. Hallesby –
from Prayer
Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life.
– O. Hallesby –
from Prayer
Nights of prayer to God are followed by days of power with men.
– RA Torrey –
from How to Pray
Why do we not lay open our heart to God and beg Him to put into it whatever is most pleasing to Him?
– Jean-Nicholas Grou –
from How to Pray (18th Century)
Prayer and faith are sacred picklocks that can open secrets, and obtain great treasures.
– Charles Spurgeon –
If we are to pray with power we must pray with faith.
– RA Torrey –
from How to Pray
The essence of prayer is simply talking to God as you would to a beloved friend – without pretense or flippancy.
– John MacArthur –
from Alone with God
Saints are often drowsy, and listless, and half asleep; but the word and Spirit of Christ will put life and vigor into the soul.
– Matthew Henry –
“What do you want with me?” I want you, not to be a convert to my opinions, but to be a member of Christ, a child of God, and an heir of his kingdom.
– John Wesley –
A man, and a Christian man too, may keep up all the outward appearances of religion; but if he has guilt on his conscience, or allows sin in his soul, he may frequent the Lord’s house but it will be without profit; he may worship but it will be without peace.
– James Thomas Holloway –
from The Analogy of Faith