I ask whether you pray, because there is no duty in religion so neglected as private prayer.
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
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
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 –
Prayer vs Sin – JC Ryle
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
– JC Ryle –
Progress of God’s Kingdom – EM Bounds
When we calmly reflect upon the fact that the progress of our Lord’s kingdom is dependent upon prayer, it is sad to think that we give so little time to the holy exercise.
– EM Bounds –
How to sustain a heart for prayer – John Piper
If we’re going to sustain a heart for prayer, we’ve got to believe and feel that life is war.
– John Piper –
This happens before God does a new thing – Jonathan Edwards
When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
– Jonathan Edwards –
No Man is Greater Than His Prayer Life – Leonard Ravenhill
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing. The people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers. Many players and payers, few pray-ers. Many singers, few clingers. Lots of pastors, few wrestlers. Many fears, few tears. Much fashion, little passion. Many interferes, few intercession. Many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Don’t Despair of the Future – JC Ryle
I do not despair of the future. God forbid that I should do so. I believe in the almighty power of God to deliver us, even in the darkest hour … what He has done in time in the past He may do again. For this let us all agree to pray. A praying, interceding people are the very backbone of the church.
– JC Ryle –