The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of agony.
– Samuel Logan Brengle –
Prayer
When Alone with God – Samuel Chadwick
When alone with God, be alone with Him.
– Samuel Chadwick –
What Hinders You From Hearing God’s Voice? – Andrew Murray
Nothing so effectually hinders hearing God’s voice as opening the heart too much to other voices. A heart too deeply interested in the news, the literature, and the society of this world cannot hear the divine voice. It needs stillness, retirement, and concentration to give God the heed He claims.
– Andrew Murray –
Blessings of the Kingdom – Samuel Chadwick
There are blessings of The Kingdom that are only yielded to the violence of the vehement soul.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Work On Your Knees – AT Pierson
A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: “I wish I could deal such changing blows on stony hearts.” The workman answered: “Maybe you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees.”
– AT Pierson –
Pray With All Your Might – William Booth
You must pray with all your might … fervent, effectual, untiring wrestling with God …This kind of prayer be sure the devil and the world and your own indolent, unbelieving nature will oppose. They will pour water on this flame.
– William Booth –
Man in Favor with God – Greg Gordon
God can gift people, but it is something else when a man is in favour with God; when God can say “For this man’s sake, I will not judge this city or will show favour to this church.”
– Greg Gordon –
Eternity Meant Everything – Oswald J. Smith
In the Irish Revival of 1859, people became so weak that they could not get back to their homes. Men and women would fall by the wayside and would be found hours later pleading with God to save their souls. They felt that they were slipping into hell and that nothing else in life mattered but to get right with God… To them eternity meant everything. Nothing else was of any consequence. They felt that if God did not have mercy on them and save them, they were doomed for all time to come.
– Oswald J. Smith –
Prayer Alone – John R. Mott
Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.
– John R. Mott –