While others still slept, He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this, otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of delivering souls demands constant renewal through fellowship with God.
– Andrew Murray –
From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.
– John R. Mott –
Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.
– JO Fraser –
He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.
– John Owen –
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 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 –
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 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 is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.
– Matthew Henry –