Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
– EM Bounds –
Prayer
When Alone with God, Be Alone – Samuel Chadwick
When alone with God, be alone with Him.
– Samuel Chadwick –
from The Path Of Prayer
Careful, Prayerful, and Thankful – DL Moody
Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.
– DL Moody –
Leap in Both Prayer and Praise – Charles Spurgeon
There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.
– Charles Spurgeon –
God Answers Desperate Prayers – Leonard Ravenhill
Does God answer prayers? No! God answers desperate prayers!
– Leonard Ravenhill –
If Prayer Meetings Are Neglected, All Is In Vain – Charles Finney
Every Minister ought to know that if the prayer meetings are neglected, all his labors are in vain.
– Charles Finney –
Revival of Real Praying – EM Bounds
A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
– EM Bounds –
Speak with Heart – JC Ryle
Words said without heart are as utterly useless to our souls as the drumbeating of the poor heathen before their idols. Where there is no heart, there may be lip-work and tongue-work, but there is nothing that God listens to; there is no prayer. Saul, I have no doubt, said many a long prayer before the Lord met him on the way to Damascus. But it was not till his heart was broken that the Lord said, “He prayeth.”
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
A Hot Iron – John Flavel
A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper.
– John Flavel –