Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins. That sin will never stand firm which is heartily prayed against. That devil will never long keep dominion over us which we beseech the Lord to cast forth. But then we must spread out all our case before our heavenly Physician, if he is to give us daily relief.
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
Sin is the greatest power in the world, with one exception, and this is the power of God.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
The Christian life isn’t difficult, it’s impossible—without the power of the Holy Spirit.
– Bill Bright –
Sin is the greatest power in the world, with one exception, and this is the power of God.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.
– William Booth –
O Lord my God, in you I put my trust. Psalms 7:1
“O God, one day we will laugh ourselves to scorn that we looked for so little from you.”
– George Macdonald –
My God, Thou knowest my infirmities; and Thou knowest my desire to overcome them. Send forth Thy Spirit to help me in this warfare. Give me wisdom, O God, and the meekness of wisdom. Let the power of Christ rest upon me.
– Thomas Chalmers –
Nearness to Christ, intimacy with Him, assimilation of His character—these are the elements of a ministry of power.
– Horatius Bonar –
Paul was a leader by appointment and by universal recognition and acceptance. He had many mighty forces in this ministry. His conversion, so conspicuous and radical was a great force, a perfect magazine of aggressive and defensive warfare. His call to the apostleship was clear, luminous and convincing. But these forces were not the divinest energies which brought forth the largest results to his ministry. Paul’s course was more distinctly shaped and his career rendered more powerfully successful by prayer than by any other force.
– EM Bounds –