The evangelization of the world depends first of all upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than the need for men—aye, deep down at the bottom of our spiritless life, is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, world-wide prayer.
– Andrew Murray –
Prayer
Give Yourselves to Prayer and the Ministry of the Word – Robert Murray McCheyne
Give yourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. If you do not pray, God will probably lay you aside from your ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray.
– Robert Murray McCheyne –
Prayer is Not Getting Things From God – Oswald Chambers
Prayer is not getting things from God, that is the most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God.
– Oswald Chambers –
How Long Do You Pray? – Wesley L. Duewel
Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time.
– Wesley L. Duewel –
The Devil is Frightened by Prayer – Jim Cymbala
The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift up our hearts to God.
– Jim Cymbala –
Prayer Must Be a Mighty Factor in Life and Ministry – EM Bounds
Every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God’s work and is powerless to project God’s cause in this world.
– EM Bounds –
The Devil Trembles at Prayer – RA Torrey
When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, “he trembles” as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.
– RA Torrey –
The Prayer That Sparks Revival – Wellington Boone
The prayer that sparks revival begins long before the countryside seems to awaken from its slumber in sin. It starts when men fall on their knees and cry out to God. That’s where true intimacy with God takes place and we begin the journey of being transformed into the image of Christ. And as men are transformed, the course of a nation can be changed.
– Wellington Boone –
Satan Has Little Need to Fear Most Preaching – A. Reavis
Despite the atrociousness of it, Satan really does have “little cause to fear most preaching.” Most preaching in the modern church is completely devoid of unction. Pastors are too busy playing golf or racquetball to bother spending time on their knees. No wonder some pastors I’ve heard can more readily quote Dr. Laura then bible passages pertaining to prayer. It’s disastrous. Satan need not fear under those conditions.
– A. Reavis –