God has not always answered my prayers. If he had, I would have married the wrong man—several times!
– Ruth Bell Graham –
Prayer
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 –
Never Miss to Find New Treasures in Christ – Samuel Rutherford
Acquaint yourself with Christ’s love, and ye shall not miss to find new goldmines and treasures in Christ.
– Samuel Rutherford –
from The Loveliness of Christ
We Have to Pray With Our Eyes on God – Oswald Chambers
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
– Oswald Chambers –