He who kneels the most, stands the best.
– DL Moody –
Prayer
Pray for Patience – Thomas Watson
Pray to God for patience. Patience is a flower of God’s planting. Pray that it may grow in your heart, and send forth its sweet perfume.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Godly Man’s Picture, 1666
Pray! – Thomas Brooks
If you cannot pray as you would, nor as you should, pray as well as you can.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608-1680
Prayer and Praise – Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, like the root of a tree, seeks for and finds nutriment; praise, like the fruit, renders a revenue to the owner of the vineyard. Prayer is for ourselves; praise is for God. Let us never be so selfish as to abound in the one and fail in the other.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from Spurgeon on Praise
The Soul of Prayer – Thomas Brooks
The very soul of prayer lies in the pouring out of a man’s soul before the Lord, though it be but in sighs, groans, and tears. One sigh and groan from a broken heart is better pleasing to God than all human eloquence.
– Thomas Brooks –
Prayer Requires … – Hudson Taylor
Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength.
– Hudson Taylor –
Prayer Prepares the Heart – Andrew Murray
Prayer prepares my heart for receiving the Word of God from God Himself.
– Andrew Murray –
Good Praying – Austen Phelps
“Good prayers,” says an old English divine, “never come weeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask or what I should ask.”
– Austen Phelps –
from The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer, 1859
Get Your Heart in Tune for Prayer – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
A great part of my time is spent in getting my heart in tune for prayer. It is the link that connects earth with heaven.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –