Make it an object of constant study, and of daily reflection and prayer, to learn how to deal with sinners so as to promote their conversion.
– Charles Finney –
Prayer
How a Man is Defined – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
A man is what he is on his knees before God, and nothing more.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Mobilizing the Church to Pray – Andrew Murray
The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.
– Andrew Murray –
Prayer is Laying Hold of God’s Willingness – Martin Luther
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.
– Martin Luther –
Chesterton on Grace and Prayer
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.
– GK Chesterton –
Study vs Prayer – Leonard Ravenhill
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Little Time We Give Prayer – EM Bounds
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
– EM Bounds –
Talking to God for Men – EM Bounds
Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
– EM Bounds –
When Alone with God, Be Alone – Samuel Chadwick
When alone with God, be alone with Him.
– Samuel Chadwick –
from The Path Of Prayer