Courage is fear prayed for.
– Anonymous –
Prayer
The best way to learn truth – John Bunyan
The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
– John Bunyan –
Affliction quickens prayer – Thomas Watson
Affliction quickens the spirit of prayer. Jonah was asleep in the ship—but at prayer in the whale’s belly! Perhaps in a time of health and prosperity we pray in a cold and formal manner—we put no coals to the incense; we scarcely minded our own prayers, and how should God mind them?Then God sends some cross or other affliction to make us take hold of Him. Now their prayers pierced the heavens! In times of trouble, we pray earnestly and fervently.
– Thomas Watson –
Kneeling and Standing – Leonard Ravenhill
A man who kneels before God will stand before men.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Praying Strenuously – Oswald Chambers
To pray strenuously needs careful cultivation.
– Oswald Chambers –
Even when your praying is bad … – JC Ryle
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
– JC Ryle –
The secret of praying – Leonard Ravenhill
The secret of praying is praying in secret.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Prayer is to be life – Oswald Chambers
Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.
– Oswald Chambers –
Christian’s vital breath – James Montgomery
Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,
The Christian’s native air …
– James Montgomery –
Hymn: Prayer Is The Soul’s Sincere Desire, 1818