He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find him the rest of the day.
– John Bunyan –
Discipline
Prayer and fasting – Andrew Murray
Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God.
– Andrew Murray –
Neglected Prayer – JC Ryle
I ask whether you pray, because there is no duty in religion so neglected as private prayer.
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
Pray or Read the Bible? – Russ Scalzo
When asked, what is more important: praying or reading the Bible? I ask, “What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?”
– Russ Scalzo –
God’s Discipline – Crystal McDowell
Because God disciplines those He loves, He will take drastic measures to get our attention if we need to grow up spiritually.
– Crystal McDowell –
Willing to pay the cost? – AW Tozer
Christ has paid the full price for our redemption, but our walk with God on a daily basis will cost us much. Are we willing, cheerfully, to pay the cost?
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Regardless of how you feel – Charles Spurgeon
If we never do any work for Christ except when we feel up to the mark, we shall not do much. If we feel that we will not pray because we cannot pray, we shall never pray.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Soul Winner
Don’t be lazy in prayer – Martin Luther
We must be careful not to break the habit of true prayer and … become lax and lazy, cool and listless toward prayer. The devil who besets us is not lazy or careless, and our flesh is too ready and eager to sin and is disinclined to the spirit of prayer.
– Martin Luther –
from A Simple Way to Pray
The Habit of True Prayer – Martin Luther
We must be careful not to break the habit of true prayer and … become lax and lazy, cool and listless toward prayer. The devil who besets us is not lazy or careless, and our flesh is too ready and eager to sin and is disinclined to the spirit of prayer.
– Martin Luther –
from A Simple Way to Pray