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
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
In prayer, I give myself to God; in the Word, God gives Himself to me.
– Andrew Murray –
from 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God: Compiled from the Writings of Andrew Murray
Satan trembles, when he sees
the weakest saint upon his knees.
– William Cowper –
from the hymn What Various Hindrances We Meet, 1779
O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth.
– Andrew Murray –
God has not always answered my prayers. If he had, I would’ve married the wrong man—several times!
– Ruth Bell Graham –
wife of Billy Graham
If the spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural.
– Andrew Murray –
Have you ever stood on the same plot of ground with the publican, crying — God be merciful to me a sinner?
– William Tiptaft –
God shapes the world by prayer.
– EM Bounds –