Prayer meetings are dead affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope, and life when they are believing sessions, and the faith is corporately, practically and deliberately affirmed.
– Norman Grubb –
Prayer
No Substitute for Secret Communion with God – Gordon Cove
There is absolutely no substitute for this secret communion with God. The public Church services, or even the family altar, cannot take the place of the ‘closet’ prayer. We must deliberately seek to meet with God absolutely alone…
– Gordon Cove –
The Root of All Godliness – William Carey
Prayer —secret, fervent, believing prayer—lies at the root of all personal godliness.
– William Carey –
Prayer is Absolutely Vital – Charles Spurgeon
Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.
– Charles Spurgeon –
You Are What You Are On Your Knees – Fred Mitchell
What a man is on his knees before God in secret, that will he be before men: that much and no more.
– Fred Mitchell –
Never Come Away From Thee Without Thee – Thomas Watson
I will conclude with that excellent saying of Bernard: “Lord, I will never come away from Thee without Thee.” Let this be a Christian’s resolution, not to leave off his meditations of God till he find something of God in him.
– Thomas Watson –
Don’t Pray Without Heart – John Bunyan
When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words, than thy words without a heart.
– John Bunyan –
Darkness is Paralyzed by Prayer – Oswald Chambers
The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think to pray.
– Oswald Chambers –
I Must Pray At All Times – Andrew Murray
As long as I live and love and hear and work, I must pray at all times.
– Andrew Murray –