Rose early to seek God and found Him whom my soul loveth. Who would not rise early to meet such company?
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Journal Entry: February 23, 1834
Prayer
Guard Against All Worldly Distractions – William Wilberforce
To so please God, it is also essential to guard against all the distractions of worldly cares. It needs the cultivation of heavenly-mindedness and a spirit of continual prayer. It requires you to watch incessantly over the workings of your own deceitful heart.
– William Wilberforce –
from Real Christianity, 1797
When God Doesn’t Answer Prayer – Ruth Bell Graham
God has not always answered my prayers. If he had, I would have married the wrong man—several times!
– Ruth Bell Graham –
What is a Contrite Heart – Thomas Brooks
The Contrite Heart: True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans, for a loving God and Father is by sin offended, a blessed Saviour afresh crucified, and the sweet Comforter, the Spirit, grieved and vexed.
– Thomas Brooks –
The Best Prayers – John Bunyan
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
– John Bunyan –
Do Our Prayers Mean Something To Us? – Maltbie D. Babcock
Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.
– Maltbie D. Babcock –
Our Faith Must be Led and Taught by the Holy Spirit – Andrew Murray
Faith, led and taught by God’s Holy Spirit, gains the confidence to prayerfully claim: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
– Andrew Murray –
No Gift Is Needed More Than the Gift of Prayer – Andrew Murray
Surely of all the gifts of the early church for which we should long, there is none more needed than the gift of prayer—prayer that brings down the Holy Spirit on believers. This power is given to the men who say, “We will give ourselves … to prayer (Acts 6:4).
– Andrew Murray –
Nothing But Intense, Believing Prayer – Andrew Murray
Nothing but intense, believing prayer can meet the intense spirit of worldliness,
which is complained of everywhere.
– Andrew Murray –