Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God in prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.
– Hudson Taylor –
1832-1905
Prayer
Prayer – David Jeremiah
Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God.
– David Jeremiah –
Decay Begins With a Lack of Prayer – John Berridge
All decays begin in the [prayer] closet; no heart thrives without much secret converse with God, and nothing will make amends for the want of it.
– John Berridge –
Prayer the Business of Life
Prayer was pre-eminently the business of his life.
– Biographer speaking of Edwin Payson –
Is Prayer Your Steering Wheel – Corrie ten Boom
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
– Corrie ten Boom –
Nights of Lonely Intercession – DM McIntyre
Before the great revival in Gallneukirchen broke out, Martin Boos spent hours and days and often nights in lonely agonies of intercession. Afterwards, when he preached, his words were as flame, and the hearts of the people as grass.
– DM McIntyre –
Christ is Praying for You – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
All Revival Begins in the Prayer Meeting – Henry Blackaby
All revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the “great fruit of revival.” In times of revival, thousands may be found on their knees for hours, lifting up their heartfelt cries, with thanksgiving, to heaven.
– Henry Blackaby –
Prayer is Our Work – Oswald Chambers
We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work. It is the supreme activity of everything that is noblest in our personality.
– Oswald Chambers –