Prayer

A Single Prayer – Charles H. Spurgeon

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this: that I may die to self, and live wholly to him.

– Charles H. Spurgeon –

Prayer is Simple – Unknown

Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters not. Just to be there in His presence is prayer.

– Unknown –

A tear is enough – Charles Spurgeon

You can draw near to God even though you cannot say a word. A prayer may be crystallised in a tear. A tear is enough water to float a desire to God.

– Charles Spurgeon –

When Satan Comes – Smith Wigglesworth

When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes.

– Smith Wigglesworth –

The Bible and Prayer – Matthew Henry

The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

– Matthew Henry –

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

The Enemy of Secret Prayer – Thomas Brooks

Satan is a very great enemy to secret prayer. Secret prayer is a scourge, a hell to Satan. Every secret prayer adds to the devil’s torment, and every secret sigh adds to his torment, and every secret groan adds to his torment, and every secret tear adds to his torment.

– Thomas Brooks –
from The Secret Key To Heaven, 1665